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In rule document 2022–16824,
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2022, make the following correction:
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On page 47943, in the second table, on
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Illex Squid Fishery; Revised
2022 Specifications
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
16:25 Aug 08, 2022
NMFS is increasing the
specifications for the 2022 Illex squid
fishery. This rule is required to ensure
that the 2022 specifications are based on
the best scientific information available.
This rule is also intended to inform the
public of the changes to the
specifications for the remainder of the
2022 fishing year.
DATES: Effective August 9, 2022, through
December 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the revised
specifications, including the
Supplemental Information Report, and
other supporting documents for the
action, are available upon request from
Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Suite 201, 800 N
State Street, Dover, DE 19901. These
documents are also accessible via the
internet at https://www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carly Bari, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978)
281–9150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna
Fisheries; 2022–2024 Commercial
Fishing Restrictions for Pacific Bluefin
Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council manages the Illex
squid fishery under the Mackerel,
Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). Section
302(g)(1)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) states that
the Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) for each regional fishery
management council shall provide its
Council ongoing scientific advice for
fishery management decisions,
including recommendations for
acceptable biological catch (ABC),
preventing overfishing, ensuring
maximum sustainable yield, and
achieving rebuilding targets. The ABC is
a level of catch that accounts for the
scientific uncertainty in the estimate of
the stock’s defined overfishing level
(OFL). The regulations implementing
the MSB FMP require the Council’s
MSB Monitoring Committee to develop
specification recommendations for each
species based upon the ABC advice of
the Council’s SSC. The regulations at 50
CFR 648.22(e) allow the Regional
Administrator, in consultation with the
Council, to adjust specifications during
the fishing year.
At its March 2022 meeting, the
Council’s SSC reviewed preliminary
work by its Illex Squid Working Group
and concluded that the species
continues to be lightly exploited and the
fishery footprint is small relative to the
entire management unit. The SSC
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recommended increasing the 2022 ABC
from 33,000 mt to 40,000 mt. The
Council recommended this specification
adjustment at its April 2022 meeting
and requested that NMFS use its inseason authority to increase the 2022
ABC and also adjust the closure
threshold from 94 percent to 96 percent.
The Council recommended a 96-percent
closure threshold given improved
reporting appears to have enabled
NMFS to more effectively monitor the
fishery in recent years and take action
to close the fishery when necessary
without overages, and it is expected that
the smaller closure threshold should
still avoid exceeding the ABC.
On May 10, 2022, we published Illex
squid specifications for 2022 (87 FR
27952), and the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for that rule
considered a range of ABCs from
18,000–40,000 mt. The final rule
adopted an ABC of 33,000 mt for 2022.
The revised specifications implemented
by this final rule increase the 2022 Illex
squid ABC to 40,000 mt, which was
included and analyzed during the
development of the original 2022
specifications.
Revised Specifications
We are implementing the revised
2022 specifications recommended by
the Council and its SSC. The Council
recommended that the status quo
discard rate of 4.61 percent be reduced
from the ABC, which results in a DAH
amount of 38,156 mt for 2022 that
would be maintained for the 2022
fishing year. These revised
specifications will increase the 2022
commercial quota by implementing a
38,156-mt domestic annual harvest
(DAH), an increase of 21 percent. Table
1 summarizes the recommended
changes to the revised 2022 Illex squid
specifications. Additionally, the Illex
fishery closure threshold will change
from 94 percent to 96 percent.
TABLE 1—2022 ILLEX SQUID
SPECIFICATIONS IN METRIC TONS
[mt]
Current
OFL ................................
ABC ................................
Initial Optimum Yield ......
DAH ................................
Unknown ..
33,000 ......
31,478 ......
31,478 ......
Modified
Unknown.
40,000.
38,156.
38,156.
Regulatory Clarifications
This action also includes corrections
to existing regulations to correct the title
of the Regional Administrator in the
Tier 1 longfin squid vessel permit
regulations, and to remove an outdated
requirement for chub mackerel that
expired on December 31, 2020, from the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 300
[Docket No. 220801-0167]
RIN 0648-BK82
International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; 2022-2024
Commercial Fishing Restrictions for Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern
Pacific Ocean
Correction
In rule document 2022-16824, appearing on pages 47939 through 47944
in the issue of Friday, August 5, 2022, make the following correction:
Sec. 300.25 Fisheries management. [Corrected]
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On page 47943, in the second table, on the second line, ``(ii) January
through June'' should read ``(i) January through June''.
[FR Doc. C1-2022-16824 Filed 8-8-22; 8:45 am]
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