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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
collections of information may be viewed at https www.cio.noaa.gov/
services_programs/prasubs.html.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: March 15, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 622
Docket No. 140818679535602
RTID 0648XA942

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2021
Red Snapper Recreational For-Hire Fishing Season in the Gulf of Mexico National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:

NMFS announces the 2021
recreational fishing season for the Federal charter vessel/headboat forhire component for red snapper in the exclusive economic zone EEZ of the Gulf of Mexico Gulf through this temporary rule. The red snapper recreational for-hire component in the Gulf EEZ opens on June 1, 2021, and will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 3, 2021. This closure is necessary to prevent the Federal for-hire component from exceeding its quota and to prevent overfishing of the Gulf red snapper resource.
DATES: The closure is effective at 12:01
a.m., local time, on August 3, 2021, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Luers, NMFS Southeast Regional Office, telephone: 7275515719, email:
daniel.luers@noaa.gov.
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The Gulf reef fish fishery, which includes red snapper, is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico FMP.
The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and is implemented by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Magnuson-Stevens Act by regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
The final rule implementing Amendment 40 to the FMP established two components within the recreational sector fishing for Gulf red snapper: The private angling component, and the Federal for-hire component 80 FR
22422, April 22, 2015. Amendment 40
also allocated the red snapper recreational ACL recreational quota between the components and established separate seasonal closures for the two components. The Federal for-hire components red snapper annual catch target ACT is 9 percent below the for-hire component quota 85
FR 9684, February 20, 2020; 50 CFR
622.41q2iiiB.
The red snapper for-hire component seasonal closure is projected from the component ACT. Projecting the for-hire components seasonal closure using the ACT reduces the likelihood of the harvest exceeding the component quota and the total recreational quota.
All weights described in this temporary rule are in round weight.
The Federal for-hire component 2021
ACT for red snapper in the Gulf EEZ is 2.848 million lb 1.292 million kg 50
CFR 622.41q2iiiB.
The 2021 Federal Gulf red snapper for-hire fishing season has been determined to be 63 days based on NMFS projection of the date landings are expected to reach the component ACT. For details about the calculation of the projection for 2021, see https
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/
sustainable-fisheries/gulf-mexicorecreational-red-snapper-management.
Therefore, the 2021 recreational season for the Federal for-hire component will begin at 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 2021, and close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 3, 2021.
On and after the effective date of the Federal for-hire component closure, the
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bag and possession limits for red snapper for Federal for-hire vessels are zero. When the Federal for-hire component is closed, these bag and possession limits apply in the Gulf on board a vessel for which a valid Federal for-hire permit for Gulf reef fish has been issued, without regard to where such species were harvested, i.e., in state or Federal waters. In addition, a person aboard a vessel that has been issued a charter vessel/headboat permit for Gulf reef fish any time during the fishing year may not harvest or possess red snapper in or from the Gulf EEZ
when the Federal charter vessel/
headboat component is closed.
Classification NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305d of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.41q2i and ii, which was issued pursuant to section 304b of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866., and other applicable laws.
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 is unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.
Such procedures are unnecessary because the rule implementing the recreational red snapper quotas and ACTs, and the rule implementing the requirement to close the for-hire component when its ACT is projected to be reached have already been subject to notice and comment, and all that remains is to notify the public of the closure. Such procedures are contrary to the public interest because many forhire operations book trips for clients in advance and require as much notice as NMFS is able to provide to adjust their business plans to account for the fishing season.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 18, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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