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to use non-offset, corrodible circle
hooks as specified in § 635.21(f) and (k)
in order to retain sharks per the
retention limits specified in this section.
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(7) For persons on board vessels
issued both a commercial shark permit
and a permit with a shark endorsement,
the recreational retention limit and sale
prohibition applies for shortfin mako
sharks at all times, even when the
commercial pelagic shark quota is open.
If such vessels retain a shortfin mako
shark under the recreational retention
limit, all other sharks retained by such
vessels may only be retained under the
applicable recreational retention limits
and may not be sold. If a commercial
Atlantic shark quota is closed under
§ 635.28(b), the recreational retention
limit for sharks and no sale provision in
paragraph (a) of this section will be
applied to persons aboard a vessel
issued a Federal Atlantic commercial
shark vessel permit under § 635.4(e), if
that vessel has also been issued a permit
with a shark endorsement under
§ 635.4(b) and is engaged in a for-hire
fishing trip or is participating in a
registered HMS tournament per
§ 635.4(c)(2).
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■ 6. In § 635.24, lift the suspension on
paragraphs (a)(4)(i) and (iii), and revise
them to read as follows:
§ 635.24 Commercial retention limits for
sharks, swordfish, and BAYS tunas.
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(i) Except as provided in
§ 635.22(c)(7), a person who owns or
operates a vessel that has been issued a
directed shark LAP may retain, possess,
land, or sell pelagic sharks if the pelagic
shark fishery is open per §§ 635.27 and
635.28. Shortfin mako sharks may be
retained by persons aboard vessels using
pelagic longline, bottom longline, or
gillnet gear only if the shark is dead at
the time of haulback and consistent
with the provisions of § 635.21(c)(1),
(d)(5), and (g)(6) and 635.22(c)(7).
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(iii) Consistent with paragraph
(a)(4)(ii) of this section, a person who
owns or operates a vessel that has been
issued an incidental shark LAP may
retain, possess, land, or sell no more
than 16 SCS and pelagic sharks,
combined, per vessel per trip, if the
respective fishery is open per §§ 635.27
and 635.28. Of those 16 SCS and pelagic
sharks per vessel per trip, no more than
8 shall be blacknose sharks. Shortfin
mako sharks may only be retained under
the commercial retention limits by
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persons using pelagic longline, bottom
longline, or gillnet gear, only if the
shark is dead at the time of haulback
and consistent with the provisions at
§ 635.21(c)(1), (d)(5), and (g)(6). If the
vessel has also been issued a permit
with a shark endorsement and retains a
shortfin mako shark, recreational
retention limits apply to all sharks
retained and none may be sold, per
§ 635.22(c)(7).
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7. In § 635.30, paragraph (c)(4) is
revised to read as follows:
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(4) Persons aboard a vessel that has
been issued or is required to be issued
a permit with a shark endorsement must
maintain a shark intact through landing
and offloading with the head, tail, and
all fins naturally attached. The shark
may be bled and the viscera may be
removed.
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8. In § 635.71, revise paragraphs
(d)(22), (23), (27), (28), and (29) to read
as follows:
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§ 635.71
Prohibitions.
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(22) Except when fishing only with
flies or artificial lures, fish for, retain,
possess, or land sharks without
deploying non-offset, corrodible circle
hooks when fishing at a registered
recreational HMS fishing tournament
that has awards or prizes for sharks, as
specified in § 635.21(f) and (k).
(23) Except when fishing only with
flies or artificial lures, fish for, retain,
possess, or land sharks without
deploying non-offset, corrodible circle
hooks when issued an Atlantic HMS
Angling permit or HMS Charter/
Headboat permit with a shark
endorsement, as specified in § 635.21(f)
and (k).
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(27) Retain, land, or possess a shortfin
mako shark that was caught with gear
other than pelagic longline, bottom
longline, or gillnet gear as specified at
§ 635.21(a).
(28) Retain, land, or possess a shortfin
mako shark that was caught with pelagic
longline, bottom longline, or gillnet gear
and was alive at haulback as specified
at § 635.21(c)(1), (d)(5), and (g)(6).
(29) As specified at § 635.21(c)(1),
retain, land, or possess a shortfin mako
shark that was caught with pelagic
longline gear when the electronic
monitoring system was not installed and
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functioning in compliance with the
requirements at § 635.9.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 170828822–70999–04]
RIN 0648–XG796
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
State of North Carolina is transferring a
portion of its 2019 commercial summer
flounder quota to the State of New
Jersey. This quota adjustment is
necessary to comply with the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Fishery Management Plan quota transfer
provisions. This announcement informs
the public of the revised commercial
quotas for North Carolina and New
Jersey.
DATES: Effective February 20, 2019,
through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Ferrio, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR
648.100 through 648.110. These
regulations require annual specification
of a commercial quota that is
apportioned among the coastal states
from Maine through North Carolina. The
process to set the annual commercial
quota and the percent allocated to each
state is described in § 648.102, and the
initial 2019 allocations were published
on December 17, 2018 (83 FR 64482).
The final rule implementing
Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
Fishery Management Plan, as published
in the Federal Register on December 17,
1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a
mechanism for transferring summer
flounder commercial quota from one
state to another. Two or more states,
under mutual agreement and with the
concurrence of the NMFS Greater
Atlantic Regional Administrator, can
transfer or combine summer flounder
SUMMARY:
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commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2).
The Regional Administrator is required
to consider the criteria in
§ 648.102(c)(2)(i)(A) through (C) in the
evaluation of requests for quota transfers
or combinations.
North Carolina is transferring 3,270 lb
(1,483 kg) of summer flounder
commercial quota to New Jersey through
mutual agreement of the states. This
transfer was requested to repay landings
made by a North Carolina-permitted
vessel in New Jersey under a safe harbor
agreement. Based on the initial quotas
published in the 2019 Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Specifications, the revised summer
flounder quotas for fishing year 2019 are
now: North Carolina, 1,827,368 lb
(828,880 kg); and New Jersey, 1,118,827
lb (507,491 kg).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR
part 648 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: February 15, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648–XG797
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2019
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Lobster Harvest Guideline
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of lobster harvest
guideline.
AGENCY:
NMFS establishes the annual
harvest guideline for the commercial
lobster fishery in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) for calendar
year 2019 at zero lobsters.
DATES: February 21, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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Bob
Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, tel 808–725–5170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the NWHI commercial lobster
fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem
Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago. The
regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require
NMFS to publish an annual harvest
guideline for lobster Permit Area 1,
comprised of Federal waters around the
NWHI.
Regulations governing the
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument in the NWHI prohibit the
unpermitted removal of monument
resources (50 CFR 404.7), and establish
a zero annual harvest guideline for
lobsters (50 CFR 404.10(a)).
Accordingly, NMFS establishes the
harvest guideline for the NWHI
commercial lobster fishery for calendar
year 2018 at zero lobsters. Harvest of
NWHI lobster resources is not allowed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 170828822-70999-04]
RIN 0648-XG796
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is
transferring a portion of its 2019 commercial summer flounder quota to
the State of New Jersey. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply
with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management
Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of
the revised commercial quotas for North Carolina and New Jersey.
DATES: Effective February 20, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Ferrio, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the summer flounder
fishery are found in 50 CFR 648.100 through 648.110. These regulations
require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned
among the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina. The process
to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each
state is described in Sec. 648.102, and the initial 2019 allocations
were published on December 17, 2018 (83 FR 64482).
The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
Fishery Management Plan, as published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a mechanism for transferring
summer flounder commercial quota from one state to another. Two or more
states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the NMFS
Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, can transfer or combine summer
flounder
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commercial quota under Sec. 648.102(c)(2). The Regional Administrator
is required to consider the criteria in Sec. 648.102(c)(2)(i)(A)
through (C) in the evaluation of requests for quota transfers or
combinations.
North Carolina is transferring 3,270 lb (1,483 kg) of summer
flounder commercial quota to New Jersey through mutual agreement of the
states. This transfer was requested to repay landings made by a North
Carolina-permitted vessel in New Jersey under a safe harbor agreement.
Based on the initial quotas published in the 2019 Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications, the revised summer flounder
quotas for fishing year 2019 are now: North Carolina, 1,827,368 lb
(828,880 kg); and New Jersey, 1,118,827 lb (507,491 kg).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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