Federal Register - March 18, 2021
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applies is April 1 through October 31 or, for an individual vessel owner, when the tier limit for the permits registered to the vessel has been reached, whichever is earlier.
3. In 660.231, add paragraph b1 to read as follows:
660.231 Limited entry fixed gear sablefish primary fishery.
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1 Season dates. North of 36 N lat., the sablefish primary season for the limited entry, fixed gear, sablefishendorsed vessels begins at 12 noon local time on April 1 and closes at 12 noon local time on October 31, or closes for an individual vessel owner when the tier limit for the sablefish endorsed permits registered to the vessel has been reached, whichever is earlier, unless otherwise announced by the Regional Administrator through the routine management measures process described at 660.60c.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 679
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and
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ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI be treated as prohibited species in accordance with 679.21b.
NMFS is prohibiting retention of Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act AFA trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area BSAI. This action is necessary because the Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI has been reached.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time A.l.t., March 15, 2021, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 9075867228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive economic zone according to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area FMP prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Regulations governing fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
The 2021 Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to AFA trawl catcher/
processors is 2,571 metric tons mt as established by the final 2021 and 2022
harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI 86 FR 11449, February 25, 2021.
In accordance with 679.20d2, the Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS
Regional Administrator, has determined that the Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to the AFA
trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI has been reached. Therefore, NMFS is requiring that Pacific cod caught by
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NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305d of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
part 679, which was issued pursuant to section 304b, and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553bB, there is good cause to waive prior notice and an opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice and comment would be impracticable and contrary to the public interest, as it would prevent NMFS from responding to the most recent fisheries data in a timely fashion and would delay prohibiting retention of Pacific cod by AFA trawl catcher/
processors in the BSAI. NMFS was unable to publish a notice providing time for public comment because the most recent, relevant data only became available as of March 12, 2021.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 15, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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