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discarded dead, within 24 hours of the 

landing(s) or end of each trip, by 

accessing hmspermits.noaa.gov, using 

the HMS Catch Reporting app, or calling 

(888) 872–8862 (Monday through Friday 

from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act and regulations at 50 CFR part 635 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Assistant Administrator for 

NMFS finds that it is impracticable and 

contrary to the public interest to provide 

prior notice of, and an opportunity for 

public comment on, this action for the 

following reasons: 

The regulations implementing the 

2006 Consolidated HMS FMP and its 

amendments provide for inseason 

adjustments and fishery closures to 

respond to the unpredictable nature of 

BFT availability on the fishing grounds, 

the migratory nature of this species, and 

the regional variations in the BFT 

fishery. This fishery is currently 

underway and delaying this action 

could result in excessive trophy BFT 

landings that may result in future 

potential quota reductions for the 

Angling category, depending on the 

magnitude of a potential Angling 

category overharvest. NMFS must close 

the southern area trophy BFT fishery 

before additional landings of these sizes 

of BFT occur. Therefore, the AA finds 

good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to 

waive prior notice and the opportunity 

for public comment. For all of the above 

reasons, there is good cause under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d) to waive the 30-day delay 

in effectiveness. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 

et seq. 

Dated: February 11, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

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. 220210–0043; RIN 0648–BL07] 

Revisions to Framework Adjustment 

61 to the Northeast Multispecies 

Fishery Management Plan and Sector 

Annual Catch Entitlements; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; adjustment to 

specifications; correction. 

SUMMARY: This final rule distributes 

sector allocation carried over from 

fishing year 2020 into fishing year 2021 

and corrects the regulations 

implementing Framework Adjustment 

61 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan. This action is 

necessary to correct regulatory errors 

and to allocate carryover quota to 

sectors. The carryover adjustments are 

routine and formulaic, and industry 

expects them each year. 

DATES: The correction to 50 CFR 648.85 

is effective February 16, 2022. The 

distribution of sector allocation carried 

over into fishing year 2021 is effective 

February 16, 2022, through April 30, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

28, 2021, we published a final rule 

approving Framework Adjustment 61 to 

the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) (86 FR 40353), 

which set or adjusted 2021–2023 annual 

catch limits (ACL) for 17 of the 20 

groundfish stocks, and 2021 ACLs for 

three shared U.S./Canada stocks. 

Framework 61 also approved and 

implemented the Universal Sector 

Exemption for Acadian Redfish 

(Redfish). This rule distributes unused 

sector quota carried over from fishing 

year 2020 and corrects a regulatory error 

which incorrectly defines the 

boundaries of the Redfish Exemption 

Area and Redfish Exemption Area 

Seasonal Closure II. 

Sector Carryover Allocations From 

Fishing Year 2019 

Carryover regulations at 50 CFR 

648.87(b)(1)(i)(C) allow each groundfish 

sector to carry over an amount of 

unused Annual Catch Entitlement (ACE) 

equal to 10 percent of the sector’s 

original ACE for each stock (except for 

Georges Bank [GB] yellowtail flounder) 

that is unused at the end of the fishing 

year into the following fishing year. We 

are required to adjust ACE carryover to 

ensure that the total unused ACE 

combined with the overall sub-ACL 

does not exceed the Acceptable 

Biological Catch (ABC) for the fishing 

year in which the carryover may be 

harvested. We have completed 2020 

fishing year data reconciliation with 

sectors and determined final 2020 

fishing year sector catch and the amount 

of allocation that sectors may carry over 

from the 2020 to the 2021 fishing year. 

Unused ACE from fishing year 2020 

available to carry over to 2021 was 

reduced for the following stocks: 

Georges Bank (GB) cod; GB haddock; 

Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock; 

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic 

(SNE/MA) yellowtail flounder; Cape 

Cod/GOM yellowtail flounder; 

American plaice; witch flounder; GB 

winter flounder; GOM winter flounder; 

SNE/MA winter flounder; redfish; white 

hake; and pollock. Complete details on 

carryover reduction percentages can be 

found at: https://www.greateratlantic.

fisheries.noaa.gov/ro/fso/reports/h/ 

groundfish_catch_accounting. 

Table 1 includes the maximum 

amount of allocation that sectors may 

carry over from the 2020 to the 2021 

fishing year. Table 2 includes the de 

minimis amount of carryover for each 

sector for the 2021 fishing year. If the 

overall ACL for any allocated stock is 

exceeded for the 2021 fishing year, the 

allowed carryover harvested by a sector, 

minus the pounds in the sector’s de 

minimis amount, will be counted 

against its allocation to determine 

whether an overage subject to an 

accountability measure occurred. Tables 

3 and 4 list the final ACE available to 

sectors for the 2021 fishing year, 

including finalized carryover amounts 

for each sector, as adjusted down when 

necessary to equal each stock’s ABC. 

Correction to Redfish Exemption Areas 

The Redfish Exemption Program 

defined at § 648.85(e)(1) allows sector 

vessels to target redfish using a 5.5-inch 

(14.0-centimeter (cm)) mesh codend 

within the Redfish Exemption Area, 

defined in the regulations at 

§ 648.85(e)(1)(ii). Also included in the 

regulations for the Redfish Exemption 

Program are two seasonal closure areas 

in which no vessel may participate in 

the Redfish Exemption Program. These 

are the Redfish Exemption Area Cod 

Closure defined at § 648.85(e)(1)(ii)(A) 

and the Redfish Exemption Area 

Seasonal Closure II defined at 

§ 648.85(e)(1)(ii)(B). 

Portions of the boundaries for both 

the Redfish Exemption Area and the 

Redfish Exemption Area Seasonal 

Closure II follow the boundaries of the 

U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). 

The regulations that currently list the 

points delineating these areas state that 

the areas are defined by straight lines 

connecting the following points in the 

order stated. For both areas, when 

straight lines are drawn between points 

located on the U.S. EEZ and preceding 

or subsequent points, the boundaries of 

the areas that result do not follow the 

boundaries of the U.S. EEZ as intended. 


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As a result, small portions of the 

Redfish Exemption Area and Redfish 

Exemption Area Seasonal Closure II 

currently extend past the boundary of 

the U.S. EEZ, into Canadian waters. 

This rule corrects this error by 

revising the regulations at 

§ 648.85(e)(1)(ii) and § 648.85(e)(1)(ii)(B) 

to correctly state that the lines 

connecting points located on the U.S. 

EEZ follow the boundary of the U.S. 

EEZ. 

Though the erroneous definitions for 

the Redfish Exemption Area and 

Redfish Exemption Area Seasonal 

Closure II extended these areas past the 

U.S. EEZ into Canadian waters, they did 

not authorize vessels to fish in Canadian 

waters. The correction being 

implemented by this rule, as a result, 

does not change any operational aspect 

of the Redfish Exemption Program. 

Instead, it is an administrative change 

designed to ensure regulations are 

written accurately and to reduce 

confusion. 

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Classification 

NMFS is issuing this rule pursuant to 

305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

which provides specific authority for 

implementing this action. Section 

305(d) authorizes NMFS to take action 

because in a previous action taken 

pursuant to section 304(b), the Council 

designed the FMP to authorize NMFS to 

annually adjust and distribute sector 

carryover. See § 648.87(b)(1)(i)(C). 

Additionally, pursuant to section 

305(d), this action is necessary to carry 

out the Northeast Multispecies FMP, 

because the regulatory corrections to the 

Redfish Exemption Area and Redfish 

Exemption Area Seasonal Closure II at 

§ 648.85(e)(1)(ii) and § 648.85(e)(1)(ii)(B) 

are necessary to correctly administrate 

the Redfish Exemption Program. The 

NMFS Assistant Administrator has 

determined that this final rule is 

consistent with the Northeast 

Multispecies FMP, other provisions of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

other applicable laws. 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), we 

find good cause to waive prior public 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment on the allocation adjustments 

and corrections because allowing time 

for notice and comment would be 

impracticable, unnecessary, and 

contrary to the public interest. We also 

find good cause to waive the 30-day 

delay in effectiveness pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(1) and (3), so that this 

final rule may become effective in a 

timely manner and the fishery may 

maximize the economic benefits of the 

adjusted allocations to the fishery. 

Notice and comment and a 30-day 

delay in effectiveness would be 

impracticable, unnecessary, and 

contrary to the public interest. The 

distribution of unused quota carried 

over from the previous fishing year is an 

annual adjustment action that is 

expected by industry. These 

adjustments increase available catch. 

They are routine, formulaic, and 

authorized by regulation. The public 

had prior notice and opportunity to 

participate in the development of and 

comment on the regulations 

implementing this process and expects 

this adjustment each year. Delaying 

these adjustments would result in a 

delay in the distribution of unused 

carryover to sectors, and could negate or 

reduce the intended economic benefits 

and increased operational flexibility 

provided by these adjustments. We only 

recently finalized carryover for 2020 

based on data available in the late fall. 

The regulatory revisions in this rule 

are necessary to correct regulatory errors 

made in the implementation of 

Framework 61. Correcting these errors is 

not subject to our discretion, so there 

would be no benefit to allowing time for 

notice and comment. Immediate 

implementation corrects information 

published in Framework Adjustment 61 

and provides industry with the most 

accurate information. Delaying these 

corrections could cause confusion about 

compliance with legal requirements. 

The need for these corrections was 

discovered only recently, so quicker 

action on our part was not possible. 

Also, because advanced notice and 

the opportunity for public comment are 

not required for this action under the 

Administrative Procedure Act, or any 

other law, the analytical requirements of 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 

601, et seq., do not apply to this rule. 

Therefore, no final regulatory flexibility 

analysis is required and none has been 

prepared. 

This final rule contains no 

information collection requirements 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 648 

Fisheries, Fishing, Recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: February 10, 2022. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 648 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE 

NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 648 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

■ 2. In § 648.85, revise the introductory 

text of paragraph (e)(1)(ii) and paragraph 

(e)(1)(ii)(B) to read as follows: 

§ 648.85 Special management programs. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ii) Redfish Exemption Area. The 

Redfish Exemption Area is the area 

defined by straight lines connecting the 

following points in the order stated, 

except between points D and E and E 

and F, the boundary follows the outer 

limits of the U.S. EEZ. (A chart 

depicting this area is available from the 

Regional Administrator upon request): 

TABLE 14 TO PARAGRAPH (e)(1)(ii) 

INTRODUCTORY TEXT

Point N lat. W long. 

A ........................... 43°00′ 69°55′ 

B ........................... 43°00′ 69°30′ 

C ........................... 43°20′ 69°30′ 

D ........................... 43°20′ (1) 

E ........................... 42°53.24′ 67°44.55′ 

F ............................ 42°20′ (2) 

G ........................... 42°20′ 67°40′ 

H ........................... 42°00′ 67°40′ 

I ............................. 42°00′ 69°37′ 

J ............................ 42°20′ 69°55′ 

A ........................... 43°00′ 69°55′ 

1 U.S. EEZ longitude, approximately 

67°35.07′. 2 U.S. EEZ longitude, approximately 

67°18.17′. 

* * * * * 

(B) Redfish Exemption Area Seasonal 

Closure II. No vessel may participate in 

the Redfish Exemption Program inside 

the Redfish Exemption Area Seasonal 

Closure II from September 1 through 

December 31 of each year. The Redfish 

Exemption Area Seasonal Closure II is 

the area defined by straight lines 

connecting the following points in the 

order stated, except between points F 

and G the boundary follows the outer 

limits of the U.S. EEZ: 

TABLE 16 TO PARAGRAPH (e)(1)(ii)(B) 

Point N lat. W long. 

M ........................... 42°47.17′ 67°40′ 

F ............................ 42°20′ (1) 

G ........................... 42°20′ 67°40′ 

M ........................... 42°47.17′ 67°40′ 

1 U.S. EEZ longitude, approximately 

67°18.17′. 

* * * * * 

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