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50 CFR Part 622
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Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources
of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
Region; 2019–2020 Commercial Trip
Limit Reduction for Spanish Mackerel
in the Atlantic Southern Zone
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; trip limit
reduction.
AGENCY:
NMFS reduces the
commercial trip limit of Atlantic
migratory group Spanish mackerel in
the southern zone of the Atlantic
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to 500 lb
(227 kg) in round or gutted weight per
day. This commercial trip limit
reduction is necessary to maximize the
socioeconomic benefits of the fishery.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective
from 6 a.m. eastern time on January 29,
2020, until 12:01 a.m. eastern time on
March 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, or
email: mary.vara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish
in the Atlantic includes king mackerel,
Spanish mackerel, and cobia on the east
coast of Florida, and is managed under
the Fishery Management Plan for the
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of
the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region
(FMP). The FMP was prepared by the
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
Fishery Management Councils and is
implemented by NMFS under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by
regulations at 50 CFR part 622. All
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weights described for the Atlantic
migratory group of Spanish mackerel
(Atlantic Spanish mackerel) apply as
either round or gutted weight.
For management purposes, the
commercial sector of Atlantic Spanish
mackerel is divided into northern and
southern zones. The southern zone
consists of Federal waters off South
Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of
Florida. The southern zone boundaries
for Atlantic Spanish mackerel extend
from the border of North Carolina and
South Carolina (which is a line
extending in a direction of 135°34′55″
from true north beginning at 33°51′07.9″
N lat. and 78°32′32.6″ W long. to the
intersection point with the outward
boundary of the EEZ) to the border of
Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties,
Florida (at 25°20′24″ N. lat).
The southern zone commercial quota
for Atlantic Spanish mackerel is
2,667,330 lb (1,209,881 kg). Seasonally
variable trip limits are based on an
adjusted commercial quota of 2,417,330
lb (1,096,482 kg). The adjusted
commercial quota is calculated to allow
continued harvest in the southern zone
at a set rate for the remainder of the
current fishing year, through February
29, 2020, in accordance with regulations
at 50 CFR 622.385(b)(2).
NMFS reduced the commercial trip
limit for Atlantic Spanish mackerel in or
from the southern zone to 1,500 lb (680
kg) on December 24, 2019 (84 FR 70904,
December 26, 2019). That temporary
rule is effective through end of the
fishing year, or until the commercial
trip limit is reduced to 500 lb (227 kg)
when 100 percent of the adjusted quota
is reached or is projected to be reached,
whichever occurs first. NMFS has
determined that 100 percent of the
adjusted commercial quota for Atlantic
Spanish mackerel has been reached and
is reducing the commercial trip limit.
Atlantic Spanish mackerel in or from
the southern zone may not be possessed
on board or landed from a vessel with
a Federal commercial permit for
Atlantic Spanish mackerel in amounts
exceeding 500 lb (227 kg) per day (50
CFR 622.385(b)(1)(ii)(C)).
The commercial trip limit of 500 lb
(227 kg) per day applies to Atlantic
Spanish mackerel in or from the
southern zone effective at 6 a.m. eastern
time on January 29, 2020, until 12:01
a.m. eastern time on March 1, 2020,
unless changed by subsequent
notification in the Federal Register.
Atlantic Spanish mackerel and is
consistent with the FMP, the MagnusonStevens Act, and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.385(b)(1)(ii)(C) and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the
procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, because the temporary rule is
issued without opportunity for prior
notice and opportunity for comment.
This action responds to the best
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for NOAA
Fisheries (AA) finds that the need to
immediately reduce the trip limit for the
commercial sector for Atlantic Spanish
mackerel constitutes good cause to
waive the requirements to provide prior
notice and the opportunity for public
comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)
as such procedures are unnecessary and
contrary to the public interest. Such
procedures are unnecessary because the
rules implementing the commercial
quotas and trip limits have already been
subject to notice and comment, and all
that remains is to notify the public of
the trip limit reduction.
Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment is contrary to the
public interest, because any delay in the
trip limit reduction of the commercial
harvest could result in the commercial
quota being exceeded. There is a need
to immediately implement this action to
protect the Atlantic Spanish mackerel
resource, because the capacity of the
fishing fleet allows for rapid harvest of
the commercial quota. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment would
require additional time and could
potentially result in a harvest well in
excess of the established commercial
quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in effectiveness of this
action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 24, 2020.
Karyl K. Brewster-Geisz,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The Regional Administrator for the
NMFS Southeast Region has determined
this temporary rule is necessary for the
conservation and management of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 180713633–9174–02; RTID
0648–XY073]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of
Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reallocating the
projected unused amounts of the
Community Development Quota (CDQ)
pollock directed fishing allowance
(DFA) from the Aleutian Islands subarea
to the Bering Sea subarea. This action is
necessary to provide opportunity for
harvest of the 2020 total allowable catch
of pollock, consistent with the goals and
objectives of the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area
(BSAI).
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), January 29, 2020, until the
effective date of the final 2020 and 2021
harvest specifications for BSAI
groundfish, unless otherwise modified
or superseded through publication of a
notification in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI exclusive economic zone
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 (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.
In the Aleutian Islands subarea, the
portion of the 2020 pollock total
allowable catch (TAC) allocated to the
CDQ DFA is 1,900 mt as established by
the final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (84 FR 9000, March 13, 2019), and
as adjusted by an inseason adjustment
(85 FR 19, January 2, 2020).
As of January 15, 2020, the
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
(Regional Administrator) has
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 140819687-5583-02]
RTID 0648-XS022
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and
Atlantic Region; 2019-2020 Commercial Trip Limit Reduction for Spanish
Mackerel in the Atlantic Southern Zone
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; trip limit reduction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit of Atlantic migratory
group Spanish mackerel in the southern zone of the Atlantic exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) to 500 lb (227 kg) in round or gutted weight per
day. This commercial trip limit reduction is necessary to maximize the
socioeconomic benefits of the fishery.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective from 6 a.m. eastern time on
January 29, 2020, until 12:01 a.m. eastern time on March 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fishery for coastal migratory pelagic
fish in the Atlantic includes king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and
cobia on the east coast of Florida, and is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf
of Mexico and Atlantic Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the Gulf
of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils and is
implemented by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations
at 50 CFR part 622. All
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weights described for the Atlantic migratory group of Spanish mackerel
(Atlantic Spanish mackerel) apply as either round or gutted weight.
For management purposes, the commercial sector of Atlantic Spanish
mackerel is divided into northern and southern zones. The southern zone
consists of Federal waters off South Carolina, Georgia, and the east
coast of Florida. The southern zone boundaries for Atlantic Spanish
mackerel extend from the border of North Carolina and South Carolina
(which is a line extending in a direction of 135[deg]34'55'' from true
north beginning at 33[deg]51'07.9'' N lat. and 78[deg]32'32.6'' W long.
to the intersection point with the outward boundary of the EEZ) to the
border of Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida (at 25[deg]20'24'' N.
lat).
The southern zone commercial quota for Atlantic Spanish mackerel is
2,667,330 lb (1,209,881 kg). Seasonally variable trip limits are based
on an adjusted commercial quota of 2,417,330 lb (1,096,482 kg). The
adjusted commercial quota is calculated to allow continued harvest in
the southern zone at a set rate for the remainder of the current
fishing year, through February 29, 2020, in accordance with regulations
at 50 CFR 622.385(b)(2).
NMFS reduced the commercial trip limit for Atlantic Spanish
mackerel in or from the southern zone to 1,500 lb (680 kg) on December
24, 2019 (84 FR 70904, December 26, 2019). That temporary rule is
effective through end of the fishing year, or until the commercial trip
limit is reduced to 500 lb (227 kg) when 100 percent of the adjusted
quota is reached or is projected to be reached, whichever occurs first.
NMFS has determined that 100 percent of the adjusted commercial quota
for Atlantic Spanish mackerel has been reached and is reducing the
commercial trip limit. Atlantic Spanish mackerel in or from the
southern zone may not be possessed on board or landed from a vessel
with a Federal commercial permit for Atlantic Spanish mackerel in
amounts exceeding 500 lb (227 kg) per day (50 CFR
622.385(b)(1)(ii)(C)).
The commercial trip limit of 500 lb (227 kg) per day applies to
Atlantic Spanish mackerel in or from the southern zone effective at 6
a.m. eastern time on January 29, 2020, until 12:01 a.m. eastern time on
March 1, 2020, unless changed by subsequent notification in the Federal
Register.
Classification
The Regional Administrator for the NMFS Southeast Region has
determined this temporary rule is necessary for the conservation and
management of Atlantic Spanish mackerel and is consistent with the FMP,
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.385(b)(1)(ii)(C) and is
exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the procedures of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, because the temporary rule is issued without
opportunity for prior notice and opportunity for comment.
This action responds to the best scientific information available.
The Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries (AA) finds that the need
to immediately reduce the trip limit for the commercial sector for
Atlantic Spanish mackerel constitutes good cause to waive the
requirements to provide prior notice and the opportunity for public
comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such procedures are
unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. Such procedures are
unnecessary because the rules implementing the commercial quotas and
trip limits have already been subject to notice and comment, and all
that remains is to notify the public of the trip limit reduction.
Prior notice and opportunity for public comment is contrary to the
public interest, because any delay in the trip limit reduction of the
commercial harvest could result in the commercial quota being exceeded.
There is a need to immediately implement this action to protect the
Atlantic Spanish mackerel resource, because the capacity of the fishing
fleet allows for rapid harvest of the commercial quota. Prior notice
and opportunity for public comment would require additional time and
could potentially result in a harvest well in excess of the established
commercial quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, the AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness of this action under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 24, 2020.
Karyl K. Brewster-Geisz,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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