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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
Erica D. Jones,
NASA FAR Supplement Manager.
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80639
[Docket No. 221215–0272; RTID 0648–
XD537]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery;
Quota Transfers From NY and MD to
NC
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of quota transfers.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
States of New York and Maryland are
transferring a portion of their 2023
commercial bluefish quota to the State
of North Carolina. These adjustments to
the 2023 fishing year quotas are
necessary to comply with the Atlantic
Bluefish Fishery Management Plan
quota transfer provisions. This
announcement informs the public of the
revised 2023 commercial bluefish
quotas for New York, Maryland, and
North Carolina.
DATES: Effective November 17, 2023,
through December 31, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Deighan, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the Atlantic
bluefish fishery are found in 50 CFR
648.160 through 648.167. These
regulations require annual specification
of a commercial quota that is
apportioned among the Coastal States
from Maine through Florida. The
process to set the annual commercial
quota and the percent allocated to each
State is described in § 648.162, and the
final 2023 allocations were published
on December 21, 2022 (87 FR 78011).
SUMMARY:
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The final rule implementing
Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP), as published
in the Federal Register on July 26, 2000
(65 FR 45844), provided a mechanism
for transferring bluefish 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 request approval to transfer or
combine bluefish commercial quota
under § 648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii).
The Regional Administrator must
approve any such transfer based on the
criteria in § 648.162(e). In evaluating
requests to transfer a quota or combine
quotas, the Regional Administrator shall
consider whether: the transfer or
combinations would preclude the
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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
transfers approved in this notification.
New York is transferring 25,000
pounds (lb) (11,340 kilograms (kg)) and
Maryland is transferring 50,000 lb
(22,680 kg) to North Carolina, through
mutual agreements of the States. These
transfers were requested to ensure that
North Carolina would not exceed its
2023 State quota. The revised bluefish
quotas for 2023 are: New York, 535,031
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lb (242,686 kg); Maryland, 65,409 lb
(29,669 kg); and North Carolina,
1,639,077 lb (743,473 kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii), 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: November 15, 2023.
Kelly Denit,
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. 221215-0272; RTID 0648-XD537]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish
Fishery; Quota Transfers From NY and MD to NC
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of quota transfers.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the States of New York and Maryland are
transferring a portion of their 2023 commercial bluefish quota to the
State of North Carolina. These adjustments to the 2023 fishing year
quotas are necessary to comply with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery
Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs
the public of the revised 2023 commercial bluefish quotas for New York,
Maryland, and North Carolina.
DATES: Effective November 17, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Deighan, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the Atlantic bluefish
fishery are found in 50 CFR 648.160 through 648.167. These regulations
require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned
among the Coastal States from Maine through Florida. The process to set
the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each State is
described in Sec. 648.162, and the final 2023 allocations were
published on December 21, 2022 (87 FR 78011).
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The final rule implementing Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP), as published in the Federal Register on July 26,
2000 (65 FR 45844), provided a mechanism for transferring bluefish
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 request approval to transfer or combine
bluefish commercial quota under Sec. 648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii).
The Regional Administrator must approve any such transfer based on the
criteria in Sec. 648.162(e). In evaluating requests to transfer a
quota or combine quotas, the Regional Administrator shall consider
whether: 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 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
transfers approved in this notification.
New York is transferring 25,000 pounds (lb) (11,340 kilograms (kg))
and Maryland is transferring 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) to North Carolina,
through mutual agreements of the States. These transfers were requested
to ensure that North Carolina would not exceed its 2023 State quota.
The revised bluefish quotas for 2023 are: New York, 535,031 lb (242,686
kg); Maryland, 65,409 lb (29,669 kg); and North Carolina, 1,639,077 lb
(743,473 kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 648.162(e)(1)(i) through
(iii), 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: November 15, 2023.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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