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return, Preparer C is not required to make
additional inquiries to determine each boy’s
relationship to Q for purposes of the
knowledge requirement in paragraph (b)(3) of
this section.
(C) Example 3. In 2018, R, an 18-year-old
taxpayer, engages Preparer D to prepare R’s
2017 federal income tax return. R completes
Preparer D’s standard intake questionnaire
and states that R has never been married, has
one child, an infant, and that R and R’s infant
lived with R’s parents during part of the 2017
tax year. R also provides Preparer D with a
Form W–2 showing that R earned $10,000
during 2017. R provides no other documents
or information showing that R earned any
other income during the tax year. Based on
the intake sheet and other information that R
provides, Preparer D believes that R may be
eligible to claim the infant as a qualifying
child for the EIC and the CTC. To meet the
knowledge requirement in paragraph (b)(3) of
this section, Preparer D must make
reasonable inquiries to determine whether R
is eligible to claim these credits, including
reasonable inquiries to verify that R is not a
qualifying child of R’s parents (which would
make R ineligible to claim the EIC) or a
dependent of R’s parents (which would make
R ineligible to claim the CTC), and Preparer
D must contemporaneously document these
inquiries and the responses.
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the facts in Example 3 of paragraph
(b)(3)(ii)(C) of this section. In addition,
Preparer D previously prepared the 2017
joint federal income tax return for R’s
parents. Based on information provided by
R’s parents, Preparer D has determined that
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Therefore, for purposes of the knowledge
requirement in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section, Preparer D is not required to make
additional inquiries to determine that R is
not R’s parents’ qualifying child or
dependent.
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return. During Preparer E’s standard intake
interview, S states that S has never been
married and that S’s niece and nephew lived
with S for part of the 2018 tax year. Preparer
E believes S may be eligible to file as head
of household and claim each of these
children as a qualifying child for purposes of
the EIC and the CTC, but the information
furnished to Preparer E is incomplete. To
meet the knowledge requirement in
paragraph (b)(3) of this section, Preparer E
must make reasonable inquiries to determine
whether S is eligible to file as head of
household and whether each child is a
qualifying child for purposes of the EIC and
the CTC, including reasonable inquiries
about the children’s residency, S’s
relationship to the children, the children’s
income, the sources of support for the
children, and S’s contribution to the payment
of costs related to operating the household,
and Preparer E must contemporaneously
document these inquiries and the responses.
(F) Example 6. Assume the same facts as
the facts in Example 5 of paragraph
(b)(3)(ii)(E) of this section. In addition,
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Preparer E knows from prior social
interactions with S that the children resided
with S for more than one-half of the 2018 tax
year and that the children did not provide
over one-half of their own support for the
2018 tax year. To meet the knowledge
requirement in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section, Preparer E must make the same
reasonable inquiries to determine whether S
is eligible to file as head of household and
whether each child is a qualifying child for
purposes of the EIC and the CTC as discussed
in Example 5 of this section, and Preparer E
must contemporaneously document these
inquiries and the responses.
(G) Example 7. W engages Preparer F to
prepare W’s federal income tax return.
During Preparer F’s standard intake
interview, W states that W is 50 years old,
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W further states to Preparer F that during the
tax year W was self-employed, earned
$10,000 from W’s business, and had no
business expenses or other income. Preparer
F believes W may be eligible for the EIC. To
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must make reasonable inquiries to determine
whether W is eligible for the EIC, including
reasonable inquiries to determine whether
W’s business income and expenses are
correct, and Preparer F must
contemporaneously document these inquiries
and the responses.
(H) Example 8. Y, who is 32 years old,
engages Preparer G to prepare Y’s federal
income tax return. Y completes Preparer G’s
standard intake questionnaire and states that
Y has never been married. As part of Preparer
G’s client intake process, Y provides Preparer
G with a copy of the Form 1098–T Y received
showing that University M billed $4,000 of
qualified tuition and related expenses for Y’s
enrollment or attendance at the university
and that Y was at least a half-time
undergraduate student. Preparer G believes
that Y may be eligible for the AOTC. To meet
the knowledge requirement in paragraph
(b)(3) of this section, Preparer G must make
reasonable inquiries to determine whether Y
is eligible for the AOTC, as Form 1098–T
does not contain all the information needed
to determine eligibility for the AOTC or to
calculate the amount of the credit if Y is
eligible, and contemporaneously document
these inquiries and the responses.
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(B) A copy of each completed
worksheet required under paragraph
(b)(2)(i)(A) of this section (or other
record of the tax return preparer’s
computation permitted under paragraph
(b)(2)(i)(B) of this section); and
(C) A record of how and when the
information used to complete Form
8867 and the applicable worksheets
required under paragraph (b)(2)(i)(A) of
this section (or other record of the tax
return preparer’s computation permitted
under paragraph (b)(2)(i)(B) of this
section) was obtained by the tax return
preparer, including the identity of any
person furnishing the information, as
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well as a copy of any document that was
provided by the taxpayer and on which
the tax return preparer relied to
complete Form 8867 and/or an
applicable worksheet required under
paragraph (b)(2)(i)(A) of this section (or
other record of the tax return preparer’s
computation permitted under paragraph
(b)(2)(i)(B) of this section).
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(3) The firm disregarded its
reasonable and appropriate compliance
procedures through willfulness,
recklessness, or gross indifference
(including ignoring facts that would
lead a person of reasonable prudence
and competence to investigate) in the
preparation of the tax return or claim for
refund with respect to which the
penalty is imposed.
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(e) Applicability date. The rules of
this section apply to tax returns and
claims for refund for tax years beginning
after December 31, 2015, that are
prepared on or after December 5, 2016.
However, the rules relating to the
determination of a taxpayer’s eligibility
to file as head of household under
section 2(b) apply to tax returns and
claims for refund for tax years beginning
after December 31, 2017, that are
prepared on or after November 7, 2018.
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Par. 3. Section 1.6695–2T is removed.
Kirsten Wielobob,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement.
Approved: October 1, 2018.
David J. Kautter,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax
Policy).
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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 300
RIN 0648–XG515
Fraser River Sockeye Salmon
Fisheries; Inseason Orders
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary orders; inseason
orders.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes Fraser River
salmon inseason orders to regulate
SUMMARY:
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treaty and non-treaty (all citizen)
commercial salmon fisheries in U.S.
waters. The orders were issued by the
Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the Pacific
Salmon Commission (Commission) and
subsequently approved and issued by
NMFS during the 2018 salmon fisheries
within the U.S. Fraser River Panel Area.
These orders established fishing dates,
times, and areas for the gear types of
U.S. treaty Indian and all citizen
commercial fisheries during the period
the Panel exercised jurisdiction over
these fisheries.
DATES: The effective dates for the
inseason orders are set out in this
document under the heading Inseason
Orders.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Mundy at 206–526–4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Treaty between the Government of the
United States of America and the
Government of Canada concerning
Pacific Salmon was signed at Ottawa on
January 28, 1985, and subsequently was
given effect in the United States by the
Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16
U.S.C. 3631–3644.
Under authority of the Act, Federal
regulations at 50 CFR part 300, subpart
F, provide a framework for the
implementation of certain regulations of
the Commission and inseason orders of
the Commission’s Fraser River Panel for
U.S. sockeye salmon fisheries in the
Fraser River Panel Area.
The regulations close the U.S. portion
of the Fraser River Panel Area to U.S.
sockeye salmon tribal and non-tribal
commercial fishing unless opened by
Panel orders that are given effect by
inseason regulations published by
NMFS. During the fishing season, NMFS
may issue regulations that establish
fishing times and areas consistent with
the Commission agreements and
inseason orders of the Panel. Such
orders must be consistent with domestic
legal obligations and are issued by the
Regional Administrator, West Coast
Region, NMFS. Official notification of
these inseason actions is provided by
two telephone hotline numbers
described at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in
84 FR 19005 (May 1, 2018). The
inseason orders are published in the
Federal Register as soon as practicable
after they are issued. Due to the
frequency with which inseason orders
are issued, publication of individual
orders is impractical.
Inseason Orders
The following inseason orders were
adopted by the Panel and issued for U.S.
fisheries by NMFS during the 2018
fishing season. Each of the following
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inseason actions was effective upon
announcement on telephone hotline
numbers as specified at 50 CFR
300.97(b)(1) and in 84 FR 19005 (May 1,
2018); those dates and times are listed
herein. The times listed are local times,
and the areas designated are Puget
Sound Management and Catch
Reporting Areas as defined in the
Washington State Administrative Code
at Chapter 220–22.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
01: Issued 11:40 a.m., July 24, 2018
Treaty Indian Fishery
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Friday,
July 27, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon),
Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
02: Issued 11:40 a.m., July 27, 2018
Treaty Indian Fishery
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Tuesday,
July 31, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 1, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
03: Issued 11:40 a.m., July 31, 2018
Treaty Indian Fishery
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 1, 2018, to 12 p.m.
(noon), Saturday, August 4, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net
fishing from 5 a.m., Thursday, August 2,
2018, to 9 a.m., Friday, August 3, 2018,
and from 5 a.m., Saturday, August 4,
2018, to 9 a.m., Sunday, August 5, 2018.
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, August 3,
2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from
8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Friday,
August 3, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from
5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, August 6,
2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
04: Issued 1:25 p.m., August 3, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday,
August 4, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 8, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net
fishing from 5 a.m., Tuesday, August 7,
2018, to 9 a.m., Thursday, August 9,
2018.
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, August
6, 2018.
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Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from
8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight),
Monday, August 6, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from
5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, August 8,
2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
05: Issued 12 p.m., August 7, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 8, 2018, to 12 p.m.
(noon), Saturday, August 11, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
06: Issued 12:05 p.m., August 8, 2018
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, August
9, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from
8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight),
Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from
5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, August 9,
2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
07: Issued 1:35 p.m., August 10, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday,
August 11, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
08: Issued 1:30 p.m., August 14, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 15, 2018, to 12 p.m.
(noon), Saturday, August 18, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net
fishing from 5 a.m., Wednesday, August
15, 2018, to 9 a.m., Friday, August 17,
2018.
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, August 17,
2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from
2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Friday, August
17, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from
6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, August
18, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
09: Issued 2:05 p.m., August 17, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday,
August 18, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 22, 2018.
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Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
10: Issued 1:05 p.m., August 21, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 22, 2018, to 1 p.m.,
Friday, August 24, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net
fishing from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday,
August 24, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
11: Issued 3:10 p.m., August 23, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift
gillnets from 1 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
(midnight), Friday August 24, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for purse
seines from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday,
August 24, 2018. Extend for gillnets
from 1 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight),
Friday, August 24, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018–
12: Issued 12:10 p.m., September 11,
2018
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Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, 6, 6C, 7, and 7A,
excluding the Apex: Relinquish
regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m.
(midnight), Saturday, September 15,
2018. The Apex is those waters north
and west of the Area 7A ‘‘East Point
Line,’’ defined as a line projected from
the low water range marker in Boundary
Bay on the International Boundary
through the east tip of Point Roberts in
the state of Washington to the East Point
light on Saturna Island in the Province
of British Columbia.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that good
cause exists for the inseason orders to be
issued without affording the public
prior notice and opportunity for
comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as
such prior notice and opportunity for
comments is impracticable and contrary
to the public interest. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment is
impracticable because NMFS has
insufficient time to allow for prior
notice and opportunity for public
comment between the time the stock
abundance information is available to
determine how much fishing can be
allowed and the time the fishery must
open and close in order to harvest the
appropriate amount of fish while they
are available.
The AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effective
date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3),
of the inseason orders. A delay in the
effective date of the inseason orders
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would not allow fishers appropriately
controlled access to the available fish at
that time they are available.
This action is authorized by 50 CFR
300.97, and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b).
Dated: November 2, 2018.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 635
[Docket No. 150413357–5999–02]
RIN 0648–XG582
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal
Shark and Hammerhead Shark
Management Group Retention Limit
Adjustment
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
retention limit adjustment.
AGENCY:
NMFS is adjusting the
commercial aggregated large coastal
shark (LCS) and hammerhead shark
management group retention limit for
directed shark limited access permit
holders in the Atlantic region from 36
LCS other than sandbar sharks per
vessel per trip to 45 LCS other than
sandbar sharks per vessel per trip. This
action is based on consideration of the
regulatory determination criteria
regarding inseason adjustments. The
retention limit will remain at 45 LCS
other than sandbar sharks per vessel per
trip in the Atlantic region through the
rest of the 2018 fishing season or until
NMFS announces via a notice in the
Federal Register another adjustment to
the retention limit or a fishery closure.
This retention limit adjustment affects
anyone with a directed shark limited
access permit fishing for LCS in the
Atlantic region.
DATES: This retention limit adjustment
is effective on November 6, 2018
through December 31, 2018, or until
NMFS announces via a notice in the
Federal Register another adjustment to
the retention limit or a fishery closure,
if warranted.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren Latchford, Chante´ Davis, or
Karyl Brewster-Geisz 301–427–8503; fax
301–713–1917.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic
shark fisheries are managed under the
2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory
Species (HMS) Fishery Management
Plan (FMP), its amendments, and
implementing regulations (50 CFR part
635) issued under authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
Atlantic shark fisheries have separate
regional (Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic)
quotas for all management groups
except those for blue shark, porbeagle
shark, pelagic sharks (other than
porbeagle or blue sharks), and the shark
research fishery for LCS and sandbar
sharks. The boundary between the Gulf
of Mexico region and the Atlantic region
is defined at § 635.27(b)(1) as a line
beginning on the East Coast of Florida
at the mainland at 25°20.4′ N lat.,
proceeding due east. Any water and
land to the north and east of that
boundary is considered, for the
purposes of setting and monitoring
quotas, to be within the Atlantic region.
This inseason action only affects the
aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark
management groups in the Atlantic
region.
Under § 635.24(a)(8), NMFS may
adjust the commercial retention limits
in the shark fisheries during the fishing
season. Before making any adjustment,
NMFS must consider specified
regulatory criteria (see § 635.24(a)(8)(i)
through (vi)). After considering these
criteria as discussed below, NMFS has
concluded that increasing the retention
limit of the Atlantic aggregated LCS and
hammerhead management groups for
directed shark limited access permit
holders in the Atlantic region will allow
use of available aggregated LCS and
hammerhead shark management group
quotas and will provide fishermen
throughout the region equitable fishing
opportunities for the rest of the year.
Therefore, NMFS is increasing the
commercial Atlantic aggregated LCS and
hammerhead shark retention limit in the
Atlantic region from 36 to 45 LCS other
than sandbar shark per vessel per trip.
NMFS considered the inseason
retention limit adjustment criteria listed
at § 635.24(a)(8)(i) through (vi), which
includes:
• The amount of remaining shark
quota in the relevant area, region, or
sub-region to date, based on dealer
reports.
Based on dealer reports through
October 15, 2018, 65.2 metric tons (mt)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 300
RIN 0648-XG515
Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Orders
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary orders; inseason orders.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes Fraser River salmon inseason orders to regulate
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treaty and non-treaty (all citizen) commercial salmon fisheries in U.S.
waters. The orders were issued by the Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the
Pacific Salmon Commission (Commission) and subsequently approved and
issued by NMFS during the 2018 salmon fisheries within the U.S. Fraser
River Panel Area. These orders established fishing dates, times, and
areas for the gear types of U.S. treaty Indian and all citizen
commercial fisheries during the period the Panel exercised jurisdiction
over these fisheries.
DATES: The effective dates for the inseason orders are set out in this
document under the heading Inseason Orders.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Mundy at 206-526-4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Treaty between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of Canada concerning
Pacific Salmon was signed at Ottawa on January 28, 1985, and
subsequently was given effect in the United States by the Pacific
Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 U.S.C. 3631-3644.
Under authority of the Act, Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 300,
subpart F, provide a framework for the implementation of certain
regulations of the Commission and inseason orders of the Commission's
Fraser River Panel for U.S. sockeye salmon fisheries in the Fraser
River Panel Area.
The regulations close the U.S. portion of the Fraser River Panel
Area to U.S. sockeye salmon tribal and non-tribal commercial fishing
unless opened by Panel orders that are given effect by inseason
regulations published by NMFS. During the fishing season, NMFS may
issue regulations that establish fishing times and areas consistent
with the Commission agreements and inseason orders of the Panel. Such
orders must be consistent with domestic legal obligations and are
issued by the Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, NMFS. Official
notification of these inseason actions is provided by two telephone
hotline numbers described at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 84 FR 19005
(May 1, 2018). The inseason orders are published in the Federal
Register as soon as practicable after they are issued. Due to the
frequency with which inseason orders are issued, publication of
individual orders is impractical.
Inseason Orders
The following inseason orders were adopted by the Panel and issued
for U.S. fisheries by NMFS during the 2018 fishing season. Each of the
following inseason actions was effective upon announcement on telephone
hotline numbers as specified at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 84 FR 19005
(May 1, 2018); those dates and times are listed herein. The times
listed are local times, and the areas designated are Puget Sound
Management and Catch Reporting Areas as defined in the Washington State
Administrative Code at Chapter 220-22.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-01: Issued 11:40 a.m., July 24,
2018
Treaty Indian Fishery
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Friday, July 27, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-02: Issued 11:40 a.m., July 27,
2018
Treaty Indian Fishery
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Tuesday, July 31, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, August 1, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-03: Issued 11:40 a.m., July 31,
2018
Treaty Indian Fishery
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 1, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 4, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net fishing from 5 a.m., Thursday,
August 2, 2018, to 9 a.m., Friday, August 3, 2018, and from 5 a.m.,
Saturday, August 4, 2018, to 9 a.m., Sunday, August 5, 2018.
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday,
August 3, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
(midnight), Friday, August 3, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday,
August 6, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-04: Issued 1:25 p.m., August 3,
2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Saturday, August 4, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, August 8, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net fishing from 5 a.m., Tuesday,
August 7, 2018, to 9 a.m., Thursday, August 9, 2018.
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday,
August 6, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
(midnight), Monday, August 6, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday,
August 8, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-05: Issued 12 p.m., August 7, 2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 8, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 11,
2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-06: Issued 12:05 p.m., August 8,
2018
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
(midnight), Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday,
August 9, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-07: Issued 1:35 p.m., August 10,
2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Saturday, August 11, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, August 15,
2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-08: Issued 1:30 p.m., August 14,
2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 15, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 18,
2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net fishing from 5 a.m., Wednesday,
August 15, 2018, to 9 a.m., Friday, August 17, 2018.
All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday,
August 17, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets from 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.,
Friday, August 17, 2018.
Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
Saturday, August 18, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-09: Issued 2:05 p.m., August 17,
2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Saturday, August 18, 2018, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, August 22,
2018.
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Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-10: Issued 1:05 p.m., August 21,
2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon),
Wednesday, August 22, 2018, to 1 p.m., Friday, August 24, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net fishing from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Friday, August 24, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-11: Issued 3:10 p.m., August 23,
2018
Treaty Indian Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 1 p.m. to 11:59
p.m. (midnight), Friday August 24, 2018.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for purse seines from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
Friday, August 24, 2018. Extend for gillnets from 1 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
(midnight), Friday, August 24, 2018.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2018-12: Issued 12:10 p.m., September
11, 2018
Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries
Areas 4B, 5, 6, 6C, 7, and 7A, excluding the Apex: Relinquish
regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Saturday, September
15, 2018. The Apex is those waters north and west of the Area 7A ``East
Point Line,'' defined as a line projected from the low water range
marker in Boundary Bay on the International Boundary through the east
tip of Point Roberts in the state of Washington to the East Point light
on Saturna Island in the Province of British Columbia.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that
good cause exists for the inseason orders to be issued without
affording the public prior notice and opportunity for comment under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such prior notice and opportunity for comments is
impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment is impracticable because NMFS has
insufficient time to allow for prior notice and opportunity for public
comment between the time the stock abundance information is available
to determine how much fishing can be allowed and the time the fishery
must open and close in order to harvest the appropriate amount of fish
while they are available.
The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the
effective date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), of the inseason
orders. A delay in the effective date of the inseason orders would not
allow fishers appropriately controlled access to the available fish at
that time they are available.
This action is authorized by 50 CFR 300.97, and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b).
Dated: November 2, 2018.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-24371 Filed 11-6-18; 8:45 am]
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