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this EFP would cover a study period of
April 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The project includes 4 inshore vessels
(Lobster Management Area 2) and 16
offshore vessels (Lobster Management
Areas 1, 3, and 4). Each vessel would
fish with 3 modified, ventless traps
designed to capture juvenile lobsters,
totaling 60 modified traps. The project
team hopes to add 2 additional offshore
vessels (Lobster Management Areas 1, 3,
4, and/or 5) in 2022, which would
increase the total to 66 traps. The
modified traps would adhere to the
standard coast-wide survey gear for
lobster and Jonah crab set by the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and would be fished
within standard Atlantic Large Whalecompliant trawls. The traps would
remain in the water up to 12 months
and be hauled every 7 days by the
inshore vessels and every 10 days by the
offshore vessels.
This study would take place during
the regular fishing activity of the
participating vessels, but catch from
modified traps would remain separate
from that of standard gear. Operators
would collect data on size, sex, presence
of eggs, and shell hardness for lobsters
and Jonah crabs and v-notch and shell
disease for lobsters. In addition to
onboard sampling, three inshore and
three offshore vessels would retain up to
50 Jonah crabs per month each, for a
total of up to 300 crabs per month, for
a molting study. Operators would return
all other specimens from modified gear
to the ocean once sampling is complete.
The study is designed to inform
management by addressing questions of
changing reproduction and recruitment
dynamics of lobster and develop a
foundation of knowledge for the datadeficient Jonah crab fishery. The
Commercial Fisheries Research
Foundation would share data with the
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics
Program, the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center, the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission, and the
Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management every 6
months.
If approved, the applicant may
request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFP throughout the
year. EFP modifications and extensions
may be granted without further notice if
they are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not
change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request. Any
fishing activity conducted outside the
scope of the exempted fishing activity
would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: February 7, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Determination of Overfishing or an
Overfished Condition
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This action serves as a notice
that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), has found that
Gulf of Mexico gag is now subject to
overfishing and overfished; Bering Sea
snow crab is now overfished; Atlantic
mackerel is still subject to overfishing
and overfished; and Georges Bank
winter flounder, Southern New
England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder,
and Atlantic Coast bluefish are still
overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the
Secretary, notifies the appropriate
regional fishery management council
(Council) whenever it determines that a
stock or stock complex is subject to
overfishing, overfished, or approaching
an overfished condition.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn Frens, (301)–427–8523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 304(e)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on
behalf of the Secretary, must notify
Councils, and publish a notice in the
Federal Register, whenever it
determines that a stock or stock
complex is subject to overfishing,
overfished, or approaching an
overfished condition.
NMFS has determined that Gulf of
Mexico gag is now subject to overfishing
and overfished. The Gulf of Mexico gag
determination is based on the most
recent assessment, completed in 2021
and using data through 2019, which
indicates that this stock is subject to
overfishing because the fishing
mortality rate is above the threshold,
and overfished because the stock
biomass is below the threshold. NMFS
has notified the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council of the requirement
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to end overfishing on and to rebuild this
stock.
NMFS has determined that Bering Sea
snow crab is now overfished. This
determination is based on the most
recent assessment, completed in
2021and using data through 2021,
which indicates that this stock is
overfished because the mature male
biomass is below the threshold. NMFS
has notified the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council of the requirement
to rebuild this stock.
NMFS has determined that Atlantic
mackerel is still subject to overfishing
and overfished. This determination is
based on the most recent assessment,
completed in 2020 and using data
through 2019, which indicates that this
stock is subject to overfishing because
the fishing mortality rate is above the
threshold, and overfished because the
stock biomass is below the threshold.
NMFS continues to work with the New
England Fishery Management Council
to end overfishing and to rebuild this
stock.
NMFS has determined that Georges
Bank winter flounder, Southern New
England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder,
and Atlantic Coast bluefish are still
overfished. The two winter flounder
determinations are based on the most
recent assessments, completed in 2020
and using data through 2019, which
indicate that these stocks are overfished
because the biomasses are below their
respective thresholds. NMFS continues
to work with the New England Fishery
Management Council to rebuild these
stocks. The Atlantic Coast bluefish
determination is based on the most
recent assessment, completed in 2021
and using data through 2019, which
indicates that this stock is overfished
because the biomass is below the
threshold. NMFS continues to work
with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council to rebuild this
stock.
Dated: February 7, 2022.
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
[RTID 0648-XB733]
Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Gulf of Mexico gag is
now subject to overfishing and overfished; Bering Sea snow crab is now
overfished; Atlantic mackerel is still subject to overfishing and
overfished; and Georges Bank winter flounder, Southern New England/Mid-
Atlantic winter flounder, and Atlantic Coast bluefish are still
overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, notifies the appropriate
regional fishery management council (Council) whenever it determines
that a stock or stock complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or
approaching an overfished condition.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Frens, (301)-427-8523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 304(e)(2) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary,
must notify Councils, and publish a notice in the Federal Register,
whenever it determines that a stock or stock complex is subject to
overfishing, overfished, or approaching an overfished condition.
NMFS has determined that Gulf of Mexico gag is now subject to
overfishing and overfished. The Gulf of Mexico gag determination is
based on the most recent assessment, completed in 2021 and using data
through 2019, which indicates that this stock is subject to overfishing
because the fishing mortality rate is above the threshold, and
overfished because the stock biomass is below the threshold. NMFS has
notified the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council of the
requirement to end overfishing on and to rebuild this stock.
NMFS has determined that Bering Sea snow crab is now overfished.
This determination is based on the most recent assessment, completed in
2021and using data through 2021, which indicates that this stock is
overfished because the mature male biomass is below the threshold. NMFS
has notified the North Pacific Fishery Management Council of the
requirement to rebuild this stock.
NMFS has determined that Atlantic mackerel is still subject to
overfishing and overfished. This determination is based on the most
recent assessment, completed in 2020 and using data through 2019, which
indicates that this stock is subject to overfishing because the fishing
mortality rate is above the threshold, and overfished because the stock
biomass is below the threshold. NMFS continues to work with the New
England Fishery Management Council to end overfishing and to rebuild
this stock.
NMFS has determined that Georges Bank winter flounder, Southern New
England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder, and Atlantic Coast bluefish are
still overfished. The two winter flounder determinations are based on
the most recent assessments, completed in 2020 and using data through
2019, which indicate that these stocks are overfished because the
biomasses are below their respective thresholds. NMFS continues to work
with the New England Fishery Management Council to rebuild these
stocks. The Atlantic Coast bluefish determination is based on the most
recent assessment, completed in 2021 and using data through 2019, which
indicates that this stock is overfished because the biomass is below
the threshold. NMFS continues to work with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council to rebuild this stock.
Dated: February 7, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-02857 Filed 2-9-22; 8:45 am]
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