Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fisheries; In-Season Orders, 100917-100918 [2024-29383]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 240 / Friday, December 13, 2024 / Rules and Regulations Management, shall send a copy of the Second Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 25 Satellites. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene Dortch, Secretary. Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 25 as follows: PART 25—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1. The authority citation for part 25 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless otherwise noted. 2. Amend § 25.261 by revising paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as follows: ■ § 25.261 Sharing among NGSO FSS space stations. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with RULES * * * * * (d) Protection of earlier-round systems. Prior to commencing operations, an NGSO FSS licensee or market access recipient must either certify that it has completed a coordination agreement with any operational NGSO FSS system licensed or granted U.S. market access in an earlier processing round, or submit for Commission approval a compatibility showing which demonstrates by use of a degraded throughput methodology that it will not cause harmful interference to any such system with which coordination has not been completed. If an earlier-round system becomes operational after a later-round system has commenced operations, the later-round licensee or market access recipient must submit a certification of coordination or a compatibility showing with respect to the earlier-round system no later than 60 days after the earlierround system commences operations as notified pursuant to § 25.121(b) or otherwise. (1) Compatibility showings must contain the following elements: (A) A demonstration that the laterround system will cause no more than 3 percent time-weighted average degraded throughput of the link to the earlier-round system, for links with a baseline link availability of 99.0 percent or higher at a C/N threshold of 0 dB; VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:42 Dec 12, 2024 Jkt 265001 (B) A demonstration that the laterround system will cause no more than 0.4 percent absolute change in link availability to the earlier-round system using a C/N threshold value of 0 dB, for links with a baseline link availability of 99.0 percent link availability or higher; and (C) With respect to an earlier-round system that has not yet satisfied its 50 percent deployment milestone pursuant to § 25.164(b)(1), the compatibility showing may consider only 50 percent deployment of the earlier-round system; if the 50 percent deployment milestone has been satisfied, the showing must consider 100 percent deployment of the authorized system. (2) Compatibility showings will be placed on public notice pursuant to § 25.151(a)(13). (3) While a compatibility showing remains pending before the Commission, the submitting NGSO FSS licensee or market access recipient may commence operations on an unprotected, non-interference basis with respect to the operations of the system that is the subject of the showing. (4) A later-round NGSO FSS system will be required to conform its operations to its compatibility showing submitted for the protection of an earlier-round system to the extent necessary to protect the actual number of deployed and operating space stations of the earlier-round system. (e) Sunsetting. Ten years after the first authorization or grant of market access in a processing round, the systems approved in that processing round will no longer be required to protect earlierrounds systems under paragraph (d) of this section, and instead will be required to share spectrum with earlierround systems under paragraph (c) of this section. [FR Doc. 2024–28993 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 300 [RTID 0648–XE447] Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fisheries; In-Season Orders National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season orders. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00197 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 100917 NMFS publishes in-season orders to regulate treaty tribal and nontribal (all citizen) commercial salmon fisheries in United States (U.S.) waters of the Fraser River Panel (Panel) Area. In 2024, a single order was issued by the Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission (Commission) and approved and issued by NMFS for fisheries within the U.S. Panel Area. This order relinquished regulatory control of U.S. treaty tribal and all citizen commercial fisheries in U.S. Panel Area waters. DATES: The effective dates for the inseason order is set out in this document under the heading In-season Orders. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Siniscal at 971–322–8407, email: Anthony.siniscal@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada concerning Pacific salmon was signed at Ottawa on January 28, 1985, and subsequently was given effect in the United States by the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 U.S.C. 3631–3644. Under authority of the Act, Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 300, subpart F, provide a framework for the implementation of certain regulations of the Commission and in-season orders of the Commission’s Panel for U.S. sockeye and pink salmon fisheries in the Fraser River Panel Area. The regulations close the U.S. portion of the Panel Area to U.S. sockeye and pink salmon tribal and non-tribal commercial fishing unless opened by Panel regulations that are given effect by in-season orders issued by NMFS (50 CFR 300.94(a)(1)). During the fishing season, NMFS may issue in-season orders that establish fishing times and areas consistent with the Commission agreements and regulations of the Panel. Such orders must be consistent with domestic legal obligations and are issued by the Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, NMFS. Official notification of these in-season actions is provided by two telephone hotline numbers described at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 89 FR 44553 (May 21, 2024). The in-season orders are published in the Federal Register as soon as practicable after they are issued. Due to the frequency with which inseason orders are generally issued, publication of orders during the fishing season is impracticable. SUMMARY: In-Season Orders The Fraser Panel did not issue any orders opening fisheries on sockeye or pink salmon in 2024. NMFS issued the following in-season order for U.S. E:\FR\FM\13DER1.SGM 13DER1 100918 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 240 / Friday, December 13, 2024 / Rules and Regulations fisheries within Panel Area waters during the 2024 fishing season, consistent with the order adopted by the Panel. This order ended the period in which the Fraser Panel exerted regulatory jurisdiction. The in-season action was effective upon announcement on telephone hotline numbers as specified at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 89 FR 44553 (May 21, 2024); those dates and times are listed herein. The times listed are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and the areas designated are Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting Areas as defined in the Washington State Administrative Code at Chapter 220– 301–030. Fraser River Panel Order Number 2024– 01: Issued 12 p.m. PDT, August 30, 2024 Treaty Tribal Fishery Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Relinquish regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. PDT, Monday, September 2, 2024. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with RULES Classification The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that good cause exists for the in-season orders to be issued without affording the public prior notice and opportunity for comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such prior notice and opportunity for comments is impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Prior notice and opportunity for public comment is impracticable because of insufficient time between the time the stock abundance information is available to determine how much fishing can be allowed and the time the fishery must open or close in order to harvest the appropriate amount of fish while they are available. The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the effective date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), of the in-season orders. A delay in the effective date of the in-season orders would not allow fishers appropriately controlled access to the available fish at that time they are available. This action is authorized by 50 CFR 300.97, and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b). Dated: December 10, 2024. Karen H. Abrams, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:42 Dec 12, 2024 Jkt 265001 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 622 [Docket No. 200124–0029; RTID 0648– XE487] Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2025 Red Snapper Private Angling Component Closure in Federal Waters Off Texas National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. AGENCY: NMFS announces a closure for the 2025 fishing season for the red snapper recreational private angling component in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Texas in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) through this temporary rule. The red snapper recreational private angling component in the Gulf EEZ off Texas will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1, 2025, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 2025. This closure is necessary to prevent the private angling component from exceeding the Texas regional management area annual catch limit (ACL) and to prevent overfishing of the Gulf red snapper resource. DATES: This closure is effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1, 2025, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Helies, NMFS Southeast Regional Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: Frank.Helies@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf reef fish fishery, which includes red snapper, is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and is implemented by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and through regulations at 50 CFR part 622. The final rule implementing Amendment 40 to the FMP established two components within the recreational sector fishing for Gulf red snapper: the private angling component, and the Federal for-hire component (80 FR 22422, April 22, 2015). Amendment 40 also allocated the red snapper SUMMARY: Treaty Tribal and All Citizen Fishery Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Relinquish regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. PDT, Wednesday, September 4, 2024. [FR Doc. 2024–29383 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PO 00000 Frm 00198 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 recreational ACL (recreational quota) between the components and established separate seasonal closures for the two components. On February 6, 2020, NMFS implemented Amendments 50 A–F to the FMP, which delegated authority to the Gulf states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas) to establish specific management measures for the harvest of red snapper in Federal waters of the Gulf by the private angling component of the recreational sector (85 FR 6819, February 6, 2020). These amendments allocated a portion of the private angling ACL to each state, and each state is required to constrain landings to its allocation. As described at 50 CFR 622.23(c), a Gulf state with an active delegation may request that NMFS close all, or an area of, Federal waters off that state to the harvest and possession of red snapper by private anglers. The state is required to request the closure by letter to NMFS, providing dates and geographic coordinates for the closure. If the request is within the scope of the analysis in Amendment 50A, NMFS publishes a notice in the Federal Register implementing the closure for the fishing year. Based on the analysis in Amendment 50A, Texas may request a closure of all Federal waters off the state to allow a year-round fishing season in state waters. As described at 50 CFR 622.2, ‘‘off Texas’’ is defined as the waters in the Gulf west of a rhumb line from 29°32.1′ N lat., 93°47.7′ W long. to 26°11.4′ N lat., 92°53′ W long., which line is an extension of the boundary between Louisiana and Texas. On November 12, 2024, NMFS received a request from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to close the EEZ off Texas to the red snapper recreational private angling component during the 2025 fishing year. Texas requested that the closure be effective from January 1 through May 31, 2025. NMFS has determined that this request is within the scope of the analysis contained within Amendment 50A, which analyzed the potential impacts of a closure of all Federal waters off Texas, consistent with Texas’s intent to maintain a year-round fishing season in state waters during which a part of Texas’ ACL could be caught. Therefore, the red snapper recreational private angling component in the Gulf EEZ off Texas will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1, 2025, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 2025. This closure applies to all private-anglers (those on board vessels that have not been issued a valid Federal charter vessel/headboat permit E:\FR\FM\13DER1.SGM 13DER1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 100917-100918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29383]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 300

[RTID 0648-XE447]


Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fisheries; In-Season Orders

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season orders.

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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes in-season orders to regulate treaty tribal and 
non-tribal (all citizen) commercial salmon fisheries in United States 
(U.S.) waters of the Fraser River Panel (Panel) Area. In 2024, a single 
order was issued by the Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission 
(Commission) and approved and issued by NMFS for fisheries within the 
U.S. Panel Area. This order relinquished regulatory control of U.S. 
treaty tribal and all citizen commercial fisheries in U.S. Panel Area 
waters.

DATES: The effective dates for the in-season order is set out in this 
document under the heading In-season Orders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Siniscal at 971-322-8407, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Treaty between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of Canada concerning 
Pacific salmon was signed at Ottawa on January 28, 1985, and 
subsequently was given effect in the United States by the Pacific 
Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 U.S.C. 3631-3644.
    Under authority of the Act, Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 300, 
subpart F, provide a framework for the implementation of certain 
regulations of the Commission and in-season orders of the Commission's 
Panel for U.S. sockeye and pink salmon fisheries in the Fraser River 
Panel Area.
    The regulations close the U.S. portion of the Panel Area to U.S. 
sockeye and pink salmon tribal and non-tribal commercial fishing unless 
opened by Panel regulations that are given effect by in-season orders 
issued by NMFS (50 CFR 300.94(a)(1)). During the fishing season, NMFS 
may issue in-season orders that establish fishing times and areas 
consistent with the Commission agreements and regulations of the Panel. 
Such orders must be consistent with domestic legal obligations and are 
issued by the Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, NMFS. Official 
notification of these in-season actions is provided by two telephone 
hotline numbers described at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 89 FR 44553 
(May 21, 2024). The in-season orders are published in the Federal 
Register as soon as practicable after they are issued. Due to the 
frequency with which in-season orders are generally issued, publication 
of orders during the fishing season is impracticable.

In-Season Orders

    The Fraser Panel did not issue any orders opening fisheries on 
sockeye or pink salmon in 2024. NMFS issued the following in-season 
order for U.S.

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fisheries within Panel Area waters during the 2024 fishing season, 
consistent with the order adopted by the Panel. This order ended the 
period in which the Fraser Panel exerted regulatory jurisdiction. The 
in-season action was effective upon announcement on telephone hotline 
numbers as specified at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 89 FR 44553 (May 21, 
2024); those dates and times are listed herein. The times listed are in 
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and the areas designated are Puget Sound 
Management and Catch Reporting Areas as defined in the Washington State 
Administrative Code at Chapter 220-301-030.
Fraser River Panel Order Number 2024-01: Issued 12 p.m. PDT, August 30, 
2024
Treaty Tribal Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Relinquish regulatory control effective 11:59 
p.m. PDT, Monday, September 2, 2024.
Treaty Tribal and All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Relinquish regulatory control effective 11:59 
p.m. PDT, Wednesday, September 4, 2024.

Classification

    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that 
good cause exists for the in-season orders to be issued without 
affording the public prior notice and opportunity for comment under 5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such prior notice and opportunity for comments is 
impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment is impracticable because of insufficient 
time between the time the stock abundance information is available to 
determine how much fishing can be allowed and the time the fishery must 
open or close in order to harvest the appropriate amount of fish while 
they are available.
    The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the 
effective date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), of the in-season 
orders. A delay in the effective date of the in-season orders would not 
allow fishers appropriately controlled access to the available fish at 
that time they are available.
    This action is authorized by 50 CFR 300.97, and is exempt from 
review under Executive Order 12866.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b).

    Dated: December 10, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-29383 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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