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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 91 / Thursday, May 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Commission amends 47 CFR part 76 as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PART 76MULTICHANNEL VIDEO
AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE
50 CFR Part 648
1. The authority citation for part 76
continues to read as follows:
Docket No. 2105050100; RTID 0648
XX065
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572, 573.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Final 2021 and Projected 20222026 Fishing Quotas
National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
2. Section 76.64 is amended by revising paragraph l to read as follows:
76.64
Retransmission consent.
l Exclusive retransmission consent agreements are prohibited. No television broadcast station shall make or negotiate any agreement with one multichannel video programming distributor for carriage to the exclusion of other multichannel video programming distributors.
76.65
Amended
3. Amend 76.65 by removing paragraph f.
FR Doc. 202110019 Filed 51221; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 671201P
This final rule implements status quo commercial quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries for 2021 and projected status quo quotas for 20222026. This action is necessary to establish allowable harvest levels of Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs that will prevent overfishing and allow harvesting of optimum yield.
This action also continues to suspend the minimum shell size for Atlantic surfclams for the 2021 fishing year. The intended effect of this action is to provide benefit to the industry from stable quotas to maintain a consistent market.
SUMMARY:
This rule is effective June 14, 2021, through December 31, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental assessment EA are available on request from Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic DATES:
Fishery Management Council, Suite 201, 800 North State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
These documents are also accessible via the internet at http www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hansen, Fishery Management Specialist, 9782819225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In August 2020, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted to maintain status quo quota levels of 5.36 million bushels bu 285 million liters L for the ocean quahog fishery, 3.40 million bu 181 million L for the Atlantic surfclam fishery, and 100,000 Maine bu 3.52 million L for the Maine ocean quahog fishery for 20212026. The Council recommended that specifications be set for 2021 and proposed for years 20222026 to create administrative efficiencies as a result of the new stock assessment process, which is expected to assess surfclam and ocean quahog on a 4- and 6-year cycle, respectively. On February 17, 2021, NMFS published a proposed rule 86 FR 9901 soliciting public comment on the proposed specifications with a comment period through March 4, 2021.
Four comments were received and are discussed below. Additional detail on the Councils recommendations and background on the surfclam and ocean quahog specifications are provided in the proposed rule and not repeated here.
2021 and Projected 20222026
Specifications Final 2021 and projected quotas for the 20222026 Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fishery are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
TABLE 1ATLANTIC SURFCLAM MEASURES 20212026
20222026 Projected Atlantic Surfclam Allowable biological catch mt
Year
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
VerDate Sep<11>2014
Annual catch limit mt
47,919
44,522
42,237
40,946
40,345
40,264
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Annual catch target mt
47,919
44,522
42,237
40,946
40,345
40,264
PO 00000
29,363
29,363
29,363
29,363
29,363
29,363
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Commercial quota
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
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181
181
181
181
181
181
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L.
L.
L.
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