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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 200124–0029]
RTID 0648–XA413
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2020
Red Snapper Private Angling
Component Accountability Measure in
Federal Waters Off Texas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule, accountability
measure.
AGENCY:
Through this temporary rule,
NMFS implements accountability
measures (AMs) for the red snapper
recreational sector private angling
component in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf)
off Texas for the 2020 fishing year.
Based on information provided by the
State of Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department (TPWD), NMFS has
determined that the 2019 Texas regional
management area private angling
component annual catch limit (ACL) for
Gulf red snapper was exceeded.
Therefore, NMFS reduces the 2020
private angling component ACL of Gulf
red snapper for the Texas regional
management area. This reduction will
remain in effect through the remainder
of the current fishing year on December
31, 2020, and is necessary to protect the
Gulf red snapper resource.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective
from 12:01 a.m., local time, on August
24, 2020, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on
January 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelli O’Donnell, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office, telephone: 727–824–
5305, email: kelli.odonnell@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
reef fish fishery, which includes red
snapper, is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish
Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP).
The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) and is implemented by NMFS
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under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act) through regulations at 50 CFR part
622. All red snapper weights discussed
in this temporary rule are in round
weight.
In 2015, Amendment 40 to the FMP
established two components within the
recreational sector fishing for red
snapper: The private angling
component, and the Federal charter
vessel and headboat (for-hire)
component (80 FR 22422, April 22,
2015). In 2020, NMFS implemented
Amendments 50 A–F to the FMP, which
delegated authority to the Gulf states
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, and Texas) to establish specific
management measures for the harvest of
red snapper in Federal waters of the
Gulf by the private angling component
of the recreational sector (85 FR 6819,
February 6, 2020). These amendments
allocate a portion of the private angling
ACL to each state, and each state is
required to constrain landings to its
allocation as part of state management.
As described at 50 CFR 622.39(a)(2)(i),
the Gulf red snapper recreational sector
quota (ACL) is 7.399 million lb (3.356
million kg) and the recreational private
angling component quota (ACL) is 4.269
million lb (1.936 million kg). Also, as
described at 50 CFR 622.23(a)(1)(ii)(E),
the Texas regional management area
private angling component ACL is
265,105 lb (120,250 kg). Regulations at
50 CFR 622.23(b) require that if a state’s
red snapper private angling component
landings exceed the applicable state’s
component ACL, then in the following
fishing year, that state’s private angling
ACL will be reduced by the amount of
that ACL overage in the prior fishing
year.
For the 2019 fishing year, the Texas
recreational red snapper private
component (private vessel and state
charter vessels) was managed under an
exempted fishing permit with a state
ACL of 265,090 lb (120,243 kg).
Amendment 50F provided that any
overage of the 2019 Texas ACL would
be applied to Texas’s portion of the
2020 private angling ACL. NMFS has
determined that landings of red snapper
off Texas for the private angling
component, which includes landings for
charter vessels, in 2019 were 375,616 lb
(170,377 kg); which is 110,526 lb
(50,134 kg) greater than 2019 Texas
allocation of the private angling
component ACL. Accordingly, for the
2020 fishing year, this temporary rule
reduces the Texas regional management
area private angling component ACL for
Gulf red snapper by the ACL overage
amount of 110,526 lb (50,134 kg) and
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resulting in a revised private angling
ACL for Texas of 154,579 lb (70,116 kg).
Consistent with the reduction in the
Texas regional management area private
angling component ACL, NMFS also
reduces the 2020 total recreational
sector ACL to 7,288,474 lb (3,305,996
kg) and the total private angling
component ACL to 4,158,474 lb
(1,886,252 kg). The recreational private
angling component ACLs for other Gulf
state management areas for 2020 are
unaffected by this notice. The reduction
in the 2020 red snapper private angling
component ACL for the Texas regional
management area is effective at 12:01
a.m., local time, on August 24, 2020,
and will remain in effect through the
end of the fishing year on December 31,
2020.
The TPWD is responsible for ensuring
that 2020 private angling component
landings in the Texas regional
management area do not exceed the
adjusted 2020 Texas ACL. As described
at 50 CFR 622.23(c), a Gulf state with an
active delegation of state management of
the red snapper private angling
component may request that NMFS
close all, or an area of, Federal waters
off that state to the harvest and
possession of red snapper by private
anglers. At the request of Texas, for the
2020 fishing season, NMFS previously
announced a closure date of August 3,
2020, for the red snapper private angling
component in Gulf Federal waters off
Texas (85 FR 19396, April 7, 2020).
Therefore, the TPWD must manage the
remainder of the 2020 state waters
season to ensure the Texas regional
management area private angling
component ACL is not exceeded.
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required under 50
CFR 622.23(b) which was issued
pursuant to section 304(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, 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
comment.
This action is based on the best
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for NOAA
Fisheries (AA) finds that the need to
implement this action to reduce the
private angling component ACL for the
Texas regional management area
constitutes good cause to waive the
requirements to provide prior notice
and opportunity for public comment on
this temporary rule pursuant to the
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authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B),
because such procedures are
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. Such procedures are
unnecessary because the rule
implementing the post-season ACL
adjustment authority has already been
subject to notice and comment, and all
that remains is to notify the public of
the ACL overage adjustment. Such
procedures are contrary to the public
interest because a failure to implement
the ACL overage adjustment
immediately may result an overage of
the Texas ACL in 2020 and less access
to red snapper off the coast of Texas in
2021.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in the effectiveness of the
action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 19, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
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
[RTID 0648–XA380]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From NC to VA
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification; quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
State of North Carolina is transferring a
portion of its 2020 commercial summer
flounder quota to 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 and Virginia.
DATES: Effective August 21, 2020,
through December 31, 2020.
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
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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
2020 allocations were published on
October 9, 2019 (84 FR 54041).
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 § 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 Fisheries
Management Plan and the MagnusonStevens Act.
North Carolina is transferring 9,263 lb
(4,202 kg) to Virginia. This transfer is
occurring through mutual agreement of
the states. This transfer was requested to
repay landings made by a North
Carolina permitted vessel under a safe
harbor agreement. The revised summer
flounder quotas for fishing year 2020 are
now: North Carolina, 3,125,501 lb
(1,417,703 kg) and Virginia, 2,483,444 lb
(1,126,471 kg).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 19, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
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 622
[Docket No. 200124-0029]
RTID 0648-XA413
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2020 Red Snapper Private
Angling Component Accountability Measure in Federal Waters Off Texas
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule, accountability measure.
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SUMMARY: Through this temporary rule, NMFS implements accountability
measures (AMs) for the red snapper recreational sector private angling
component in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) off Texas for the 2020 fishing
year. Based on information provided by the State of Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department (TPWD), NMFS has determined that the 2019 Texas
regional management area private angling component annual catch limit
(ACL) for Gulf red snapper was exceeded. Therefore, NMFS reduces the
2020 private angling component ACL of Gulf red snapper for the Texas
regional management area. This reduction will remain in effect through
the remainder of the current fishing year on December 31, 2020, and is
necessary to protect the Gulf red snapper resource.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective from 12:01 a.m., local time, on
August 24, 2020, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelli O'Donnell, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf reef fish fishery, which includes
red snapper, is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef
Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) and is implemented
by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) through
regulations at 50 CFR part 622. All red snapper weights discussed in
this temporary rule are in round weight.
In 2015, Amendment 40 to the FMP established two components within
the recreational sector fishing for red snapper: The private angling
component, and the Federal charter vessel and headboat (for-hire)
component (80 FR 22422, April 22, 2015). In 2020, NMFS implemented
Amendments 50 A-F to the FMP, which delegated authority to the Gulf
states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas) to
establish specific management measures for the harvest of red snapper
in Federal waters of the Gulf by the private angling component of the
recreational sector (85 FR 6819, February 6, 2020). These amendments
allocate a portion of the private angling ACL to each state, and each
state is required to constrain landings to its allocation as part of
state management.
As described at 50 CFR 622.39(a)(2)(i), the Gulf red snapper
recreational sector quota (ACL) is 7.399 million lb (3.356 million kg)
and the recreational private angling component quota (ACL) is 4.269
million lb (1.936 million kg). Also, as described at 50 CFR
622.23(a)(1)(ii)(E), the Texas regional management area private angling
component ACL is 265,105 lb (120,250 kg). Regulations at 50 CFR
622.23(b) require that if a state's red snapper private angling
component landings exceed the applicable state's component ACL, then in
the following fishing year, that state's private angling ACL will be
reduced by the amount of that ACL overage in the prior fishing year.
For the 2019 fishing year, the Texas recreational red snapper
private component (private vessel and state charter vessels) was
managed under an exempted fishing permit with a state ACL of 265,090 lb
(120,243 kg). Amendment 50F provided that any overage of the 2019 Texas
ACL would be applied to Texas's portion of the 2020 private angling
ACL. NMFS has determined that landings of red snapper off Texas for the
private angling component, which includes landings for charter vessels,
in 2019 were 375,616 lb (170,377 kg); which is 110,526 lb (50,134 kg)
greater than 2019 Texas allocation of the private angling component
ACL. Accordingly, for the 2020 fishing year, this temporary rule
reduces the Texas regional management area private angling component
ACL for Gulf red snapper by the ACL overage amount of 110,526 lb
(50,134 kg) and
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resulting in a revised private angling ACL for Texas of 154,579 lb
(70,116 kg). Consistent with the reduction in the Texas regional
management area private angling component ACL, NMFS also reduces the
2020 total recreational sector ACL to 7,288,474 lb (3,305,996 kg) and
the total private angling component ACL to 4,158,474 lb (1,886,252 kg).
The recreational private angling component ACLs for other Gulf state
management areas for 2020 are unaffected by this notice. The reduction
in the 2020 red snapper private angling component ACL for the Texas
regional management area is effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, on
August 24, 2020, and will remain in effect through the end of the
fishing year on December 31, 2020.
The TPWD is responsible for ensuring that 2020 private angling
component landings in the Texas regional management area do not exceed
the adjusted 2020 Texas ACL. As described at 50 CFR 622.23(c), a Gulf
state with an active delegation of state management of the red snapper
private angling component may request that NMFS close all, or an area
of, Federal waters off that state to the harvest and possession of red
snapper by private anglers. At the request of Texas, for the 2020
fishing season, NMFS previously announced a closure date of August 3,
2020, for the red snapper private angling component in Gulf Federal
waters off Texas (85 FR 19396, April 7, 2020). Therefore, the TPWD must
manage the remainder of the 2020 state waters season to ensure the
Texas regional management area private angling component ACL is not
exceeded.
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. This action is required under 50 CFR 622.23(b) which was
issued pursuant to section 304(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 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 comment.
This action is based on the best scientific information available.
The Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries (AA) finds that the need
to implement this action to reduce the private angling component ACL
for the Texas regional management area constitutes good cause to waive
the requirements to provide prior notice and opportunity for public
comment on this temporary rule pursuant to the authority set forth in 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because such procedures are unnecessary and contrary
to the public interest. Such procedures are unnecessary because the
rule implementing the post-season ACL adjustment authority has already
been subject to notice and comment, and all that remains is to notify
the public of the ACL overage adjustment. Such procedures are contrary
to the public interest because a failure to implement the ACL overage
adjustment immediately may result an overage of the Texas ACL in 2020
and less access to red snapper off the coast of Texas in 2021.
For the aforementioned reasons, the AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effectiveness of the action under 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 19, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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