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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 221223–0282; RTID 0648–
XD368]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From NC to MA
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
State of North Carolina is transferring a
portion of its 2023 commercial summer
flounder quota to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. This adjustment to the
2023 fishing year quota 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 2023
commercial quotas for North Carolina
and Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective September 15, 2023,
through December 31, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Deighan, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR
648.100 through 648.111. These
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
2023 allocations were published on
January 3, 2023 (88 FR 11).
SUMMARY:
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The final rule implementing
Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
Fishery Management Plan (FMP), 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 not 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 FMP and the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Regional
Administrator has determined these
three criteria have been met for the
transfer approved in this notification.
North Carolina is transferring 529 lb
(240 kg) to Massachusetts through a
mutual agreement between the States.
This transfer was requested to repay
landings made by an out-of-state
permitted vessel under a safe harbor
agreement. The revised summer
flounder quotas for 2023 are North
Carolina, 3,301,524 lb (1,497,546 kg),
and Massachusetts, 1,359,363 lb
(616,597 kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
648.102(c)(2)(i) through (iv), which was
issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is
exempted from review under Executive
Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 12, 2023.
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
[Docket No. 221223-0282; RTID 0648-XD368]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer From NC to MA
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of quota transfer.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is
transferring a portion of its 2023 commercial summer flounder quota to
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This adjustment to the 2023 fishing
year quota 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 2023 commercial quotas
for North Carolina and Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective September 15, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Deighan, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the summer flounder
fishery are found in 50 CFR 648.100 through 648.111. These 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 Sec. 648.102 and final 2023 allocations were
published on January 3, 2023 (88 FR 11).
The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
Fishery Management Plan (FMP), 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 Sec. 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 not 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 FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Regional Administrator has
determined these three criteria have been met for the transfer approved
in this notification.
North Carolina is transferring 529 lb (240 kg) to Massachusetts
through a mutual agreement between the States. This transfer was
requested to repay landings made by an out-of-state permitted vessel
under a safe harbor agreement. The revised summer flounder quotas for
2023 are North Carolina, 3,301,524 lb (1,497,546 kg), and
Massachusetts, 1,359,363 lb (616,597 kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 648.102(c)(2)(i) through
(iv), which was issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is exempted from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 12, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-20064 Filed 9-15-23; 8:45 am]
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