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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - 50 CFR Part 648
          - [Docket No. 061020273 6321 02]
          - RIN 0648-XJ34

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.

# SUMMARY:

NMFS adjusts the 2008 Winter II commercial scup quota. This action complies with Framework Adjustment 3 (Framework 3) to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, which established a process to allow the rollover of unused commercial scup quota from the Winter I period to the Winter II period.

# DATES:

Effective August 11, 2008, through December 31, 2008.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Ruccio, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978) 281-9104.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    NMFS published a final rule in the                     **Federal Register**                     on November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62250), implementing a process, for years in which the full Winter I commercial scup quota is not harvested, to allow unused quota from the Winter I period (January 1 through April 30) to be added to the quota for the Winter II period (November 1 through December 31), and to allow adjustment of the commercial possession limits for the Winter II period commensurate with the amount of quota rolled over from the Winter I period.                

                    For 2008, the initial Winter II quota is 844,036 (383 mt), and the best available landings information indicates that 96,912 lb (44 mt) remain of the Winter I quota of 2,388,611 lb (1,083 mt). Consistent with the intent of Framework 3, the full amount of unused 2008 Winter I quota is transferred to Winter II, resulting in a revised 2008 Winter II quota of 940,948 lb (427 mt). Because the amount transferred is less than 499,999 lb (227 mt), the possession limit per trip will remain 2,000 lb (907 kg) during the Winter II quota period, consistent with the final rule Winter I to Winter II possession limit increase table (table 5) published in the 2008 final scup specifications (72 FR 74200, December 31, 2007).                          ( print page 46555)    

## Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.

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

Dated: August 4, 2008.

James P. Burgess,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E8-18409 Filed 8-8-08; 8:45 am]

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