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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 88 / Monday, May 10, 2021 / Rules and Regulations The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration SBA
during the proposed rule stage that this rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The factual basis for the certification was published in the proposed rule and is not repeated here. NMFS did not receive any comments from SBAs Office of Advocacy or the public regarding the certification in the proposed rule. NMFS
received one public comment on the economic analysis in Amendment 12;
see Comment 2 in the preamble. No changes to this final rule were made in response to public comments. As a result, a final regulatory flexibility analysis was not required and none was prepared.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 622
Atlantic, Dolphin, Ecosystem species, Fisheries, Fishing, Wahoo.
Dated: May 5, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 622 is amended as follows:
PART 622FISHERIES OF THE
CARIBBEAN, GULF OF MEXICO, AND
SOUTH ATLANTIC
1. The authority citation for part 622
continues to read as follows:

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

2. Add Table 6 to appendix A to part 622 to read as follows:

Appendix A to Part 622Species Tables

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Table 6 of Appendix A to Part 622Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Dolphin, Coryphaena equiselis or Coryphaena hippurus Wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri The following species are designated as ecosystem component species:
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648
Docket No. 2003250088; RTID 0648
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery;
2021 Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area to the Limited Access General Category Fishery National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:

NMFS announces the closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area for the remainder of the 2021 fishing year for Limited Access General Category vessels. Regulations require this action once NMFS projects that 100 percent of the Limited Access General Category total allowable catch for the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area will be harvested.
This action is intended to prevent the overharvest of the 2021 total allowable catch allocated to the Limited Access General Category Fishery.
DATES: Effective 0001 hr local time, May 6, 2021, through March 31, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Louis Forristall, Fishery Management Specialist, 978 2819321.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations governing fishing activity in the Northern Gulf of Maine NGOM
Scallop Management Area are located in 50 CFR 648.54 and 648.62. These regulations authorize vessels issued a valid Federal scallop permit to fish in the NGOM Scallop Management Area under specific conditions, including a default total allowable catch TAC of 167,500 lb 75,976 kg for the Limited Access General Category LAGC fleet for the 2021 fishing year, and a State Waters Exemption Program for the State of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Section 648.62b2
requires the NGOM Scallop Management Area to be closed to scallop vessels issued Federal LAGC
scallop permits, except as provided below, for the remainder of the fishing year once the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator determines that 100 percent of the LAGC TAC for the fishing year is projected to be harvested.
Any vessel that holds a Federal NGOM
LAGC B or Individual Fishing Quota SUMMARY:

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IFQ LAGC A permit may continue to fish in the Maine or Massachusetts state waters portion of the NGOM Scallop Management Area under the State Waters Exemption Program found in 648.54 provided it has a valid Maine or Massachusetts state scallop permit and fishes only in that states respective waters.
Based on trip declarations by federally permitted LAGC scallop vessels fishing in the NGOM Scallop Management Area and analysis of fishing effort, we project that the 2021
LAGC TAC will be harvested as of May 6, 2021. Therefore, in accordance with 648.62b2, the NGOM Scallop Management Area is closed to all federally permitted LAGC scallop vessels as of May 6, 2021. As of this date, no vessel issued a Federal LAGC
scallop permit may fish for, possess, or land scallops in or from the NGOM
Scallop Management Area after 0001
local time, May 6, 2021, unless the vessel is fishing exclusively in state waters and is participating in an approved state waters exemption program as specified in 648.54. Any federally permitted LAGC scallop vessel that has declared into the NGOM
Scallop Management Area, complied with all trip notification and observer requirements, and crossed the vessel monitoring system demarcation line on the way to the area before 0001, May 6, 2021, may complete its trip and land scallops. This closure is in effect until the end of the 2021 scallop fishing year, through March 31, 2022. This closure does not apply to the Limited Access LA scallop fleet, which was allocated a separate TAC of 97,500 lb 44,225 kg for the 2021 fishing year under Framework Adjustment 32 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan. Vessels that are participating in the 2021 scallop Research Set-Aside Program and have been issued letters of authorization to conduct compensation fishing activities will harvest the 2021 LA TAC.
Classification This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553bB to waive prior notice and the opportunity for public comment because it would be contrary to the public interest and impracticable. NMFS also finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553d3, good cause to waive the 30-day delayed effectiveness period for the reasons noted below. The NGOM Scallop Management Area opened for the 2021

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