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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 28, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 4. Fishing Year 2021 Shared U.S./
Canada Quotas
States/Canada Resource Sharing Understanding. This action adopts shared U.S./Canada quotas for these stocks for fishing year 2021 based on 2020 assessments and the recommendations of the Transboundary Management Guidance Committee TMGC and consistent with the Councils Scientific and Statistical
Management of Transboundary Georges Bank Stocks As described in the proposed rule, eastern GB cod, eastern GB haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder are jointly managed with Canada under the United
Committee SSC recommendations. The 2021 shared U.S./Canada quotas, and each countrys allocation, are listed in Table 3. Detailed summaries of the assessments can be found at: https
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-englandmid-atlantic/international-affairs/
population-dynamics-internationalcollaboration.

TABLE 32021 FISHING YEAR U.S./CANADA QUOTAS AND PERCENT OF QUOTA ALLOCATED TO EACH COUNTRY
mt, live weight Quota
Eastern GB cod
Eastern GB haddock
Total Shared Quota
U.S. Quota
Canadian Quota

635
190.5 30 percent
444.5 70 percent

14,100
6,486 46 percent
7,614 54 percent

The regulations implementing the U.S./Canada Resource Sharing Understanding require deducting any overages of the U.S. quota for eastern GB
cod, eastern GB haddock, or GB
yellowtail flounder from the U.S. quota in the following fishing year. Based on preliminary data through June 22, 2021, the U.S. fishery did not exceed its 2020
fishing year quota for any of the shared stocks. However, if final catch accounting for the 2020 fishing year indicates that the U.S. fishery exceeded its quota for any of the shared stocks, we will reduce the respective U.S. quotas for the 2021 fishing year in an adjustment action, as soon as possible in the 2021 fishing year. If any fishery that is allocated a portion of the U.S. quota exceeds its allocation and causes an overage of the overall U.S. quota, the overage reduction would be applied
only to that fisherys allocation in the following fishing year. This ensures that catch by one component of the overall fishery does not negatively affect another component of the overall fishery.
5. Catch Limits for Fishing Years 2021
2023
Summary of the Catch Limits This rule replaces default specifications as discussed in detail in the proposed rule and adopts catch limits for nine groundfish stocks for the 20212023 fishing years based on stock assessments completed in 2020, and fishing year 20212022 specifications for GB yellowtail flounder. Framework 59 85 FR 45794; July 30, 2020
previously set 20212022 quotas for the 10 groundfish stocks not assessed in
GB yellowtail flounder 125.
80 64 percent.
45 36 percent.

2020, based on assessments conducted in 2019. This action includes minor adjustments for seven of these stocks for fishing years 20212022. The catch limits implemented in this action, including overfishing limits OFL, acceptable biological catches ABC, and annual catch limits ACL, are listed in Tables 4 through 12. A summary of how these catch limits were developed, including the distribution to the various fishery components, was provided in the proposed rule and in Appendix II
Calculation of Northeast Multispecies Annual Catch Limits, FY 2021FY 2023
to the EA, and is not repeated here. The sector and common pool sub-ACLs implemented in this action are based on fishing year 2021 potential sector contributions PSC and final fishing year 2021 sector rosters.

TABLE 4FISHING YEARS 20212023 OVERFISHING LIMITS AND ACCEPTABLE BIOLOGICAL CATCHES
mt, live weight 2021

Percent change from 2020

Stock
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OFL
GB Cod
GOM Cod
GB Haddock
GOM Haddock
GB Yellowtail Flounder SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder
American Plaice
Witch Flounder
GB Winter Flounder
GOM Winter Flounder
SNE/MA Winter Flounder
Redfish
White Hake
Pollock
N. Windowpane Flounder

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U.S. ABC

2022
OFL

2023
U.S. ABC

OFL

U.S. ABC

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929
116,883
21,521
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1,308
552
82,723
16,794
80

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15
33

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1,150
114,925
14,834
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1,308
552
81,242
11,526
80

71

22

0

184

22

1,076
3,740
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865
662

823
2,881
1,483
608
497

0
9 0
8 11

1,116
3,687
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974
662

823
2,825
1,483
608
497

1,431
662

608
497

1,438
13,519
2,906
28,475

456
10,186
2,147
22,062

37
15
0 20

1,438
13,354
2,986
21,744

456
10,062
2,147
16,812

1,438
13,229

456
9,967

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