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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations History is not eligible to exchange allocations between another vessel and the vessel for which a Confirmation of Permit History has been issued.

c Scallop Access Area scallop allocation carryover. With the exception of vessels that held a Confirmation of Permit History as described in 648.4a2iJ for the entire fishing year preceding the carry-over year, a limited access scallop vessel may fish any unharvested Scallop Access Area allocation from a given fishing year within the first 60 days of the subsequent fishing year if the Scallop Access Area is open, unless otherwise specified in this section. However, the vessel may not exceed the Scallop Rotational Area trip possession limit.
For example, if a full-time vessel has 7,000 lb 3,175 kg remaining in the Mid-Atlantic Access Area at the end of fishing year 2020, that vessel may harvest those 7,000 lb 3,175 kg during the first 60 days that the Mid-Atlantic Access Area is open in fishing year 2021
April 1, 2021 through May 30, 2021.

e Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Harvest in Scallop Access Areas. Unless otherwise specified, RSA may be harvested in any access area that is open in a given fishing year, as specified through a specifications action or framework adjustment and pursuant to 648.56. The amount of scallops that can be harvested in each access area by vessels participating in approved RSA
projects shall be determined through the RSA application review and approval process. The access areas open for RSA
harvest for fishing years 2021 and 2022
are:
1 2021: Mid-Atlantic, Nantucket Lightship-South-Deep, Closed Area I, and Closed Area II Scallop Rotational Areas.
i For fishing year 2021, vessels may only harvest RSA compensation from Closed Area II from June 1, 2021
through August 14, 2021.
ii Reserved 2 2022: No access areas.

g
1 An LAGC scallop vessel may only fish in the scallop rotational areas
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specified in 648.60 or in paragraph g3iv of this section, subject to any additional restrictions specified in 648.60, subject to the possession limit and access area schedule specified in the specifications or framework adjustment processes defined in 648.55, provided the vessel complies with the requirements specified in paragraphs b1, 2, and 6 through 9, d, e, f, and g of this section.
A vessel issued both a NE multispecies permit and an LAGC scallop permit may fish in an approved SAP under 648.85
and under multispecies DAS in the Closed Area I, Closed Area II, Closed Area II-East, and Nantucket LightshipSouth-Deep Scallop Rotational Areas specified in 648.60, when open, provided the vessel complies with the requirements specified in 648.59 and this paragraph g, but may not fish for, possess, or land scallops on such trips.

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v LAGC IFQ access area allocations.
The following LAGC IFQ access area trip allocations will be effective for the 2021 and 2022 fishing years:

TABLE 3 TO PARAGRAPH g3v Scallop access area
2022 1

2021

Closed Area I
Nantucket Lightship-South-Deep
Mid-Atlantic

856
856
571

0
0 571

Total

2,283

571

1 The LAGC IFQ access area trip allocations for the 2022 fishing year are subject to change through a future specifications action or framework adjustment.

7. In 648.60:
a. Revised paragraph b, c, and d;
b. Lift the suspension of paragraph f;
c. Remove and reserve paragraph f;
and d. Remove paragraph i.

The revisions read as follows:

648.60

Sea Scallop Rotational Areas.

b Closed Area II Scallop Rotational Area1 Closed Area II Scallop Rotational Area boundaries. The Closed
Area II Scallop Rotational Area is defined by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated copies of a chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator upon request:

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH b1
Point
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES

CAII1
CAII2
CAII3
CAII4
CAII5
CAII6
CAII1

N latitude

4111
4111
410
410
4040
4040
4111

W longitude 6720
6641
6641
1 3
6720
6720

Note

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1 The
intersection of 410 N lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 410 N lat. and 6609.33 W long.
Point CAIISWE 4 connected to Point CAIISWE5 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary.
3 The intersection of 4040 N lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 4040 N lat. and 6552.61 W long.
2 From
2 Season. i A vessel issued a scallop permit may not fish for, possess, or land scallops in or from the area
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