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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 3CLOSED AREA II SCALLOP ACCESS AREAContinued Point
N latitude
CAII5
CAII6
CAII1
1 The
W longitude
Note
3
6720
6720

4040
4040
4111

2

intersection of 410 N lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 410 N lat. and 6609.33 W long.
Point CAII4 connected to Point CAII5 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary.
intersection of 4040 N lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 4040 N lat. and 6552.61 W long.

2 From 3 The
Fishing Year 2021 Sea Scallop Closed Area Boundaries Framework 33 will keep two existing closed areas closed, i.e., the Nantucket Lightship-Triangle Scallop Closed Area and the Stellwagen Bank Scallop Closed Area. In addition, Framework 33 closes
two more areas to scallop fishing, i.e., the Nantucket Lightship-North Closed Area NLSN Table 4 and Closed Area II-East CAIIE Closed Area Table 5, formerly known as the Closed Area II
Rotational Area. Framework 33 is closing NLSN because there is no longer enough harvestable biomass in
the area to support a full trip for limited access vessels. This action is closing CAIIE to protect small scallops that have not yet recruited to the fishery and to reduce bycatch of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder and northern windowpane flounder on Georges Bank.

TABLE 4NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP-NORTH CLOSED AREA
Point NLSN1
NLSH2
NLSN3
NLSN4
NLSN1

N latitude

W longitude
4050
4050
4028
4028
4050

6930
6900
6900
6930
6930

TABLE 5CLOSED AREA II-EAST CLOSED AREA
Point CAIIE1
CAIIE2
CAIIE3
CAIIE4
CAIIE5
CAIIE6
CAIIE1
1 2
3

N latitude

W longitude
4130
4130
4100
4100
4111
4111
4130

6720
1
3
6641
6641
6720
6720

Note
2
2

The intersection of 4130 N lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 4130 N lat., 6634.73 W long.
From Point CAIIE2 connected to Point CAIIE3 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary.
The intersection of 4100 N lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 4100 N lat. and 6609.33 W long.

Extension of CAII Seasonal Closure To Mitigate Flatfish Bycatch Framework 33 continues the extension of existing seasonal closure in CAII to reduce bycatch of northern windowpane flounder and Georges Bank yellowtail flounder. The seasonal closure in CAII occurs from August 15
November 15 of each year. Framework 32 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP 85
FR 17754; March 31, 2020 extended
that closure for 15 additional days from August 15-November 30 for the 2020
fishing year only. Framework 33
continues that 15-day extension for fishing year 2021.
Full-Time Limited Access Allocations and Trip Possession Limits for Scallop Access Areas
areas for the 2021 fishing year and the first 60 days of the 2022 fishing year.
These allocations can be landed in as many trips as needed, so long as vessels do not exceed the possession limit also in Table 6 on any one trip.

Table 6 provides the limited access full-time allocations for all of the access
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TABLE 6SCALLOP ACCESS AREA FULL-TIME LIMITED ACCESS VESSEL POUNDAGE ALLOCATIONS AND TRIP POSSESSION
LIMITS FOR 2021 AND 2022
2022 Scallop allocation default
Rotational access area
Scallop possession limit
2021 Scallop allocation
Closed Area II
Nantucket Lightship-South-Deep
Mid-Atlantic

18,000 lb 8,165 kg per trip
18,000 lb 8,165 kg

27,000 lb 12,247 kg
27,000 lb 12,247 kg
18,000 lb 8,165 kg.

0 lb 0 kg 0 lb 0 kg
Total

72,000 lb 32,659 kg

18,000 lb 8,165 kg
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