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State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this rule 

will not result in such an expenditure, 

we do discuss the effects of this rule 

elsewhere in this preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Directive 023–01, Rev. 1, associated 

implementing instructions, and 

Environmental Planning COMDTINST 

5090.1 (series), which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have 

determined that this action is one of a 

category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves a safety 

zone during ship-to-ship liquefied 

transfer operations lasting 

approximately 24 hours that would 

prohibit entry within 100 yards of the 

location of the transfer operations. It is 

categorically excluded from further 

review under paragraph L60(a) of 

Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction 

Manual 023–01–001–01, Rev. 1. A 

Record of Environmental Consideration 

supporting this determination is 

available in the docket. For instructions 

on locating the docket, see the 

ADDRESSES section of this preamble. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to call or email the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 

1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.788 to read as follows: 

§ 165.788 Safety Zone; Bahia de San Juan, 

Ponce, Puerto Rico. 

(a) Regulated area. A safety zone is 

established in the following area: 

The waters around liquefied gas 

carriers conducting ship-to-ship 

liquefied gas transfer operations in an 

area 100-yards around each vessel in the 

approximate position 17°54′20′′ N, 

066°35′6′′ W. All coordinates are North 

American Datum 1983. 

(b) Regulations. (1) No person or 

vessel may enter, transit or remain in 

the safety zone unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port, San Juan, Puerto 

Rico, or a designated Coast Guard 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer. 

Those in the safety zone must comply 

with all lawful orders or directions 

given to them by the Captain of the Port 

or the designated Coast Guard 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer. 

(2) Vessels encountering emergencies, 

which require transit through the safety 

zone, should contact the Coast Guard 

patrol craft or Duty Officer on VHF 

Channel 16. In the event of an 

emergency, the Coast Guard patrol craft 

may authorize a vessel to transit through 

the safety zone with a Coast Guard 

designated escort. 

(3) The Captain of the Port and the 

Duty Officer at Sector San Juan, Puerto 

Rico, can be contacted at telephone 

number 787–289–2041. The Coast 

Guard Patrol Commander enforcing the 

safety zone can be contacted on VHF– 

FM channels 16 and 22A. 

(4) Coast Guard Sector San Juan will, 

when necessary and practicable, notify 

the maritime community of periods 

during which the safety zones will be in 

effect by providing advance notice of 

scheduled ship-to-ship liquefied gas 

transfer operations of liquefied gas 

carriers via a Marine Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners. 

(5) All persons and vessels must 

comply with the instructions of onscene patrol personnel. On-scene patrol 

personnel include commissioned, 

warrant, or petty officers of the U.S. 

Coast Guard. Coast Guard Auxiliary and 

local or state officials may be present to 

inform vessel operators of the 

requirements of this section, and other 

applicable laws. 

Dated: January 25, 2021. 

G.H. Magee, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Juan. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Parts 36 and 668 

RIN 1801–AA21 

Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties 

for Inflation 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Final regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) issues these final 

regulations to adjust the Department’s 

civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for 

inflation. This adjustment is required by 

the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015 (2015 Act), which amended the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation 

Adjustment Act). These final regulations 

provide the 2021 annual inflation 

adjustments being made to the penalty 

amounts in the Department’s final 

regulations published in the Federal 

Register on January 14, 2020 (2020 final 

rule). 

DATES: These regulations are effective 

February 3, 2021. The adjusted CMPs 

established by these regulations are 

applicable only to civil penalties 

assessed after February 3, 2021 whose 

associated violations occurred after 

November 2, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Levon Schlichter, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of the General 

Counsel, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 6E235, Washington, DC 20202– 

2241. Telephone: (202) 453–6387. 

Email: levon.schlichter@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

On request to the contact person 

listed in this section, individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format. The Department 

will provide the requestor with an 

accessible format that may include Rich 

Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), 

a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc, or 

other accessible format. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

A CMP is defined in the Inflation 

Adjustment Act (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) as 

any penalty, fine, or other sanction that 

is (1) for a specific monetary amount as 

provided by Federal law, or has a 

maximum amount provided for by 

Federal law; (2) assessed or enforced by 

an agency pursuant to Federal law; and 

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1 If a statute that created a penalty is amended to 

change the penalty amount, the Department does 

not adjust the penalty in the year following the 

adjustment. 

administrative proceeding or a civil 

action in the Federal courts. 

The Inflation Adjustment Act 

provides for the regular evaluation of 

CMPs to ensure that they continue to 

maintain their deterrent value. The 

Inflation Adjustment Act required that 

each agency issue regulations to adjust 

its CMPs beginning in 1996 and at least 

every four years thereafter. The 

Department published its most recent 

cost adjustment to its CMPs in the 

Federal Register on January 14, 2020 

(85 FR 2033), and those adjustments 

became effective on the date of 

publication. 

The 2015 Act (section 701 of Pub. L. 

114–74) amended the Inflation 

Adjustment Act to improve the 

effectiveness of CMPs and to maintain 

their deterrent effect. 

The 2015 Act requires agencies to: (1) 

Adjust the level of CMPs with an initial 

‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment through an 

interim final rule (IFR); and (2) make 

subsequent annual adjustments for 

inflation. Catch-up adjustments are 

based on the percentage change between 

the Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (CPI–U) for the month of 

October in the year the penalty was last 

adjusted by a statute other than the 

Inflation Adjustment Act, and the 

October 2015 CPI–U. Annual inflation 

adjustments are based on the percentage 

change between the October CPI–U 

preceding the date of each statutory 

adjustment, and the prior year’s October 

CPI–U.1 The Department published an 

IFR with the initial ‘‘catch-up’’ penalty 

adjustment amounts on August 1, 2016 

(81 FR 50321). 

In these final regulations, based on 

the CPI–U for the month of October 

2020, not seasonally adjusted, we are 

annually adjusting each CMP amount by 

a multiplier for 2021 of 1.01182, as 

directed by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Memorandum No. 

M–21–10 issued on December 23, 2020. 

The Department’s Civil Monetary 

Penalties 

The following analysis calculates new 

CMPs for penalty statutes in the order 

in which they appear in 34 CFR 36.2. 

The penalty amounts are being adjusted 

up based on the multiplier of 1.01182 

provided in OMB Memorandum No. M– 

21–10. 

Statute: 20 U.S.C. 1015(c)(5). 

Current Regulations: The CMP for 20 

U.S.C. 1015(c)(5) (Section 131(c)(5) of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA)), as last set out in 

statute in 1998 (Pub. L. 105–244, title I, 

section 101(a), October 7, 1998, 112 

Stat. 1602), is a fine of up to $25,000 for 

failure by an institution of higher 

education (IHE) to provide information 

on the cost of higher education to the 

Commissioner of Education Statistics. In 

the 2020 final rule, we increased this 

amount to $39,229. 

New Regulations: The new penalty for 

this section is $39,693. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new penalty is calculated 

as follows: $39,229 × 1.01182 = 

$39,692.69, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $39,693, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

Statute: 20 U.S.C. 1022d(a)(3). 

Current Regulations: The CMP for 20 

U.S.C. 1022d(a)(3) (Section 205(a)(3) of 

the HEA), as last set out in statute in 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–315, title II, section 

201(2), August 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3147), 

is a fine of up to $27,500 for failure by 

an IHE to provide information to the 

State and the public regarding its 

teacher-preparation programs. In the 

2020 final rule, we increased this 

amount to $32,676. 

New Regulations: The new penalty for 

this section is $33,062. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new penalty is calculated 

as follows: $$32,676 × 1.01182 = 

$33,062.23, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $33,062, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

Statute: 20 U.S.C. 1082(g). 

Current Regulations: The CMP for 20 

U.S.C. 1082(g) (Section 432(g) of the 

HEA), as last set out in statute in 1986 

(Pub. L. 99–498, title IV, § 402(a), 

October 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1401), is a 

fine of up to $25,000 for violations by 

lenders and guaranty agencies of Title 

IV of the HEA, which authorizes the 

Federal Family Education Loan 

Program. In the 2020 final rule, we 

increased this amount to $58,328. 

New Regulations: The new penalty for 

this section is $59,017. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new penalty is calculated 

as follows: $58,328 × 1.01182 = 

$59,017.44, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $59,017, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

Statute: 20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B). 

Current Regulations: The CMP for 20 

U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B) (Section 

487(c)(3)(B) of the HEA), as set out in 

statute in 1986 (Pub. L. 99–498, title IV, 

§ 407(a), October 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 

1488), is a fine of up to $25,000 for an 

IHE’s violation of Title IV of the HEA or 

its implementing regulations. Title IV 

authorizes various programs of student 

financial assistance. In the 2020 final 

rule, we increased this amount to 

$58,328. 

New Regulations: The new penalty for 

this section is $59,017. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new penalty is calculated 

as follows: $58,328 × 1.01182 = 

$59,017.44, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $59,017, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

Statute: 20 U.S.C. 1228c(c)(2)(E). 

Current Regulations: The CMP for 20 

U.S.C. 1228c(c)(2)(E) (Section 429 of the 

General Education Provisions Act), as 

set out in statute in 1994 (Pub. L. 103– 

382, title II, § 238, October 20, 1994, 108 

Stat. 3918), is a fine of up to $1,000 for 

an educational organization’s failure to 

disclose certain information to minor 

students and their parents. In the 2020 

final rule, we increased this amount to 

$1,722. 

New Regulations: The new penalty for 

this section is $1,742. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new penalty is calculated 

as follows: $1,722 × 1.01182 = 

$1,742.35, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $1,742, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

Statute: 31 U.S.C. 1352(c)(1) and 

(c)(2)(A). 

Current Regulations: The CMPs for 31 

U.S.C. 1352(c)(1) and (c)(2)(A), as set 

out in statute in 1989 (Pub. L. 101–121, 

title III, § 319(a)(1), October 23, 1989, 

103 Stat. 750), are a fine of $10,000 to 

$100,000 for recipients of Government 

grants, contracts, etc. that improperly 

lobby Congress or the Executive Branch 

with respect to the award of 

Government grants and contracts. In the 

2020 final rule, we increased these 

amounts to $20,489 to $204,892. 

New Regulations: The new penalties 

for these sections are $20,731 to 

$207,314. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new minimum penalty is 

calculated as follows: $20,489 × 1.01182 

= $20,731.18, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $20,731, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. The new maximum 

penalty is calculated as follows: 

$204,892 × 1.01182 = $207,313.82, 

which makes the adjusted penalty 

$207,314, when rounded to the nearest 

dollar. 

Statute: 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) and 

(a)(2). 

Current Regulations: The CMPs for 31 

U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) and (a)(2), as set out in 

statute in 1986 (Pub. L. 99–509, title VI, 


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§ 6103(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1937), 

are a fine of up to $5,000 for false claims 

and statements made to the 

Government. In the 2020 final rule, we 

increased this amount to $11,665. 

New Regulations: The new penalty for 

this section is $11,803. 

Reason: Using the multiplier of 

1.01182 from OMB Memorandum No. 

M–21–10, the new penalty is calculated 

as follows: $11,665 × 1.01182 = 

$11,802.88, which makes the adjusted 

penalty $11,803, when rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 

13771 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) determines whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive order and subject to 

review by OMB. Section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866 defines a 

significant regulatory action as an action 

likely to result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy; 

productivity; competition; jobs; the 

environment; public health or safety; or 

State, local, or Tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as ‘‘economically significant’’ 

regulations); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

stated in the Executive order. 

We have determined that these final 

regulations: (1) Exclusively implement 

the annual adjustment; (2) are consistent 

with OMB Memorandum No. M–21–10; 

and (3) have an annual impact of less 

than $100 million. Therefore, based on 

OMB Memorandum No. M–21–10, this 

is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by OMB under section 

3(f) of Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed these 

regulations under Executive Order 

13563, which supplements and 

explicitly reaffirms the principles, 

structures, and definitions governing 

regulatory review established in 

Executive Order 12866. To the extent 

permitted by law, Executive Order 

13563 requires that an agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

upon a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs 

(recognizing that some benefits and 

costs are difficult to quantify); 

(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account, among other things, 

and to the extent practicable, the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

providing information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

an agency ‘‘to use the best available 

techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing these final regulations 

as required by statute and in accordance 

with OMB Memorandum No. M–21–10. 

The Secretary has no discretion to 

consider alternative approaches as 

delineated in the Executive order. Based 

on this analysis and the reasons stated 

in the preamble, the Department 

believes that these final regulations are 

consistent with the principles in 

Executive Order 13563. 

Under Executive Order 13771, for 

each new regulation that the 

Department proposes for notice and 

comment or otherwise promulgates that 

is a significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866 and that imposes 

total costs greater than zero, it must 

identify two deregulatory actions. For 

fiscal year 2021, any new incremental 

costs associated with a new regulation 

must be fully offset by the elimination 

of existing costs through deregulatory 

actions. These final regulations are not 

a significant regulatory action. 

Therefore, the requirements of 

Executive Order 13771 do not apply. 

Waiver of Rulemaking and Delayed 

Effective Date 

Under the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the 

Department generally offers interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

proposed regulations. However, section 

4(b)(2) of the 2015 Act (28 U.S.C. 2461 

note) provides that the Secretary can 

adjust these 2021 penalty amounts 

notwithstanding the requirements of 5 

U.S.C. 553. Therefore, the requirements 

of 5 U.S.C. 553 for notice and comment 

and delaying the effective date of a final 

rule do not apply here. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 601(2), the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act applies only 

to rules for which an agency publishes 

a general notice of proposed 

rulemaking. The Regulatory Flexibility 

Act does not apply to this rulemaking 

because section 4(b)(2) of the 2015 Act 

(28 U.S.C. 2461 note) provides that the 

Secretary can adjust these 2021 penalty 

amounts without publishing a general 

notice of proposed rulemaking. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

These regulations do not contain any 

information collection requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is not subject to 

Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

Assessment of Educational Impact 

Based on our own review, we have 

determined that these regulations do not 

require transmission of information that 

any other agency or authority of the 

United States gathers or makes 

available. 

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List of Subjects 

34 CFR Part 36 

Claims, Fraud, Penalties. 

34 CFR Part 668 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Colleges and universities, 

Consumer protection, Grant programseducation, Loan programs-education, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Selective Service System, 

Student aid, Vocational education. 

Phil Rosenfelt, 

Acting Secretary of Education. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Secretary amends parts 36 

and 668 of title 34 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 36—ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL 

MONETARY PENALTIES FOR 

INFLATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 36 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e–3 and 3474; 28 

U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by section 701 

of Pub. Law 114–74, unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Section 36.2 is amended by revising 

Table 1 to read as follows: 

§ 36.236 Penalty adjustment. 

* * * * * 

TABLE 1 TO § 36.2—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS

Statute Description 

New 

maximum 

(and 

minimum, if 

applicable) 

penalty 

amount 

20 U.S.C. 1015(c)(5) (Section 131(c)(5) of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA)).

Provides for a fine, as set by Congress in 1998, of up to $25,000 for failure by an institution of higher education (IHE) to provide information on the cost of higher education to the Commissioner of Education Statistics.$39,693 

20 U.S.C. 1022d(a)(3) (Section 205(a)(3) 

of the HEA).

Provides for a fine, as set by Congress in 2008, of up to $27,500 for failure by an 

IHE to provide information to the State and the public regarding its teacher-preparation programs.

33,062 

20 U.S.C. 1082(g) (Section 432(g) of the 

HEA).

Provides for a civil penalty, as set by Congress in 1986, of up to $25,000 for violations by lenders and guaranty agencies of Title IV of the HEA, which authorizes 

the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

59,017 

20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B) (Section 

487(c)(3)(B) of the HEA).

Provides for a civil penalty, as set by Congress in 1986, of up to $25,000 for an 

IHE’s violation of Title IV of the HEA, which authorizes various programs of student financial assistance.

59,017 

20 U.S.C. 1228c(c)(2)(E) (Section 429 of 

the General Education Provisions Act).

Provides for a civil penalty, as set by Congress in 1994, of up to $1,000 for an educational organization’s failure to disclose certain information to minor students and 

their parents.

1,742 

31 U.S.C. 1352(c)(1) and (c)(2)(A) ............. Provides for a civil penalty, as set by Congress in 1989, of $10,000 to $100,000 for 

recipients of Government grants, contracts, etc. that improperly lobby Congress or 

the Executive Branch with respect to the award of Government grants and contracts.

20,731 to 

207,314 

31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) and (a)(2) ................. Provides for a civil penalty, as set by Congress in 1986, of up to $5,000 for false 

claims and statements made to the Government.

11,803 

* * * * * 

PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 668 

continues to read in part as follows: 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001–1003, 1070a, 

1070g, 1085, 1087b, 1087d, 1087e, 1088, 

1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c–1, 1221e–3, 

and 3474; Pub. L. 111–256, 124 Stat. 2643; 

unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

§ 668.84 Amended] 

■ 4. In § 668.84 amend paragraph (a)(1) 

introductory text by removing the 

number ‘‘$58,328’’ and adding, in its 

place, the number ‘‘$59,017’’. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 140819687–5583–02] 

RTID 0648–XA842 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources 

of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic 

Region; 2020–2021 Commercial 

Closure for Spanish Mackerel in the 

Atlantic Southern Zone 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS closes the Atlantic 

southern zone for commercial Spanish 

mackerel in or from the Atlantic 

exclusive economic zone. NMFS has 

determined that the commercial quota 

for Spanish mackerel in the Atlantic 

southern zone will be reached by 

February 3, 2021. Therefore, NMFS 

closes the Atlantic southern zone to 

commercial harvest of Spanish mackerel 

on February 3, 2021. This closure is 

necessary to protect the Spanish 

mackerel resource in the Atlantic. 

DATES: This temporary rule is effective 

from 6 a.m. eastern time on February 3, 

2021, until 12:01 a.m. eastern time on 

March 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, or 

email: mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish 

in the Atlantic includes king mackerel, 

Spanish mackerel, and cobia on the east 


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