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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 190312234–9412–01; RTID
0648–XX024]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From NC to CT
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notification of quota transfer.
NMFS announces that the
State of North Carolina is transferring a
portion of its 2019 commercial summer
flounder quota to the State of
Connecticut. 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
SUMMARY:
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Effective November 5, 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
revised 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
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concurrence of the NMFS Greater
Atlantic Regional Administrator, can
transfer or combine summer flounder
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 40,000
lb (18,144 kg) of summer flounder
commercial quota to Connecticut
through mutual agreement of the states.
The revised summer flounder quotas for
fishing year 2019 are: North Carolina,
2,886,555 lb (1,309,319 kg); and
Connecticut, 293,119 lb (132,957 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: October 31, 2019.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
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. 190312234-9412-01; RTID 0648-XX024]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer From NC to CT
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 Connecticut. 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 Connecticut.
DATES: Effective November 5, 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 revised 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 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 40,000 lb (18,144 kg) of summer
flounder commercial quota to Connecticut through mutual agreement of
the states. The revised summer flounder quotas for fishing year 2019
are: North Carolina, 2,886,555 lb (1,309,319 kg); and Connecticut,
293,119 lb (132,957 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: October 31, 2019.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-24182 Filed 11-5-19; 8:45 am]
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