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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 231215–0305; RTID 0648–
XD831]
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From Virginia to North
Carolina
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
Commonwealth of Virginia is
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transferring a portion of its 2024
commercial summer flounder quota to
the State of North Carolina. This
adjustment to the 2024 fishing year
quota is necessary to comply with the
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
quota transfer provisions. This
announcement informs the public of the
revised 2024 commercial quotas for
Virginia and North Carolina.
DATES: Effective March 25, 2024 through
December 31, 2024.
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 the
final 2024 allocations were published
on December 21, 2023 (88 FR 88266).
The final rule implementing
amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
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: (1) the transfers or
combinations would not preclude the
overall annual quota from being fully
harvested; (2) the transfers address an
unforeseen variation or contingency in
the fishery; and (3) the transfers are
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.
Virginia is transferring 11,004 pounds
(lb; 4,991 kilograms (kg)) to North
Carolina 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 2024 are:
Virginia, 1,865,937 lb (846,375 kg); and
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North Carolina, 2,409,167 lb (1,092,780
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: March 21, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 240227–0061; RTID 0648–
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal
to 50 Feet Length Overall Using Hookand-Line Gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels
greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2
meters (m)) length overall using hookand-line (HAL) gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
(GOA). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the A season
allowance of the 2024 Pacific cod total
allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to
catcher vessels greater than or equal to
50 feet (15.2 m) length overall using
HAL gear in the Central Regulatory Area
of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), March 22, 2024,
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., June 10,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abby Jahn, 907–586–7416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 231215-0305; RTID 0648-XD831]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer From Virginia to North Carolina
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia is
transferring a portion of its 2024 commercial summer flounder quota to
the State of North Carolina. This adjustment to the 2024 fishing year
quota is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black
Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) quota transfer provisions. This
announcement informs the public of the revised 2024 commercial quotas
for Virginia and North Carolina.
DATES: Effective March 25, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
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 the final 2024 allocations
were published on December 21, 2023 (88 FR 88266).
The final rule implementing amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder 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: (1) the transfers or combinations
would not preclude the overall annual quota from being fully harvested;
(2) the transfers address an unforeseen variation or contingency in the
fishery; and (3) the transfers are 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.
Virginia is transferring 11,004 pounds (lb; 4,991 kilograms (kg))
to North Carolina 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 2024 are: Virginia, 1,865,937 lb (846,375 kg); and
North Carolina, 2,409,167 lb (1,092,780 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: March 21, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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