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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Proposed Rules fishery and 86 percent to the recreational fishery a 3-percentage point change from the current allocations of 17 percent to the commercial sector and 83 percent to the recreational sector;
Re-allocate bluefish commercial quota to the states from Maine to Florida based on the most recent 10 years of landings data 20092018 rather than outdated historical information 1981
1989, including a 0.1-percent minimum default allocation so no states in the management unit lose quota entirely;
Implement a 7-year rebuilding plan using a constant fishing mortality model where fishing mortality F = 0.154;
Revise measures to allow the sector quota transfer to be bi-directional from commercial to recreational or vice versa, with a revised maximum transfer cap of 10-percent of the Acceptable Biological Catch; and Revise administrative measures in the specifications process to allow for the accounting of sector-specific management uncertainty.
Additional information on these proposed changes can be found in the EA for this amendment and forthcoming proposed rule.

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Public Comment Instructions The Magnuson-Stevens Act allows NMFS as the implementing agency to approve, partially approve, or disapprove measures recommended by the Council in a regulatory amendment based on whether the measures are consistent with the FMP, the MagnusonStevens Act and its National Standards, and other applicable law. As such, NMFS is soliciting public comments on whether the measures in Amendment 7
to the Atlantic Bluefish FMP and its supporting documents are consistent with the FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable law. Public comments on this amendment may be submitted through the end of the comment period specified in the DATES
section of this notice of availability NOA.
A proposed rule that would implement this amendment, including draft regulatory text, will also be published in the Federal Register for public comment. All comments received by the end of the comment period on this NOA, whether specifically directed to the NOA or the proposed rule, will be considered in the approval/
disapproval decision on Amendment 7.
Comments received after the end of the comment period for this NOA will not be considered in the approval/
disapproval decision of this action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

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Dated: August 27, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 660
Docket No. 2108260168
RIN 0648BK56

Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries;
Biennial Specifications; 20212022 and 20222023 Specifications for Pacific Mackerel National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:

NMFS proposes to implement allowable catch levels, an overfishing limit, an allowable biological catch, and an annual catch limit for Pacific mackerel in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the West Coast California, Oregon and Washington for the fishing seasons 20212022 and 20222023. This proposed rule is pursuant to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan. The proposed harvest guideline and annual catch target for the 2021
2022 fishing season are 8,323 metric tons mt and 7,323 mt, respectively.
The proposed harvest guideline and annual catch target for the 20222023
fishing season are 5,822 mt and 4,822
mt, respectively. If the fishery attains the annual catch target in either fishing season, the directed fishery will close, reserving the 1,000-mt difference between the harvest guideline and annual catch target as a set-aside for incidental landings in other Coastal Pelagic Species fisheries and other sources of mortality. This document is intended to conserve and manage the Pacific mackerel stock off the U.S. West Coast.
DATES: Comments must be received by October 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by NOAA
NMFS20210066, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA
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Click on the Comment icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method or received after the end of the comment period may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying information e.g., name, address, etc., confidential business information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous comments enter N/
A in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Taylor Debevec, West Coast Region, NMFS, 562 6192052, Taylor.Debevec@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq., NMFS manages the Pacific mackerel fishery in the U.S. exclusive economic zone EEZ off the West Coast in accordance with the Coastal Pelagic Species CPS Fishery Management Plan FMP. The CPS FMP and its implementing regulations require NMFS
to set annual harvest specifications for the Pacific mackerel fishery based on the annual specification framework and control rules in the FMP. The Pacific mackerel fishing season runs from July 1 to June 30. The purpose of this proposed rule is to implement these harvest specifications, which include allowable harvest levels i.e., annual catch target ACT and harvest guideline HG, an annual catch limit ACL, and annual catch reference points i.e., overfishing limit OFL and acceptable biological catch ABC. The uncertainty surrounding the current biomass estimates for Pacific mackerel for the 20212022 and 20222023 fishing seasons was taken into consideration in the development of these harvest specifications. Any Pacific mackerel harvested between July 1, 2021, and the effective date of the final rule would count toward the 20212022 ACT and HG.
During public meetings each year, the NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center SWFSC presents biomass estimates for Pacific mackerel to the Pacific Fishery Management Councils Council CPS Management Team CPSMT, the Councils CPS Advisory Subpanel CPSAS and the Councils Scientific and Statistical Committee
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