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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 58 / Monday, March 29, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 300
Administrative practice and procedure, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine resources, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Treaties.
Dated: March 23, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 300 is amended as follows:
PART 300INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES REGULATIONS
Subpart CEastern Pacific Tuna Fisheries 1. The authority citation for part 300, subpart C, continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.

2. In 300.24, revise paragraph u to read as follows:

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Prohibitions.

u Use a United States commercial fishing vessel in the Convention Area to target, retain on board, transship, or land Pacific bluefin tuna in contravention of 300.25g2 through 4 and 7.

3. In 300.25, revise paragraph g to read as follows:

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Fisheries management.

g Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis commercial catch limits in the eastern Pacific Ocean for 2021. The following is applicable to the U.S.
commercial fishery for Pacific bluefin tuna in the Convention Area in the year 2021.
1 All commercial fishing vessels of the United States combined may capture, retain, transship, or land no more than 425 metric tons.
2 A 20-metric ton trip limit will be in effect until any of the following criteria are met:
i If NMFS anticipates cumulative catch will reach 250 metric tons during January through March, a 15-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section. If NMFS
anticipates cumulative catch will reach 325 metric tons during January through March, a 2-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section.
ii If NMFS anticipates cumulative catch will reach 275 metric tons during April through June, a 15-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section. If NMFS anticipates cumulative catch will reach 350 metric tons during April through June, a 2-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section.
iii If NMFS anticipates cumulative catch will reach 300 metric tons during July through September, a 15-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section. If NMFS
anticipates cumulative catch will reach 375 metric tons during July through September, a 2-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section.
iv If NMFS anticipates cumulative catch will reach 325 metric tons during October through December, a 15-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section. If NMFS
anticipates cumulative catch will reach 375 metric tons during October through December, a 2-metric ton trip limit will be in effect upon the effective date provided in the actual notice, in
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accordance with paragraph g6 of this section.
3 After NMFS determines that the catch limit under paragraph g1 of this section is expected to be reached, NMFS
will close the fishery effective upon the date provided in the actual notice, in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section. Upon the effective date in the actual notice, targeting, retaining on board, transshipping, or landing Pacific bluefin tuna captured in the Convention Area shall be prohibited as described in paragraph g4 of this section.
4 Beginning on the date provided in the actual notice of the fishing closure announced under paragraph g3 of this section, a commercial fishing vessel of the United States may not be used to target, retain on board, transship, or land Pacific bluefin tuna captured in the Convention Area through the end of the calendar year. Any Pacific bluefin tuna already on board a fishing vessel on the effective date of the notice may be retained on board, transshipped, and/or landed within 14 days after the effective date published in the fishing closure notice, to the extent authorized by applicable laws and regulations.
5 If an inseason action taken under paragraph g2, 3, or 4 of this section is based on overestimate of actual catch, NMFS will reverse that action in the timeliest possible manner, provided NMFS finds that reversing that action is consistent with the management objectives for the affected species. The fishery will reopen effective on the date provided in the actual notice in accordance with paragraph g6 of this section.
6 Inseason actions taken under paragraphs g2, 3, 4, and 5 of this section will be by actual notice from posting on the NMFS website https
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/
sustainable-fisheries/pacific-bluefintuna-commercial-harvest-status and a United States Coast Guard Notice to Mariners. The Notice to Mariners will be broadcast three times daily for 4
days. This action will also be published in the Federal Register as soon as practicable. Inseason actions will be effective from the time specified in the actual notice of the action i.e., website posting and United States Coast Guard Notice to Mariners, or at the time the inseason action published in the Federal Register is effective, whichever comes first.
7 If landing Pacific bluefin tuna into the State of California, fish landing receipts must be submitted to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in accordance with the requirements of applicable State law and regulations, with the exception that
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