Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, 53343-53344 [2019-21782]
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 180831813–9170–02]
RIN 0648–XY024
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet
Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line
Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of
the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels
less than 50 feet length overall (LOA)
using hook-and-line gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
(GOA). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the 2019 Pacific cod
total allowable catch apportioned to
catcher vessels less than 50 feet LOA
using hook-and-line gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), October 3, 2019,
through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh
Keaton, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. Regulations governing
fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance
with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50
CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679.
Regulations governing sideboard
protections for GOA groundfish
fisheries appear at subpart B of 50 CFR
part 680.
The 2019 Pacific cod total allowable
catch (TAC) apportioned to catcher
SUMMARY:
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vessels less than 50 feet LOA using
hook-and-line gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the GOA is 831
metric tons (mt), as established by the
final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish of the GOA
(84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019).
In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),
the Administrator, Alaska Region,
NMFS (Regional Administrator) has
determined that the 2019 Pacific cod
TAC apportioned to catcher vessels less
than 50 feet LOA using hook-and-line
gear in the Central Regulatory Area of
the GOA will soon be reached.
Therefore, the Regional Administrator is
establishing a directed fishing
allowance of 821 mt and is setting aside
the remaining 10 mt as bycatch to
support other anticipated groundfish
fisheries. In accordance with
§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional
Administrator finds that this directed
fishing allowance has been reached.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting
directed fishing for Pacific cod by
catcher vessels less than 50 feet LOA
using hook-and-line gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the GOA. While this
closure is effective the maximum
retainable amounts at § 679.20(e) and (f)
apply at any time during a trip.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. This requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
delay the directed fishing closure of
Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than
50 feet LOA using hook-and-line gear in
the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
NMFS was unable to publish a notice
providing time for public comment
because the most recent, relevant data
only became available as of October 1,
2019.
The AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effective
date of this action under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). This finding is based upon
the reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
This action is required by § 679.20
and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 2, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Exchange of Flatfish
in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
AGENCY:
NMFS is exchanging unused
yellowfin sole Community Development
Quota (CDQ) for rock sole CDQ
acceptable biological catch (ABC)
SUMMARY:
reserves in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands management area. This action is
necessary to allow the 2019 total
allowable catch of flathead sole and
yellowfin sole in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area to be
harvested.
DATES: Effective October 7, 2019
through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI) according to
the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council under
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. Regulations governing fishing by
U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
The 2019 flathead sole, rock sole, and
yellowfin sole CDQ reserves specified in
the BSAI are 1,552 metric tons (mt),
5,440 mt, and 16,078 mt as established
by the final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (84 FR 9000, March 13, 2019) and
flatfish exchange (84 FR 49067,
September 18, 2019). The 2019 flathead
sole, rock sole, and yellowfin sole CDQ
ABC reserves are 5,577 mt, 7,283 mt,
and 12,084 mt as established by the
final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (84 FR 9000, March 13, 2019) and
flatfish exchange (84 FR 49067,
September 18, 2019).
The Aleutian Pribilof Island
Community Development Association
has requested that NMFS exchange 400
mt of rock sole CDQ reserves for 50 mt
of flathead sole CDQ ABC reserves and
350 mt of yellowfin sole CDQ ABC
reserves under § 679.31(d). Therefore, in
accordance with § 679.31(d), NMFS
exchanges 400 mt of rock sole CDQ
reserves for 50 mt of flathead sole CDQ
ABC reserves and 350 mt of yellowfin
sole CDQ ABC reserves in the BSAI.
This action also decreases and increases
the TACs and CDQ ABC reserves by the
corresponding amounts. Tables 11 and
13 of the final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (84 FR 9000, March 13, 2019) and
revised in flatfish exchanges (84 FR
49067, September 18, 2019), are further
revised as follows:
TABLE 11—FINAL 2019 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA (CDQ) RESERVES, INCIDENTAL CATCH AMOUNTS (ICAS), AND
AMENDMENT 80 ALLOCATIONS OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS PACIFIC OCEAN PERCH, AND BSAI FLATHEAD SOLE, ROCK
SOLE, AND YELLOWFIN SOLE TACS
[Amounts are in metric tons]
Pacific ocean perch
Sector
Eastern
Aleutian
District
TAC ......................................................................
CDQ .....................................................................
ICA .......................................................................
BSAI trawl limited access ....................................
Amendment 80 .....................................................
Central
Aleutian
District
11,009
1,178
100
973
8,758
8,385
897
60
743
6,685
Flathead sole
Rock sole
Yellowfin sole
BSAI
BSAI
BSAI
21,350
1,602
3,000
............................
16,749
39,000
5,040
6,000
............................
27,960
Western
Aleutian
District
10,000
1,070
10
178
8,742
155,250
16,428
4,000
18,351
116,471
Note: Sector apportionments may not total precisely due to rounding.
TABLE 13—FINAL 2019 AND 2020 ABC SURPLUS, ABC RESERVES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA (CDQ) ABC
RESERVES, AND AMENDMENT 80 ABC RESERVES IN THE BSAI FOR FLATHEAD SOLE, ROCK SOLE, AND YELLOWFIN SOLE
[Amounts are in metric tons]
2019
Flathead sole
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Sector
ABC ..............................................
TAC ..............................................
ABC surplus .................................
ABC reserve .................................
CDQ ABC reserve .......................
Amendment 80 ABC reserve .......
2019
Rock sole
66,625
21,350
45,275
45,275
5,527
39,748
118,900
39,000
79,900
79,900
7,683
72,217
2019
Yellowfin sole
263,200
155,250
107,950
107,950
11,734
96,216
2020 1
Flathead sole
68,448
14,500
53,948
53,948
5,772
48,176
2020 1
Rock sole
143,700
57,100
86,600
86,600
9,266
77,334
2020 1
Yellowfin sole
257,800
166,425
91,375
91,375
9,777
81,598
1 The 2020 allocations for Amendment 80 species between Amendment 80 cooperatives and the Amendment 80 limited access sector will not
be known until eligible participants apply for participation in the program by November 1, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 180831813-9170-02]
RIN 0648-XY024
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod
by Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line
Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by
catcher vessels less than 50 feet length overall (LOA) using hook-and-
line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA).
This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2019 Pacific cod
total allowable catch apportioned to catcher vessels less than 50 feet
LOA using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 3,
2019, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Keaton, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone according to the Fishery Management Plan
for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Regulations governing
fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP appear at subpart H
of 50 CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. Regulations governing sideboard
protections for GOA groundfish fisheries appear at subpart B of 50 CFR
part 680.
The 2019 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to
catcher vessels less than 50 feet LOA using hook-and-line gear in the
Central Regulatory Area of the GOA is 831 metric tons (mt), as
established by the final 2019 and 2020 harvest specifications for
groundfish of the GOA (84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019).
In accordance with Sec. 679.20(d)(1)(i), the Administrator, Alaska
Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) has determined that the 2019
Pacific cod TAC apportioned to catcher vessels less than 50 feet LOA
using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA will
soon be reached. Therefore, the Regional Administrator is establishing
a directed fishing allowance of 821 mt and is setting aside the
remaining 10 mt as bycatch to support other anticipated groundfish
fisheries. In accordance with Sec. 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional
Administrator finds that this directed fishing allowance has been
reached. Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific
cod by catcher vessels less than 50 feet LOA using hook-and-line gear
in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA. While this closure is
effective the maximum retainable amounts at Sec. 679.20(e) and (f)
apply at any time during a trip.
Classification
This action responds to the best available information recently
obtained from the fishery. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior
notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set
forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. This requirement is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries data in a timely fashion and
would delay the directed fishing closure of Pacific cod by catcher
vessels less than 50 feet LOA using hook-and-line gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the GOA. NMFS was unable to publish a notice
providing time for public comment because the most recent, relevant
data only became available as of October 1, 2019.
The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the
effective date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is
based upon the reasons provided above for waiver of prior notice and
opportunity for public comment.
This action is required by Sec. 679.20 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 2, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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