Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From NC to RI and VA, 59588 [2019-23966]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 5, 2019 / Rules and Regulations
Dated: October 29, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson,
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Exercising the Authority of
the Director, For the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[RTID 0648–XX020]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From NC to RI and VA
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of 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 Rhode
Island and the Commonwealth of
Virginia. 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, Virginia, and
Rhode Island.
DATES: Effective November 4, 2019,
through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9225.
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 final
2019 allocations were published on May
17, 2019 (84 FR 22392).
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
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Atlantic Regional Administrator, can
transfer or combine summer flounder
commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2).
The Regional Administrator is required
to consider three criteria in the
evaluation of requests for quota transfers
or combinations: The transfer or
combinations would preclude the
overall annual quota from being fully
harvested, the transfer addresses an
unforeseen variation or contingency in
the fishery, and the transfer is consistent
with the objectives of the GMP and the
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
North Carolina is transferring 23,481
lb (10,651 kg) and 7,706 lb (3,495 kg) of
summer flounder commercial quota to
Rhode Island and Virginia, respectively,
through mutual agreement of the states.
These transfers were requested to repay
landings made by North Carolinapermitted vessels in Rhode Island and
Virginia under safe harbor agreements.
Based on the revised Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Specifications, the revised summer
flounder quotas for fishing year 2019 are
now: North Carolina, 2,926,555 lb
(1,327,463 kg); Rhode Island, 1,745,943
lb (9,1946 kg); and Virginia, 2,398,416 lb
(1,087,903 kg).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 29, 2019.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 180831813–9170–02]
RIN 0648–XY053
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of
Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory
Area of the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reallocating the
projected unused amounts of Pacific cod
total allowable catch (TAC) from catcher
vessels using trawl gear to catcher
vessels using hook-and-line gear,
catcher/processors using trawl gear,
vessels using jig gear, and vessels using
pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area
SUMMARY:
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of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action
is necessary to allow the 2019 TAC of
Pacific cod in the Western Regulatory
Area of the GOA to be harvested.
DATES: Effective November 1, 2019
through 2400 hours, Alaska local time
(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.
The 2019 Pacific cod TAC specified
for catcher vessels using hook-and-line
gear in the Western Regulatory Area of
the GOA is 73 metric tons (mt) as
established by the final 2019 and 2020
harvest specifications for groundfish of
the GOA (84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019).
The 2019 Pacific cod TAC specified
for catcher/processors using trawl gear
in the Western Regulatory Area of the
GOA is 125 metric tons (mt) as
established by the final 2019 and 2020
harvest specifications for groundfish of
the GOA (84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019).
The 2019 Pacific cod TAC specified
for vessel using jig gear in the Western
Regulatory Area of the GOA is 134
metric tons (mt) as established by the
final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish of the GOA
(84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019).
The 2019 Pacific cod TAC specified
for vessels using pot gear in the Western
Regulatory Area of the GOA is 1,980
metric tons (mt) as established by the
final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish of the GOA
(84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019).
The 2019 Pacific cod TAC
apportioned to catcher vessels using
trawl gear in the Western Regulatory
Area of the GOA is 2,000 metric tons
(mt), as established by the final 2019
and 2020 harvest specifications for
groundfish of the GOA (84 FR 9416,
March 14, 2019). The Administrator,
Alaska Region, NMFS, (Regional
Administrator) has determined that
catcher vessels using trawl gear will not
be able to harvest 330 mt of the 2019
Pacific cod TAC allocated to those
vessels under § 679.20(a)(12)(i)(A)(3).
In accordance with
§ 679.20(a)(12)(ii)(B), the Regional
Administrator has also determined that
catcher vessels using hook-and-line
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[RTID 0648-XX020]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer From NC to RI and VA
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of 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 Rhode Island and the Commonwealth of Virginia. 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, Virginia, and Rhode Island.
DATES: Effective November 4, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9225.
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 final 2019 allocations were
published on May 17, 2019 (84 FR 22392).
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 commercial quota under Sec. 648.102(c)(2). The Regional
Administrator is required to consider three criteria in the evaluation
of requests for quota transfers or combinations: The transfer or
combinations would preclude the overall annual quota from being fully
harvested, the transfer addresses an unforeseen variation or
contingency in the fishery, and the transfer is consistent with the
objectives of the GMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
North Carolina is transferring 23,481 lb (10,651 kg) and 7,706 lb
(3,495 kg) of summer flounder commercial quota to Rhode Island and
Virginia, respectively, through mutual agreement of the states. These
transfers were requested to repay landings made by North Carolina-
permitted vessels in Rhode Island and Virginia under safe harbor
agreements. Based on the revised Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Specifications, the revised summer flounder quotas for fishing
year 2019 are now: North Carolina, 2,926,555 lb (1,327,463 kg); Rhode
Island, 1,745,943 lb (9,1946 kg); and Virginia, 2,398,416 lb (1,087,903
kg).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 29, 2019.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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