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lb (301,436 kg) (50 CFR
622.23(a)(1)(ii)(A)); the Florida regional
management area private angling
component ACL will be 2,769,631 lb
(1,256,283 kg) (50 CFR
622.23(a)(1)(ii)(B)), and the Mississippi
regional management area private
angling component ACL will be 82,342
lb (37,350 kg) (50 CFR
622.23(a)(1)(ii)(D)). The MRIP-based
State ACLs, described in the regulations
as the Federal equivalent, will remain
the same.
Regulations at 50 CFR 622.23(b)
require that if a State’s red snapper
private angling component landings
exceed the applicable State’s component
ACL, then in the following fishing year,
that State’s private angling ACL will be
reduced by the amount of that ACL
overage in the prior fishing year. Based
on data provided by the ADCNR, NMFS
has determined that 2023 landings of
red snapper in Alabama for the private
angling component, which includes
landings for State charter vessels, were
596,083 lb (270,379 kg); which is 4,898
lb (2,222 kg) greater than the 2023
Alabama State-survey based ACL. Based
on data provided by the FWC, NMFS
has determined that 2023 landings of
red snapper in Florida for the private
angling component, which includes
landings for State charter vessels, were
2,204,136 lb (999,779 kg); which is
12,821 lb (5,816 kg) greater than the
2023 Florida State-survey based ACL.
Based on data provided by the MDMR,
NMFS has determined that 2023
landings of red snapper in Mississippi
for the private angling component,
which includes landings for State
charter vessels, were 80,675 lb (36,594
kg); which is 17,813 lb (8,080 kg) greater
than the 2023 Mississippi State-survey
based ACL. Accordingly, for the 2024
fishing year, this temporary rule reduces
the Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi
2024 State-survey based ACLs by the
amount of the overages. These
reductions results in a revised 2024
private angling ACL for Alabama of
659,654 lb (299,214 kg), a revised 2024
private angling ACL for Florida of
2,756,810 lb (1,250,468 kg), and a
revised 2024 private angling ACL for
Mississippi of 64,529 lb (29,270 kg).
The recreational private angling
component ACLs for the other Gulf
State management areas (Louisiana and
Texas) for 2024 are unaffected by this
temporary rule. The reductions in the
2024 red snapper private angling
component ACLs for the Alabama,
Florida, and Mississippi regional
management areas are effective at 12:01
a.m., local time, on June 13, 2024, and
will remain in effect until 12:01 a.m.,
local time, on January 1, 2025.
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The ADCNR, FWC, and MDMR are
responsible for ensuring that 2024
private angling component landings in
each applicable State’s regional
management area do not exceed the
adjusted 2024 Alabama, Florida, and
Mississippi ACLs. NMFS notes that after
the ADCNR, FWC, and MDMR
identified that ACL overages had
occurred in 2023, they adjusted their
respective 2024 red snapper private
angling fishing seasons to account for
the reduction in the ACLs as required by
the regulations at 50 CFR 622.23(b) and
implemented through this temporary
rule.
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required under 50
CFR 622.23(b) which was issued
pursuant to section 304(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, 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
opportunity for public comment on this
action. Such procedures are
unnecessary because the rule
implementing the post-season ACL
adjustment authority has already been
subject to notice and comment, and all
that remains is to notify the public of
the ACL overage adjustment to reduce
the private angling component ACLs for
the Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi
regional management areas. Such
procedures are contrary to the public
interest because a failure to implement
the ACL overage adjustments
immediately may result in confusion
among the public about what ACL is in
effect for Alabama, Florida, and
Mississippi for the 2024 fishing year.
This action is based on the best
scientific information available.
For the aforementioned reasons, there
is also good cause to waive the 30-day
delay in the effectiveness of the action
under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 5, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
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. 231215–0305; RTID 0648–
XE028]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From North Carolina to
Virginia
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
State of North Carolina is transferring a
portion of its 2024 commercial summer
flounder quota to the Commonwealth of
Virginia. 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 North Carolina
and Virginia.
DATES: Effective June 10, 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
SUMMARY:
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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.
North Carolina is transferring 15,576
pounds (lb; 7,065 kilograms (kg)) to
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Virginia 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:
North Carolina, 2,355,548 lb (1,068,459
kg); and Virginia, 1,899,556 lb (861,624
kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
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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: June 5, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-12668]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 231215-0305; RTID 0648-XE028]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to Virginia
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 State of North Carolina is
transferring a portion of its 2024 commercial summer flounder quota to
the Commonwealth of Virginia. 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 North Carolina and Virginia.
DATES: Effective June 10, 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
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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.
North Carolina is transferring 15,576 pounds (lb; 7,065 kilograms
(kg)) to Virginia 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: North Carolina, 2,355,548 lb (1,068,459
kg); and Virginia, 1,899,556 lb (861,624 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: June 5, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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