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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 2002, Public Law 107198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506c4. Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601
612, do not apply to this proceeding.
The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801a1A.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan, Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

Final Rule For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.
73.622

Amended
2. Amend 73.622i, the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments under Arizona, by removing channel 12
and adding channel 18 at Mesa.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 665
Docket No. 2101060003
RTID 0648XP014

Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; 2021
U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Final specifications.
AGENCY:

NMFS specifies a 2021 limit of 2,000 metric tons t of longlinecaught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands CNMI, the territories.
NMFS will allow each territory to allocate up to 1,500 t in 2021 to U.S.
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specified fishing agreements that meet established criteria. The overall allocation limit among all territories, however, may not exceed 3,000 t. As an accountability measure, NMFS will monitor, attribute, and restrict if necessary catches of longline-caught bigeye tuna, including catches made under a specified fishing agreement.
These catch limits and accountability measures support the long-term sustainability of fishery resources of the U.S. Pacific Islands.
DATES: The final specifications are effective January 12, 2021, through December 31, 2021. The deadline to submit a specified fishing agreement pursuant to 50 CFR 665.819b3 for review is July 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific FEP are available from the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Council, 1164
Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI
96813, tel 8085228220, or www.wpcouncil.org.
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Council and NMFS prepared environmental analyses that support this action, available from http
www.regulations.gov/
!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20200010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Rassel, NMFS PIRO Sustainable Fisheries, 8087255184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is specifying a 2021 catch limit of 2,000 t of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory. NMFS is also authorizing each U.S. Pacific territory to allocate up to 1,500 t of its 2,000 t bigeye tuna limit, not to exceed a 3,000
t total annual allocation limit among all the territories, to U.S. longline fishing vessels permitted to fish under the FEP.
A specified fishing agreement with the applicable territory must identify those vessels.
NMFS will monitor catches of longline-caught bigeye tuna by the longline fisheries of each U.S Pacific territory, including catches made by U.S. longline vessels operating under specified fishing agreements. The criteria that a specified fishing agreement must meet, and the process for attributing longline-caught bigeye tuna, will follow the procedures in 50
CFR 665.819. When NMFS projects that the fishery will reach a territorial catch or allocation limit, NMFS will, as an accountability measure, prohibit the catch and retention of longline-caught bigeye tuna by vessels in the applicable territory if the territorial catch limit is
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projected to be reached, and/or vessels in a specified fishing agreement if the allocation limit is projected to be reached.
You may find additional background information on this action in the preamble to the proposed specifications published on November 9, 2020 85 FR
71300. Regardless of the final specifications, all other existing management measures will continue to apply in the longline fishery.
Comments and Responses On November 9, 2020, NMFS
published the proposed specifications and request for public comments 85 FR
71300; the comment period closed on November 24, 2020. NMFS received comments on the proposed specifications from one person. NMFS
considered these comments in making its decision on this action, and responds below. We made no changes to the final specifications.
NMFS specifically invited public comments on the effect of the proposed action on cultural fishing in American Samoa; we received no relevant comments on this issue.
Comment 1: Catch limits should be reduced because the styrofoam and plastic, with chemicals in them, used in longline fishing gear pose controversial implications for ecosystems, fish, and the food chain. Mitigation efforts should be made to protect consumers from harmful chemicals.
Response: NMFS has no information that longline fishing, including the gear used, results in significant adverse impacts to the marine habitat or food chain. Federal laws and regulations strictly regulate the disposal of waste in ocean waters. NMFS also notes that fisheries observers collect information on the frequency, location and composition of marine debris. During 20082016, NMFS observers on Hawaii vessels reported 1,326 marine debris items intercepted by longlines. While derelict fishing gear made up most of the debris, most 52 percent was netting, and ropes and other types of lines 27 percent. Floats and monofilament fishing line used in longline fishing made up less than 9
percent of the debris. When longline fishermen snag marine debris in their gear, they typically bring it on board and disposed of in port. This prevents future entanglement with sea life and entry into the food chain.
Comment 2: Longline gear poses a threat to seabirds, most notably endangered albatross, that dive for baited lines and are hooked or entangled and drowned.

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