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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments, 63758-63762 [2012-25566]
Download as PDF erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with 63758 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Rules and Regulations interconnected VoIP services and results in complete loss of service; or potentially affects any special offices and facilities such as a 911 facility. Collecting data on significant outages of interconnected VoIP services will help the Commission to monitor compliance with the statutory 911 obligations of interconnected VoIP service providers, as well as help ensure the Nation’s current and future 911 systems are as reliable and resilient as possible both on a day-to-day basis and in times of a major emergency. The Commission recognizes that consumers are increasingly relying on Internet Protocol (IP)-based technologies as substitutes for communications services provided by older communications technologies, and increasingly use interconnected VoIP services in lieu of traditional telephone service. As of December 31, 2010, 31 percent of the more than 87 million residential telephone subscriptions in the United States were users of interconnected VoIP providers—an increase of 21 percent (from 22.4 million to 27.1 million) from the end of 2009. Additionally, the Commission estimates that approximately 31 percent of residential wireline 911 calls are made using VoIP service. The information collected is administered by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) which maintains an Internet Web site portal for the electronic submission of the required outage reports. In addition, provision is made for the submission of required data by other than electronic means in cases where electronic submission is not feasible. First, Respondents must submit electronically via the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) (See http:// transition.fcc.gov/pshsb/services/cip/ nors/nors.html) notification to the Federal Communications Commission within: (a) 240 minutes of discovering that they have experienced on any facilities that they own, operate, lease, or otherwise utilize, an outage of at least 30 minutes duration that potentially affects a 9–1–1 special facility, in which case they also shall notify, as soon as possible by telephone or other electronic means, any official who has been designated by the management of the affected 9–1–1 facility as the provider’s contact person for communications outages at that facility; in this case, the provider shall convey to that person all available information that may be useful to the management of the affected facility in mitigating the effects of the outage on efforts to communicate with that facility; or (b) 24 hours of discovering that these VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:01 Oct 16, 2012 Jkt 229001 providers have experienced on any facilities that they own, operate, lease, or otherwise utilize, an outage of at least 30 minutes duration that: Potentially affects at least 900,000 user minutes of interconnected VoIP service and results in complete loss of service; or potentially affects any special offices and facilities. Second, Respondents must submit electronically via NORS a Final Communications Outage Report to the Commission not later than thirty days after discovering the outage. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–25201 Filed 10–16–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 660 [Docket No. 100804324–1265–02] RIN 0648–BC61 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final rule; inseason adjustments to biennial groundfish management measures. AGENCY: This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. This action, which is authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (PCGFMP), is intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks. DATES: Effective 0001 hours (local time) November 1, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Brady (Northwest Region, NMFS), phone: 206–526–6117, fax: 206–526– 6736, colby.brady@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Electronic Access This final rule is accessible via the Internet at the Office of the Federal Register’s Web site at http:// www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action. Background information and documents PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 are available at the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Web site at http://www.pcouncil.org/. Background The Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and its implementing regulations at title 50 in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 660, subparts C through G, regulate fishing for over 90 species of groundfish off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. Groundfish specifications and management measures are developed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), and are implemented by NMFS. On November 3, 2010, NMFS published a proposed rule to implement the 2011– 2012 harvest specifications and management measures for most species of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery (75 FR 67810). The final rule to implement the 2011–12 harvest specifications and management measures for most species of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery was published on May 11, 2011 (76 FR 27508). This final rule was subsequently amended by several inseason actions (76 FR 39313, 76 FR 67092, 76 FR 79122, 77 FR 12503, 77 FR 22679, 77 FR 24634, 77 FR 47322). On September 27, 2011, NMFS published a proposed rule to implement final 2012 specifications for overfished species and assessed flatfish species pursuant to Secretarial Amendment 1 to the Groundfish FMP (76 FR 59634). That final rule was effective January 1, 2012. The Council, in consultation with Pacific Coast Treaty Indian Tribes and the States of Washington, Oregon, and California, recommended the changes to current groundfish management measures implemented by this action at its September 12–September 17, 2012 meeting. The Council recommended adjusting groundfish management measures for the remainder of the biennial period to respond to updated fishery information and additional inseason management needs. The adjustments to fishery management measures are not expected to result in greater impacts to overfished species than originally projected through the end of 2012. Estimated mortality of overfished and target species is the result of management measures designed to achieve, to the extent possible, but not exceed, annual catch limits (ACLs) of target species while fostering the rebuilding of overfished stocks by remaining within their rebuilding ACLs. E:\FR\FM\17OCR1.SGM 17OCR1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Rules and Regulations Open Access (OA) Fixed Gear Fishery Management Measures Sablefish Daily Trip Limit (DTL) Trip Limits South of 36° N. Lat. To ensure harvest opportunities for the OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery, and that its harvest guideline south of 36° N. lat. is further attained, the Council considered increases to trip limits for sablefish in this fishery and the potential impacts on overall catch levels. The Council’s Groundfish Management Team (GMT) made modelbased landings projections of the OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery south of 36° N. lat. for the remainder of 2012. These projections were based on the most recent information available under the current 2012 trip limit scenario, and predicted a harvest projection of 41 percent (126 mt) of this fishery’s harvest guideline (309 mt) under the status quo trip limits. Landings projections with the proposed increased trip limits predict a harvest of 52 percent (161 mt) of this fishery’s harvest guideline. Projections for the other three fixed gear sablefish fisheries were tracking within their targets for 2012. Therefore, the Council recommended and NMFS is implementing trip limit changes for the OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery south of 36° N. lat. that increase OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery limits from ‘‘300 lb per day (136 kg), or one landing per week of up to 1,350 lb (612 kg), not to exceed 2,700 lb (1225 kg) per two months’’ to ‘‘350 lb (159 kg) per day, or one landing per week of up to 1,750 lb (794 kg), not to exceed 3,500 lb (1,588 kg) per 2 months’’ beginning in period 6, November 1, 2012 through the end of the year. Recreational Fishery Management Measures erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with California Southern Management Area (SMA) Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) Adjustments South of 34°27′ N. Lat. Due to uncertainty in the catch estimates, and to reduce the potential for cowcod mortality to exceed the nontrawl allocation in 2012, the Council considered modifications to the current SMA RCA boundary. Recreational fishing for most groundfish is currently prohibited seaward of a boundary line approximating the 60 fathom depth (110 meters) contour in California south of 34°27′ N. lat. The new boundary would expand the closed area, restricting fishing to the area seaward of a boundary line approximating the 50 fathom depth (91 meters) contour, south of 34°27′ N. lat., beginning November 1, VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:01 Oct 16, 2012 Jkt 229001 2012, through December 31, 2012 (period 6). The Council considered this change as a precautionary measure to address uncertainty in the catch estimates, and to reduce the potential for cowcod mortality to exceed the nontrawl allocation in 2012. Therefore, the Council recommended and NMFS is implementing a shift to the seaward boundary line of the recreational Rockfish Conservation Area in the Southern Management Area south of 34°27′ N. lat. from the 60 fathom depth contour (110 meters) to the 50 fathom depth contour (91 meters), beginning November 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012 (period 6). Classification This final rule makes routine inseason adjustments to groundfish fishery management measures based on the best available information and is consistent with the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and its implementing regulations. This action is taken under the authority of 50 CFR 660.60(c) and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. These inseason changes in sablefish limits and recreational RCAs are based on the most recent data available. The aggregate data upon which these actions are based are available for public inspection at the Office of the Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, during business hours. For the following reasons, NMFS finds good cause to waive prior public notice and comment on the revisions to groundfish management measures under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) because notice and comment would be impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Also, for the same reasons, NMFS finds good cause to partially waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), so that this final rule may become effective November 1, 2012. At the September Council meeting, the Council recommended that these changes, which are based on the most recent information available, be implemented by November 1, 2012. There was not sufficient time after that meeting to draft this document and undergo proposed and final rulemaking before these actions need to be in effect. For the actions to be implemented in this final rule, affording the time necessary for prior notice and opportunity for public comment would prevent NMFS from managing fisheries using the best available science to approach, without exceeding, the ACLs for federally managed species in accordance with the FMP and applicable law. The adjustments to PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 63759 management measures in this document affect commercial and recreational fisheries in southern California. These adjustments to management measures must be implemented in a timely manner, by November 1, 2012, to: allow OA fixed gear fishermen an opportunity to harvest their limits in 2012 for sablefish without exceeding the ACL south of 36° N. lat.; and to allow recreational fishermen continued opportunities to harvest abundant species, while reducing the potential for cowcod mortality to exceed the nontrawl allocation in 2012. These changes in the OA fixed gear fishery south of 36° and recreational fishery south of 34°27′ N. lat. will continue to allow fishermen opportunities to harvest available healthy stocks while staying within the ACLs for target and overfished species. If this rule is not implemented immediately, the public could have incorrect information regarding allowed OA fixed gear trip limits south of 36°, and recreational rockfish conservation area boundaries south of 34°27′ N. lat. which would cause confusion and be inconsistent with the Council’s intent. It would be contrary to the public interest to delay implementation of these changes until after public notice and comment, because making this regulatory change by November 1, 2012, allows harvest as intended by the Council in fisheries that are important to coastal communities in a manner that prevents ACLs of overfished and target species from being exceeded. No aspect of this action is controversial and no change in operating practices in the fishery is required from those intended in this inseason adjustment. Delaying these changes would also keep management measures in place that are not based on the best available information. Such delay would impair achievement of the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP goals and objectives of managing for appropriate harvest levels while providing for year-round fishing and marketing opportunities. Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, NMFS finds good cause to waive prior notice and comment and to partially waive the delay in effectiveness. List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 Fisheries, Fishing, Indian Fisheries. Dated: October 12, 2012. Emily H. Menashes, Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is amended as follows: E:\FR\FM\17OCR1.SGM 17OCR1 63760 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Rules and Regulations PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq. 2. Table 3 (South) to part 660, subpart F is revised to read as follows: ■ BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:01 Oct 16, 2012 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\17OCR1.SGM 17OCR1 ER17OC12.025 erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with ■ 3. In § 660.360, paragraph (c)(3)(i)(A)(5) is revised to read as follows: ■ § 660.360 Recreational fisherymanagement measures. erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with * * * * * (c) * * * (3) * * * (i) * * * (A) * * * (5) South of 34°27′ N. lat. (Southern Management Area), recreational fishing VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:01 Oct 16, 2012 Jkt 229001 for all groundfish (except California scorpionfish as specified below in this paragraph and in paragraph (c)(3)(v) of this section and ‘‘other flatfish’’ as specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this section) is prohibited seaward of a boundary line approximating the 50 fm (91.5 m) depth contour from March 1 through December 31 along the mainland coast and along islands and offshore seamounts, except in the CCAs where fishing is prohibited seaward of the 20 fm (37 m) depth contour when PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 63761 the fishing season is open (see paragraph (c)(3)(i)(B) of this section). Recreational fishing for all groundfish (except California scorpionfish and ‘‘other flatfish’’) is closed entirely from January 1 through February 28 (i.e., prohibited seaward of the shoreline). Recreational fishing for California scorpionfish south of 34°27′ N. lat. is prohibited seaward of a boundary line approximating the 50 fm (91.5 m) depth contour from January 1 through December 31, except in the CCAs where E:\FR\FM\17OCR1.SGM 17OCR1 ER17OC12.026 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 63762 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Rules and Regulations fishing is prohibited seaward of the 20 fm (37 m) depth contour when the fishing season is open. * * * * * [FR Doc. 2012–25566 Filed 10–16–12; 8:45 am] erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with BILLING CODE 3510–22–C VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:01 Oct 16, 2012 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\17OCR1.SGM 17OCR1
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[FR Doc No: 2012-25566]
DATES: Effective 0001 hours (local time) November 1, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Brady (Northwest Region, NMFS),
phone: 206-526-6117, fax: 206-526-6736, colby.brady@noaa.gov.
at title 50 in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 660,
subparts C through G, regulate fishing for over 90 species of
groundfish off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Groundfish specifications and management measures are developed by the
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), and are implemented by
NMFS. On November 3, 2010, NMFS published a proposed rule to implement
the 2011-2012 harvest specifications and management measures for most
species of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery (75 FR 67810). The
final rule to implement the 2011-12 harvest specifications and
management measures for most species of the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery was published on May 11, 2011 (76 FR 27508). This final rule
was subsequently amended by several inseason actions (76 FR 39313, 76
FR 67092, 76 FR 79122, 77 FR 12503, 77 FR 22679, 77 FR 24634, 77 FR
47322). On September 27, 2011, NMFS published a proposed rule to
implement final 2012 specifications for overfished species and assessed
flatfish species pursuant to Secretarial Amendment 1 to the Groundfish
FMP (76 FR 59634). That final rule was effective January 1, 2012.
recommended the changes to current groundfish management measures
implemented by this action at its September 12-September 17, 2012
meeting. The Council recommended adjusting groundfish management
measures for the remainder of the biennial period to respond to updated
fishery information and additional inseason management needs. The
adjustments to fishery management measures are not expected to result
in greater impacts to overfished species than originally projected
through the end of 2012. Estimated mortality of overfished and target
species is the result of management measures designed to achieve, to
the extent possible, but not exceed, annual catch limits (ACLs) of
target species while fostering the rebuilding of overfished stocks by
remaining within their rebuilding ACLs.
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Sablefish Daily Trip Limit (DTL) Trip Limits South of 36[deg] N. Lat.
To ensure harvest opportunities for the OA fixed gear sablefish DTL
fishery, and that its harvest guideline south of 36[deg] N. lat. is
further attained, the Council considered increases to trip limits for
sablefish in this fishery and the potential impacts on overall catch
levels. The Council's Groundfish Management Team (GMT) made model-based
landings projections of the OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery south
of 36[deg] N. lat. for the remainder of 2012. These projections were
based on the most recent information available under the current 2012
trip limit scenario, and predicted a harvest projection of 41 percent
(126 mt) of this fishery's harvest guideline (309 mt) under the status
quo trip limits. Landings projections with the proposed increased trip
limits predict a harvest of 52 percent (161 mt) of this fishery's
harvest guideline. Projections for the other three fixed gear sablefish
fisheries were tracking within their targets for 2012.
limit changes for the OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery south of
36[deg] N. lat. that increase OA fixed gear sablefish DTL fishery
limits from ``300 lb per day (136 kg), or one landing per week of up to
1,350 lb (612 kg), not to exceed 2,700 lb (1225 kg) per two months'' to
``350 lb (159 kg) per day, or one landing per week of up to 1,750 lb
(794 kg), not to exceed 3,500 lb (1,588 kg) per 2 months'' beginning in
period 6, November 1, 2012 through the end of the year.
California Southern Management Area (SMA) Rockfish Conservation Area
(RCA) Adjustments South of 34[deg]27' N. Lat.
Due to uncertainty in the catch estimates, and to reduce the
potential for cowcod mortality to exceed the non-trawl allocation in
2012, the Council considered modifications to the current SMA RCA
boundary. Recreational fishing for most groundfish is currently
prohibited seaward of a boundary line approximating the 60 fathom depth
(110 meters) contour in California south of 34[deg]27' N. lat. The new
boundary would expand the closed area, restricting fishing to the area
seaward of a boundary line approximating the 50 fathom depth (91
meters) contour, south of 34[deg]27' N. lat., beginning November 1,
2012, through December 31, 2012 (period 6). The Council considered this
change as a precautionary measure to address uncertainty in the catch
estimates, and to reduce the potential for cowcod mortality to exceed
the non-trawl allocation in 2012.
Therefore, the Council recommended and NMFS is implementing a shift
to the seaward boundary line of the recreational Rockfish Conservation
Area in the Southern Management Area south of 34[deg]27' N. lat. from
the 60 fathom depth contour (110 meters) to the 50 fathom depth contour
(91 meters), beginning November 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012
(period 6).
fishery management measures based on the best available information and
is consistent with the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and its
These inseason changes in sablefish limits and recreational RCAs
are based on the most recent data available. The aggregate data upon
which these actions are based are available for public inspection at
the Office of the Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, during
reasons, NMFS finds good cause to partially waive the 30-day delay in
may become effective November 1, 2012.
At the September Council meeting, the Council recommended that
these changes, which are based on the most recent information
available, be implemented by November 1, 2012. There was not sufficient
time after that meeting to draft this document and undergo proposed and
final rulemaking before these actions need to be in effect. For the
actions to be implemented in this final rule, affording the time
to approach, without exceeding, the ACLs for federally managed species
in accordance with the FMP and applicable law. The adjustments to
management measures in this document affect commercial and recreational
fisheries in southern California. These adjustments to management
measures must be implemented in a timely manner, by November 1, 2012,
to: allow OA fixed gear fishermen an opportunity to harvest their
limits in 2012 for sablefish without exceeding the ACL south of 36[deg]
N. lat.; and to allow recreational fishermen continued opportunities to
harvest abundant species, while reducing the potential for cowcod
mortality to exceed the non-trawl allocation in 2012. These changes in
the OA fixed gear fishery south of 36[deg] and recreational fishery
south of 34[deg]27' N. lat. will continue to allow fishermen
opportunities to harvest available healthy stocks while staying within
the ACLs for target and overfished species. If this rule is not
implemented immediately, the public could have incorrect information
regarding allowed OA fixed gear trip limits south of 36[deg], and
recreational rockfish conservation area boundaries south of 34[deg]27'
N. lat. which would cause confusion and be inconsistent with the
Council's intent. It would be contrary to the public interest to delay
implementation of these changes until after public notice and comment,
because making this regulatory change by November 1, 2012, allows
harvest as intended by the Council in fisheries that are important to
coastal communities in a manner that prevents ACLs of overfished and
target species from being exceeded.
No aspect of this action is controversial and no change in
operating practices in the fishery is required from those intended in
this inseason adjustment.
impair achievement of the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP goals and
objectives of managing for appropriate harvest levels while providing
for year-round fishing and marketing opportunities.
waive prior notice and comment and to partially waive the delay in
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2. Table 3 (South) to part 660, subpart F is revised to read as
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3. In Sec.  660.360, paragraph (c)(3)(i)(A)(5) is revised to read as
Sec.  660.360  Recreational fishery-management measures.
(5) South of 34[deg]27' N. lat. (Southern Management Area),
recreational fishing for all groundfish (except California scorpionfish
as specified below in this paragraph and in paragraph (c)(3)(v) of this
section and ``other flatfish'' as specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of
this section) is prohibited seaward of a boundary line approximating
the 50 fm (91.5 m) depth contour from March 1 through December 31 along
the mainland coast and along islands and offshore seamounts, except in
the CCAs where fishing is prohibited seaward of the 20 fm (37 m) depth
contour when the fishing season is open (see paragraph (c)(3)(i)(B) of
this section). Recreational fishing for all groundfish (except
California scorpionfish and ``other flatfish'') is closed entirely from
January 1 through February 28 (i.e., prohibited seaward of the
shoreline). Recreational fishing for California scorpionfish south of
34[deg]27' N. lat. is prohibited seaward of a boundary line
approximating the 50 fm (91.5 m) depth contour from January 1 through
December 31, except in the CCAs where
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fishing is prohibited seaward of the 20 fm (37 m) depth contour when
the fishing season is open.