Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to Massachusetts, 65789-65790 [2024-18037]
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By the Commission.
David Eng,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 231215–0305; RTID 0648–
XE183]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer From North Carolina to
Massachusetts
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
Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective August 12, 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
SUMMARY:
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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 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
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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.
North Carolina is transferring 2,353
pounds (lb; 1,067 kilograms (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
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2024 are: North Carolina, 2,353,195 lb
(1,067,391 kg); and Massachusetts,
615,561 lb (279,214 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) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is exempted
from review under Executive Order
12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 8, 2024.
Claudia Stephanie Womble,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–18037 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 231215-0305; RTID 0648-XE183]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective August 12, 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
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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 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.
North Carolina is transferring 2,353 pounds (lb; 1,067 kilograms
(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 2024 are: North Carolina, 2,353,195 lb (1,067,391
kg); and Massachusetts, 615,561 lb (279,214 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) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act, and is exempted from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 8, 2024.
Claudia Stephanie Womble,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-18037 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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