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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Trimester Closure for the Common Pool Fishery, 76759 [2013-30114]
Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 244 / Thursday, December 19, 2013 / Rules and Regulations recreational sector for red snapper from exceeding its quota for the fishing year. Classification The Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, (RA) has determined this temporary rule is necessary for the conservation and management of Gulf red snapper and is consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other applicable laws. This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.39(a)(2)(i) and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. These measures are exempt from the procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because the temporary rule is issued without opportunity for prior notice and comment. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive the requirements to provide prior notice and opportunity for public comment on this temporary rule. Such procedures are unnecessary because the rule implementing the recreational red snapper quota and the rule implementing the requirement to close the recreational sector when the quota is reached or projected to be reached have already been subject to notice and comment, and NMFS must now notify the public of the closure. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: December 16, 2013. Sean F. Corson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2013–30194 Filed 12–16–13; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [Docket No. 120109034–2171–01] RIN 0648–XD024 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Trimester Closure for the Common Pool Fishery National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with RULES AGENCY: This action closes the Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock Trimester Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Area for Trimester 3, from January 1, 2014, through April 30, 2014, to common pool vessels, because the Trimester 3 TAC for GOM haddock has already been SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:16 Dec 18, 2013 Jkt 232001 76759 exceeded due to an overage in Trimester 1. This action is intended to prevent the overharvest of the common pool’s allocation of GOM haddock. DATES: The closure of the GOM haddock Trimester TAC Area is effective January 1, 2014, through April 30, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz Sullivan, Fishery Management Specialist, 978–282–8493, Fax 978–281– 9135. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the Northeast (NE) multispecies fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648, subpart F. The regulations require the NMFS Regional Administrator (RA) to close the Trimester TAC Area for a stock when 90 percent of the Trimester TAC is projected to be caught. The Trimester TAC Area for a stock will close to all common pool vessels fishing with gear capable of catching that stock for the remainder of the trimester. Any overages of a trimester TAC will be deducted from Trimester 3, and any overages of the common pool’s subannual catch limit (ACL) at the end of the fishing year (FY) will be deducted from the common pool’s sub-ACL the following FY. The FY 2013 common pool sub-ACL for GOM haddock is 2 metric tons (mt; 4,409 lb). In Trimester 1, the common pool caught 1.9 mt (4,260 lb) of GOM haddock, causing the common pool to exceed its Trimester 1 TAC of 0.54 mt (1,190 lb) by 1.4 mt (3,070 lb). Pursuant to regulations, this overage is deducted from Trimester 3, which has a TAC of 0.94 mt (2,072 lb). Because the overage from Trimester 1 was greater than the allowable catch for Trimester 3, Trimester 3 has no allowable catch. Therefore, effective January 1, 2014, the GOM haddock Trimester TAC Area identified in § 648.82(n)(2)(ii)(D) is closed for all of Trimester 3, through April 30, 2014, to all common pool vessels fishing with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear. The GOM haddock Trimester TAC Area will reopen to common pool vessels fishing with trawl, sink gillnet, and longline/ hook gear at the beginning of Trimester 1 of FY 2014, on May 1, 2014. Catch will continue to be monitored through vessel trip reports, dealerreported landings, vessel monitoring system catch reports, and other available information, and if necessary, additional adjustments to common pool management measures may be made. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the opportunity for public comment because it would be impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delayed effectiveness period. The regulations at § 648.82(n)(2)(ii) requires the RA to close a trimester TAC area when 90 percent of the respective Trimester TAC has been caught by common pool vessels. The catch data show that the common pool fishery has already exceeded its Trimester 3 TAC for GOM haddock due to an overage in Trimester 1. As a result, this action reduces the extent of the common pool fishery overage of its sub-ACLs for GOM haddock. Any overages of the common pools sub-ACL for this stock would undermine conservation objectives and trigger the implementation of accountability measures that would have negative economic impacts on the common pool vessels. The catch data supporting this action only recently became available. As a result, the time necessary to provide for prior notice and comment, and a 30-day delay in effectiveness, would prevent NMFS from implementing the necessary Trimester TAC closure in a timely manner, which could undermine conservation objectives of the NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, and cause negative economic impacts to the common pool fishery. Classification This action is required by 50 CFR part 648, and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: December 12, 2013. Sean F. Corson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2013–30114 Filed 12–17–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [Docket No. 130702583–3999–02] RIN 0648–BD40 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. E:\FR\FM\19DER1.SGM 19DER1
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SUMMARY: This action closes the Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock Trimester
Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Area for Trimester 3, from January 1, 2014,
through April 30, 2014, to common pool vessels, because the Trimester 3
TAC for GOM haddock has already been exceeded due to an overage in
Trimester 1. This action is intended to prevent the overharvest of the
common pool's allocation of GOM haddock.
DATES: The closure of the GOM haddock Trimester TAC Area is effective
January 1, 2014, through April 30, 2014.
Specialist, 978-282-8493, Fax 978-281-9135.
regulations require the NMFS Regional Administrator (RA) to close the
Trimester TAC Area for a stock when 90 percent of the Trimester TAC is
projected to be caught. The Trimester TAC Area for a stock will close
to all common pool vessels fishing with gear capable of catching that
stock for the remainder of the trimester. Any overages of a trimester
TAC will be deducted from Trimester 3, and any overages of the common
pool's sub-annual catch limit (ACL) at the end of the fishing year (FY)
will be deducted from the common pool's sub-ACL the following FY.
The FY 2013 common pool sub-ACL for GOM haddock is 2 metric tons
(mt; 4,409 lb). In Trimester 1, the common pool caught 1.9 mt (4,260
lb) of GOM haddock, causing the common pool to exceed its Trimester 1
TAC of 0.54 mt (1,190 lb) by 1.4 mt (3,070 lb). Pursuant to
regulations, this overage is deducted from Trimester 3, which has a TAC
of 0.94 mt (2,072 lb). Because the overage from Trimester 1 was greater
than the allowable catch for Trimester 3, Trimester 3 has no allowable
catch. Therefore, effective January 1, 2014, the GOM haddock Trimester
TAC Area identified in Sec.  648.82(n)(2)(ii)(D) is closed for all of
Trimester 3, through April 30, 2014, to all common pool vessels fishing
with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear. The GOM
haddock Trimester TAC Area will reopen to common pool vessels fishing
with trawl, sink gillnet, and longline/hook gear at the beginning of
Trimester 1 of FY 2014, on May 1, 2014.
Catch will continue to be monitored through vessel trip reports,
other available information, and if necessary, additional adjustments
to common pool management measures may be made.
The regulations at Sec.  648.82(n)(2)(ii) requires the RA to close
a trimester TAC area when 90 percent of the respective Trimester TAC
has been caught by common pool vessels. The catch data show that the
common pool fishery has already exceeded its Trimester 3 TAC for GOM
haddock due to an overage in Trimester 1. As a result, this action
reduces the extent of the common pool fishery overage of its sub-ACLs
for GOM haddock. Any overages of the common pools sub-ACL for this
stock would undermine conservation objectives and trigger the
implementation of accountability measures that would have negative
economic impacts on the common pool vessels. The catch data supporting
this action only recently became available. As a result, the time
Trimester TAC closure in a timely manner, which could undermine