Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to Massachusetts, 65789-65790 [2024-18037]

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[FR Doc. 2024–17789 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6730–02–P 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: E:\FR\FM\13AUR1.SGM 13AUR1 65790 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Rules and Regulations lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with RULES1 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 9990 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] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P E:\FR\FM\13AUR1.SGM 13AUR1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65789-65790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18037]


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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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