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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
TABLE 1SCALLOP CATCH LIMITS MT FOR FISHING YEARS 2021 AND 2022 FOR THE LIMITED ACCESS AND LAGC IFQ
FLEETSContinued 2021
mt
Catch limits Observer Set-Aside
ACL for fishery
Limited Access ACL
LAGC Total ACL
LAGC IFQ ACL 5 percent of ACL
Limited Access with LAGC IFQ ACL 0.5 percent of ACL
Limited Access ACT
APL after set-asides removed
Limited Access APL 94.5 percent of APL
Total IFQ Annual Allocation 5.5 percent of APL 2
LAGC IFQ Annual Allocation 5 percent of APL 2
Limited Access with LAGC IFQ Annual Allocation 0.5 percent of APL 2

305
29,622
27,993
1,629
1,481
148
24,260
17,269
16,319
950
863
86

2022
mt 1
281
27,203
25,707
1,496
1,360
136
22,279
1 1
712
648
65

1 The catch limits for the 2022 fishing year are subject to change through a future specifications action or framework adjustment. This includes the setting of an APL for 2022 that will be based on the 2021 annual scallop surveys.
2 The 2022 IFQ annual allocations are set at 75 percent of the 2021 IFQ Annual Allocations.

observer program to help defray the cost to scallop vessels that carry an observer.
The observer set-aside is 305 mt for 2021 and 281 mt for 2022. In fishing year 2021, the compensation rates for limited access vessels in open areas fishing under days-at-sea DAS is 0.13
DAS per DAS fished. For access area trips, the compensation rate is 250 lb 113 kg, in addition to the vessels possession limit for the trip for each day or part of a day an observer is onboard.
LAGC IFQ vessels may possess an additional 250 lb 113 kg per trip when carrying an observer. NMFS may adjust the compensation rate throughout the fishing year, depending on how quickly the fleets are using the set aside. The Council may adjust the 2022 observer set-aside when it develops specific, nondefault measures for 2022.

This action deducts 1.25 million lb 567 mt of scallops annually for 2021
and 2022 from the ABC for use as the Scallop RSA to fund scallop research.
Participating vessels are compensated through the sale of scallops harvested under RSA projects. Of the 1.25 millionlb 567-mt allocation, NMFS has already allocated 310,904 lb 141,024
kg to previously funded multi-year projects as part of the 2020 RSA awards process. NMFS reviewed proposals submitted for consideration of 2021
RSA awards and announced project selections on March 15, 2021. Details on the 2021 RSA awards can be found on our website here: https www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/
science-data/2021-2022-sea-scallopresearch-set-aside-projects-selected.
This action also deducts one percent of the ABC for the industry-funded
Open Area DAS Allocations This action implements vesselspecific DAS allocations for each of the three limited access scallop DAS permit categories i.e., full-time, part-time, and occasional for 2021 and 2022 Table 2.
The 2021 DAS allocations are the same as those allocated to the limited access fleet in 2020. Framework 33 sets 2022
DAS allocations at 75 percent of fishing year 2021 DAS allocations as a precautionary measure. This is to avoid over-allocating DAS to the fleet in the event that the 2022 specifications action is delayed past the start of the 2022
fishing year. The allocations in Table 2
exclude any DAS deductions that are required if the limited access scallop fleet exceeds its 2020 sub-ACL.

TABLE 2SCALLOP OPEN AREA DAS ALLOCATIONS FOR 2021 AND 2022
Permit category
2021

Full-Time
Part-Time
Occasional

Changes to Fishing Year 2021 Sea Scallop Access Area Boundaries
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For fishing year 2021 and the start of 2022, Framework 33 keeps the MidAtlantic Access Area MAAA,
Nantucket Lightship-South-Deep Access Area NLSSD, and Closed Area I
Access Area CAI open as access areas.
However, Framework 33 will not allocate any additional landings from CAI for the limited access fleet see
24.00
9.60
2.00

2022
default 18.00
7.20
1.50

below. In addition, this action opens one new area, Closed Area II Access Area CAII, formerly known as the Closed Area II-Southwest and Extension Closed Area Table 3.

TABLE 3CLOSED AREA II SCALLOP ACCESS AREA
Point CAII1
CAII2
CAII3
CAII4

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