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exceeded the most recent year’s
recreational ACL will be deducted from
the following year’s recreational ACT, or
as soon as possible thereafter, once
catch data are available. This payback
may be evenly spread over 2 years if
doing so allows for use of identical
recreational management measures
across the upcoming 2 years.
(2) If biomass is above the threshold,
but below the target, and the stock is not
under rebuilding. If the most recent
estimate of biomass is above the
biomass threshold (B/BMSY is greater
than 0.5), but below the biomass target
(B/BMSY is less than 1.0), and the stock
is not under a rebuilding plan, then the
following AMs will apply:
(i) If the recreational ACL has been
exceeded. If the recreational ACL has
been exceeded, then adjustments to the
recreational management measures,
taking into account the performance of
the measures and conditions that
precipitated the overage, will be made
in the following fishing year, or as soon
as possible thereafter, once catch data
are available, as a single-year
adjustment.
(ii) If the fishing mortality (F) has
exceeded FMSY (or the proxy). If the
most recent estimate of total fishing
mortality exceeds FMSY (or the proxy)
then an adjustment to the recreational
ACT will be made as soon as possible
once catch data are available. If an
estimate of total fishing mortality for the
most recent complete year of catch data
is not available, then a comparison of
total catch relative to the ABC will be
used.
(A) Adjustment to Recreational ACT.
If an adjustment to the following year’s
Recreational ACT is required, then the
ACT will be reduced by the exact
amount, in pounds, of the product of the
recreational ACL overage and the
payback coefficient, as specified in
paragraph (d)(2)(ii)(B) of this section.
This payback may be evenly spread over
2 years if doing so allows for use of
identical recreational management
measures across the upcoming 2 years.
(B) Payback coefficient. The payback
coefficient is the difference between the
most recent estimates of BMSY and
biomass (i.e., BMSY¥ B) divided by onehalf of BMSY.
(3) If biomass is above BMSY. If the
most recent estimate of biomass is above
BMSY (i.e., B/BMSY is greater than 1.0),
then adjustments to the recreational
management measures, taking into
account the performance of the
measures and conditions that
precipitated the overage, will be made
in the following fishing year, or as soon
as possible thereafter, once catch data
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are available, as a single-year
adjustment.
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(f) Non-landing AMs. In the event that
the fishery-level ACL has been exceeded
and the overage has not been
accommodated through the AM
measures in paragraphs (a) through (d)
of this section, then the exact amount,
in pounds, by which the fishery-level
ACL was exceeded shall be deducted, as
soon as possible, from subsequent,
single fishing year ACTs. The payback
will be applied to each sector’s ACT in
proportion to each sector’s contribution
to the overage.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 230224–0053 and 230306–0065;
RTID 0648–XC767]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish Managed
Under the Individual Fishing Quota
Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; opening.
AGENCY:
NMFS is opening directed
fishing for sablefish with fixed gear
managed under the Individual Fishing
Quota (IFQ) Program and the
Community Development Quota (CDQ)
Program. The season will open 1200
hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March
10, 2023, and will close 1200 hours,
A.l.t., December 7, 2023. This period is
the same as the 2023 commercial
halibut fishery opening dates adopted
by the International Pacific Halibut
Commission. The IFQ and CDQ halibut
season is specified by a separate
publication in the Federal Register of
annual management measures.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, A.l.t.,
March 10, 2023, until 1200 hours, A.l.t.,
December 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Obren Davis, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning
in 1995, fishing for Pacific halibut and
sablefish with fixed gear in the IFQ
regulatory areas defined in 50 CFR 679.2
has been managed under the IFQ
Program. The IFQ Program is a
SUMMARY:
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regulatory regime designed to promote
the conservation and management of
these fisheries and to further the
objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and the Northern Pacific Halibut
Act. Persons holding quota share receive
an annual allocation of IFQ. Persons
receiving an annual allocation of IFQ
are authorized to harvest IFQ species
within specified limitations. Further
information on the implementation of
the IFQ Program, and the rationale
supporting it, are contained in the
preamble to the final rule implementing
the IFQ Program published in the
Federal Register, November 9, 1993 (58
FR 59375) and subsequent amendments.
This announcement is consistent with
§ 679.23(g)(1), which requires that the
directed fishing season for sablefish
managed under the IFQ Program be
specified by the Administrator, Alaska
Region, and announced by publication
in the Federal Register. This method of
season announcement was selected to
facilitate coordination between the
sablefish season, chosen by the
Administrator, Alaska Region, and the
halibut season, adopted by the
International Pacific Halibut
Commission (IPHC). The directed
fishing season for sablefish with fixed
gear managed under the IFQ Program
will open 1200 hours, A.l.t., March 10,
2023, and will close 1200 hours, A.l.t.,
December 7, 2023. This period runs
concurrently with the IFQ season for
Pacific halibut announced by the IPHC.
The IFQ and CDQ halibut season will be
specified by a separate publication in
the Federal Register of annual
management measures pursuant to 50
CFR 300.62.
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
part 679, which was issued pursuant to
section 304(b), and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there
is good cause to waive prior notice and
an opportunity for public comment on
this action, as notice and comment
would be impracticable and contrary to
the public interest, as it would delay the
opening of the sablefish fishery thereby
increasing bycatch and regulatory
discards between the sablefish fishery
and the halibut fishery, and preventing
the accomplishment of the management
objective for simultaneous opening of
these two fisheries. NMFS was unable to
publish a notice providing time for
public comment because the most
recent, relevant data only became
available as of March 6, 2023.
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The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA also finds good cause
to waive the 30-day delay in the
effective date of this action under 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is based
upon the reasons provided above for
waiver of prior notice and opportunity
for public comment.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 7, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14512-14513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04926]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 230224-0053 and 230306-0065; RTID 0648-XC767]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish
Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota Program
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; opening.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear
managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program and the
Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The season will open 1200
hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 10, 2023, and will close 1200
hours, A.l.t., December 7, 2023. This period is the same as the 2023
commercial halibut fishery opening dates adopted by the International
Pacific Halibut Commission. The IFQ and CDQ halibut season is specified
by a separate publication in the Federal Register of annual management
measures.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, A.l.t., March 10, 2023, until 1200 hours,
A.l.t., December 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Obren Davis, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning in 1995, fishing for Pacific
halibut and sablefish with fixed gear in the IFQ regulatory areas
defined in 50 CFR 679.2 has been managed under the IFQ Program. The IFQ
Program is a regulatory regime designed to promote the conservation and
management of these fisheries and to further the objectives of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act. Persons holding quota share receive an
annual allocation of IFQ. Persons receiving an annual allocation of IFQ
are authorized to harvest IFQ species within specified limitations.
Further information on the implementation of the IFQ Program, and the
rationale supporting it, are contained in the preamble to the final
rule implementing the IFQ Program published in the Federal Register,
November 9, 1993 (58 FR 59375) and subsequent amendments.
This announcement is consistent with Sec. 679.23(g)(1), which
requires that the directed fishing season for sablefish managed under
the IFQ Program be specified by the Administrator, Alaska Region, and
announced by publication in the Federal Register. This method of season
announcement was selected to facilitate coordination between the
sablefish season, chosen by the Administrator, Alaska Region, and the
halibut season, adopted by the International Pacific Halibut Commission
(IPHC). The directed fishing season for sablefish with fixed gear
managed under the IFQ Program will open 1200 hours, A.l.t., March 10,
2023, and will close 1200 hours, A.l.t., December 7, 2023. This period
runs concurrently with the IFQ season for Pacific halibut announced by
the IPHC. The IFQ and CDQ halibut season will be specified by a
separate publication in the Federal Register of annual management
measures pursuant to 50 CFR 300.62.
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR part 679, which was
issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive prior
notice and an opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice
and comment would be impracticable and contrary to the public interest,
as it would delay the opening of the sablefish fishery thereby
increasing bycatch and regulatory discards between the sablefish
fishery and the halibut fishery, and preventing the accomplishment of
the management objective for simultaneous opening of these two
fisheries. NMFS was unable to publish a notice providing time for
public comment because the most recent, relevant data only became
available as of March 6, 2023.
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The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA also finds good
cause to waive the 30-day delay in the effective date of this action
under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is based upon the reasons
provided above for waiver of prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 7, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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