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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Proposed Rules
based on underharvests that occurred during the 2021 fishing year, consistent with existing regulations at 50 CFR
635.27b. Overharvests and underharvests are accounted for in the same region, sub-region, and/or fishery in which they occurred the following year, except that large overharvests may be spread over a number of subsequent fishing years up to a maximum of five years. If a sub-regional quota is overharvested, but the overall regional quota is not, no subsequent adjustment is required. Unharvested quota may be added to the quota for the next fishing year, but only for shark management groups that have shark stocks that do not have an unknown status or that have no overfishing occurring and are not overfished. No more than 50 percent of a base annual quota may be carried over from a previous fishing year.
Based on 2021 harvests to date, and after considering catch rates and landings from previous years, NMFS
proposes to adjust the 2022 quotas for certain management groups as shown in Table 1. All of the 2022 proposed quotas for the respective stocks and management groups will be subject to further adjustment in the final rule after
NMFS considers landings submitted in the dealer reports through mid-October.
NMFS anticipates that dealer reports received after that time will be used to adjust 2022 quotas, as appropriate, noting that, in some circumstances, NMFS re-adjusts quotas during the subject year.
Because the Gulf of Mexico blacktip shark management group and smoothhound shark management groups in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic regions are not overfished, and overfishing is not occurring, available underharvest up to 50 percent of the base annual quota from the 2021
fishing year for these management groups may be added to the respective 2022 base quotas. NMFS proposes to account for any underharvest of Gulf of Mexico blacktip sharks by dividing underharvest between the eastern and western Gulf of Mexico sub-regional quotas based on the sub-regional quota split percentage implemented in Amendment 6 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP 80 FR 50073; August 18, 2015.
For the sandbar shark, aggregated large coastal shark LCS, hammerhead shark, non-blacknose small coastal
shark SCS, blacknose shark, blue shark, porbeagle shark, and pelagic shark other than porbeagle or blue sharks management groups, the 2021
underharvests cannot be carried over to the 2022 fishing year because those stocks or management groups are overfished, are experiencing overfishing, or have an unknown status.
There are no overharvests to account for in these management groups to date.
Thus, NMFS proposes that quotas for these management groups be equal to the annual base quota without adjustment, although the ultimate decision will be based on current data at the time of the final rule.
The proposed 2022 quotas by species and management group are summarized in Table 1 and the description of the calculations for each stock and management group can be found below.
All quotas and landings are dressed weight dw, in metric tons mt, unless specified otherwise. Table 1 includes landings data as of July 9, 2021; final quotas are subject to change based on landings as of October 2021.

TABLE 12022 PROPOSED QUOTAS AND OPENING DATE FOR THE ATLANTIC SHARK MANAGEMENT GROUPS
Region or sub-region
Management group
Blacktip Sharks 3 ..

Western Gulf of Mexico.

Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks.
Hammerhead Sharks.
Blacktip Sharks 3 ..

Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico

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Atlantic

No regional quotas
Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks.
Hammerhead Sharks.
Non-Blacknose Small Coastal Sharks.
Smoothhound Sharks.
Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks.
Hammerhead Sharks.
Non-Blacknose Small Coastal Sharks.
Blacknose Sharks South of 34 N
lat. only.
Smoothhound Sharks.
Non-Sandbar LCS
Research.
Sandbar Shark Research.
Blue Sharks
Porbeagle Sharks
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2021
Annual quota
Preliminary 2021
landings 1

Adjustments 2

2022
Base annual quota
2022
Proposed annual quota
A

B

C

D

D + C

347.2 mt 765,392
lb.
72.0 mt 158,724
lb.
11.9 mt 26,301
lb.
37.7 mt 83,158
lb.
85.5 mt 188,593
lb.
13.4 mt 29,421
lb.
112.6 mt 248,215
lb.

210.7 mt 464,554
lb.
66.6 mt 146,851
lb. <1.5 mt <3,300
lb.
8.6 mt 18,858 lb
115.7 mt 255,131
lb.

23.1 mt 50,911
lb.

231.5 mt 510,261
lb.
72.0 mt 158,724
lb.
11.9 mt 26,301
lb.
25.1 mt 55,439
lb.
85.5 mt 188,593
lb.
13.4 mt 29,421
lb.
112.6 mt 248,215
lb.

347.2 mt 765,392
lb.
72.0 mt 158,724
lb.
11.9 mt 26,301
lb.
37.7 mt 83,158
lb.
85.5 mt 188,593
lb.
13.4 mt 29,421
lb.
112.6 mt 248,215
lb.

504.6 mt 1,112,441 lb.
168.9 mt 372,552
lb.
27.1 mt 59,736
lb.
264.1 mt 582,333
lb.

mt lb

168.2 mt 370,814
lb.

336.4 mt 741,627
lb.
168.9 mt 372,552
lb.
27.1 mt 59,736
lb.
264.1 mt 582,333
lb.

504.6 mt 1,112,441 lb.
168.9 mt 372,552
lb.
27.1 mt 59,736
lb.
264.1 mt 582,333
lb.

17.2 mt 37,921
lb.

4.8 mt 10,617 lb

17.2 mt 37,921
lb.

17.2 mt 37,921
lb.

1,802.6 mt 3,971,587 lb.
50.0 mt 110,230
lb.
90.7 mt 199,943
lb.
273.0 mt 601,856
lb.
1.7 mt 3,748 lb ..

192.8 mt 425,130
lb.
5.0 mt 11,129 lb
600.9 mt 1,324,634 lb.

35.4 mt 78,074
lb. <1.0 mt <2,200
lb.
0.0 mt 0 lb

1,201.7 mt 2,649,268 lb.
50.0 mt 110,230
lb.
90.7 mt 199,943
lb.
273.0 mt 601,856
lb.
1.7 mt 3,748 lb ..

1,802.6 mt 3,973,902 lb.
50.0 mt 110,230
lb.
90.7 mt 199,943
lb.
273.0 mt 601,856
lb.
1.7 mt 3,748 lb.

Jkt 253001

PO 00000

38.1 mt 84,047
lb.
5.7 mt 12,458 lb
38.7 mt 85,317
lb.
10.2 mt 22,542
lb.
32.8 mt 72,243
lb.

Frm 00033

Fmt 4702

12.6 mt 27,719
lb.

Sfmt 4702

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Season opening dates
January 1, 2022.

January 1, 2022.

January 1, 2022.

January 1, 2022.