Federal Register - August 9, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Proposed Rules longline fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries.
NMFS proposes to remove the six stocks from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category II AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands pollock trawl fishery: 1 Alaska stock of bearded seal, 2, Bristol Bay stock of beluga whale, 3 Eastern Bering Sea stock of beluga whale, 4 Eastern Chukchi Sea stock of beluga whale, 5
Eastern Pacific stock of Northern fur seal and 6 Alaska stock of spotted seal.
There have been no recently observed mortalities and injures of these six stocks in the AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands pollock trawl fishery.
NMFS proposes to remove the Alaska stock of bearded seal from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Atka mackerel trawl fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries.
NMFS proposes to remove both the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea transient stock and Eastern North Pacific Alaska resident stock of killer whale from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands rockfish trawl fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries. NMFS proposes to remove the North Pacific stock of Northern elephant seal from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Gulf of Alaska flatfish trawl fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries.
NMFS proposes to remove the Alaska stock of harbor seal from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod trawl fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries.
NMFS proposes to remove three stocks from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl fishery: 1 Alaska stock of Dalls porpoise, 2 Northeast Pacific stock of fin whale and 3 North Pacific stock of Northern elephant seal. There have been no recently observed mortalities and injuries of these three stocks in the AK
Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl fishery.
NMFS proposes to remove the Gulf of Alaska stock of harbor seal from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod pot fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries. The list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in this fishery is updated to state none documented in the most recent 5 years of data.
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NMFS proposes to remove the Northeast Pacific stock of fin whale from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category III AK Gulf of Alaska groundfish jig fishery based on no recently observed mortalities or injuries.
The list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in this fishery is updated to state none documented in the most recent 5 years of data.
NMFS proposes to remove five stocks from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category I HI deep-set longline fishery:
1 Pelagic stock of bottlenose dolphin, 2 Hawaii stock of Kogia spp., 3
Hawaii stock of pygmy killer whale, 4
Hawaii stock of Rissos dolphin and 5
Hawaii stock of striped dolphin. There have been no recently reported or observed mortalities or injuries of these five stocks within the EEZ in the HI
deep-set longline fishery Carretta et al., 2021.
NMFS proposes to remove six stocks from the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured in the Category II HI shallow-set longline fishery: 1 Hawaii stock of Blainvilles beaked whale, 2 Hawaii pelagic stock of bottlenose dolphin, 3 Central North Pacific stock of humpback whale, 4
Hawaii stock of Rissos dolphin, 5
Hawaii stock of rough-toothed dolphin and 6 Hawaii stock of striped dolphin.
From 20142018, there have been no reported or observed M/SI of these six stocks within the EEZ in the HI shallowset longline fishery Carretta et al., 2021.
NMFS proposes to revise marine mammal stock names on the list of species/stocks incidentally killed or injured for consistency with the current stock names in the SARs as follows:
Category II AK Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet Fishery Harbor seal, GOA to harbor seal, Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait;
Category II AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Flatfish Trawl Fishery Bearded seal, AK to bearded seal, Beringia;
Harbor seal, Bering Sea to harbor seal, Bristol Bay;
Killer whale, AK resident to killer whale, Eastern North Pacific Alaska resident;
Killer whale, GOA, AI, BS transient to killer whale, Eastern North Pacific GOA, AI, BS transient;
Ringed seal, AK to ringed seal, Arctic;
Ribbon seal, AK to ribbon seal;
Spotted seal, AK to spotted seal, Bering;
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Category II AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Pollock Trawl Fishery Harbor seal, AK to harbor seal, Bristol Bay;
Ribbon seal, AK to ribbon seal;
Category II AK Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet Fishery Harbor seal, GOA to harbor seal, Prince William Sound;
Category III AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Rockfish Trawl Fishery Ribbon seal, AK to ribbon seal; and Category III AK Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Trawl Fishery Ribbon seal, AK to ribbon seal.
Commercial Fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Fishery Name and Organizational Changes and Clarification NMFS proposes to add a new fishery, MA mixed species trap/pot fishery, as a Category II fishery that encompasses all trap/pot fishing that occurs in state waters of Massachusetts. We propose to remove Massachusetts state waters trap/
pot fisheries from the broader Category I Northeast/Mid-Atlantic American lobster trap/pot and Category II Atlantic mixed species trap/pot fisheries. This new Category II fishery includes, but is not limited to, trap/pot fisheries targeting American lobster, black sea bass, whelk, tautog, jonah crab, and rock crab in Massachusetts state waters. This list is not considered comprehensive and other species targeted or caught using trap/pot fixed gear within this geographical boundary, current and future, will also be considered a part of the MA mixed species trap/pot fishery.
Based on permit holder information collected through the MMAP in 2019, there are an estimated 1,240 state permit holders utilizing trap/pot gear.
On January 28, 2021, the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission approved several new regulatory measures affecting protected species and fixed gear fishing in Massachusetts. The suite of regulations include gear modifications and changes to seasonal closures that differentiate the Massachusetts trap/pot fishery from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic American lobster trap/pot and Atlantic mixed species trap/pot fisheries. The Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries has begun implementing these regulations, which are further described below, and all measures will be in place for the 2022 fishing season. Based on these new regulations, the Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries commented on the 2021 LOF
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