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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 46 / Thursday, March 11, 2021 / Rules and Regulations of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 1230NEW RESTRICTIONS ON
LOBBYING

Dated: March 5, 2021.
Fernando Laguarda, General Counsel.

DATES:

FR Doc. 202105068 Filed 31021; 8:45 am
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

BILLING CODE 605028P

Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management Specialist, 9782819232.

These possession and trip limit adjustments are effective March 11, 2021, through April 30, 2021.

1. The authority citation for part 1230
continues to read as follows:

1230.400

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Amended
2. Amend 1230.400 by:
a. In paragraphs a, b, and e, removing $20,489 and adding in its place $20,732 each place it appears.
b. In paragraphs a, b, and e, removing $204,892 and adding in its place $207,313 each place it appears.

Appendix A to Part 1230 Amended 3. Amend appendix A to part 1230 by:
a. Removing $20,489 and adding in its place $20,732 each place it appears.
b. Removing $204,892 and adding in its place $207,313 each place it appears.

PART 2554PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL
REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS
4. The authority citation for part 2554
continues to read as follows:

Authority: Pub. L. 99509, Secs. 6101
6104, 100 Stat. 1874 31 U.S.C. 38013812;
42 U.S.C. 12651c-12651d.
2554.1

Amended
5. Amend 2554.1 by removing $11,665 in paragraph b and adding in its place $11,803.

The regulations at 648.86o authorize the Regional Administrator to adjust the possession and trip limits for common pool vessels in order to help avoid overharvest or underharvest of the common pool quotas.
Based on the most recent catch information, the common pool fishery has caught low amounts of the following species relative to the annual quotas for each of these stocks Table 1: Georges Bank GB cod; Gulf of Maine GOM
cod; GOM haddock; Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic SNE/MA winter flounder; American plaice; and witch flounder. At the current rate of fishing, we project that the common pool fishery will not fully harvest the annual quotas for these stocks by the end of fishing year 2020. Providing vessels an opportunity to possess and land greater amounts of catch should provide greater incentive to fish and more opportunity to catch available quota. Based on our review of past fishing effort and performance under various possession and trip limits, we project that this actions increases in the possession and trip limits for these stocks should provide additional fishing opportunities and flexibility to catch available quota while ensuring that the common pool does not exceed its annual quotas.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Authority: Section 319, Pub. L. 101121
31 U.S.C. 1352; Pub. L. 93113; 42 U.S.C.
4951, et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 5060.

13823

50 CFR Part 648
Docket No. 181203999950302
RTID 0648XA848

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Possession and Trip Limit Increases for the Common Pool Fishery National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.
AGENCY:

This action increases the possession and trip limits of Georges Bank cod, Gulf of Maine cod, Gulf of Maine haddock, Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder, American plaice, and witch flounder for Northeast multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2020
fishing year. This action will provide the common pool fishery greater opportunity to harvest, but not exceed, the annual quotas for these stocks.

SUMMARY:

TABLE 1SUMMARY OF COMMON POOL CATCH THROUGH JANUARY 26, 2021
FY 2020 catch mt
Stock GB cod
GOM cod
GOM haddock
SNE/MA winter flounder
American plaice
Witch flounder

Effective March 11, 2021 until April 30, 2021, NMFS increases the
Sub-ACL
mt
2.7
2.3
30.5
7.2
1.6
1.2

Percent caught
31.4
8.7
303.1
63.4
77.9
35.4

8.5
25.8
10
11.4
2.0
3.3

possession and trip limits summarized in Tables 2 and 3.

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TABLE 2PREVIOUS FISHING YEAR 2020 POSSESSION AND TRIP LIMITS
Stock
A days-at-sea DAS

Handgear A

Handgear B

Small vessel category
GB cod

250 lb 113.4 kg per DAS, up to 500 lb 226.8 kg per trip.

250 lb 113.4 kg per trip
25 lb 11.3 kg per trip

250 lb 113.4 kg per trip.

GOM cod

50 lb 22.7 kg per DAS, up to 100 lb 45.4 kg per trip.

50 lb 22.7 kg per trip

25 lb 11.3 kg per trip

50 lb 22.7 kg per trip.

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