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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
e. Revise paragraph b3iiB;
f. Lift the suspension of paragraph c;
g. Revise paragraphs c, e, g1, and g3v; and h. Remove paragraph h.
The revisions read as follows:

648.59 Sea Scallop Rotational Area Management Program and Access Area Program requirements.

a
2 Transiting a Closed Scallop Rotational Area. No vessel possessing scallops may enter or be in the areas specified in this section when those
areas are closed, as specified through the specifications or framework adjustment processes defined in 648.55, unless the vessel is transiting the area and the vessels fishing gear is stowed and not available for immediate use as defined in 648.2, or there is a compelling safety reason to be in such areas without such gear being stowed. A
vessel may only transit the Closed Area II Scallop Rotational Area or the Closed Area II-East Scallop Rotational Area, as defined in 648.60d, if there is a compelling safety reason for transiting
the area and the vessels fishing gear is stowed and not available for immediate use as defined in 648.2.

b
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B The following access area allocations and possession limits for limited access vessels shall be effective for the 2021 and 2022 fishing years:
1 Full-time vessels. i For a full-time limited access vessel, the possession limit and allocations are:

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH b3iB1i 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 per trip
18,000 lb 8,165 kg per trip

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.
18,000 lb 8,165 kg.

Total

72,000 lb 32,659 kg

18,000 lb 8,165 kg.

ii Reserved 2 Part-time vessels. i For a parttime limited access vessel, the
possession limit and allocations are as follows:

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH b3iB2i 2022 Scallop allocation default
Rotational access area
Scallop possession limit
2021 Scallop allocation
Closed Area II or Nantucket Lightship-South 1.
Mid-Atlantic

14,400 lb 6,532 kg per trip

14,400 lb 6,532 kg

0 lb 0 kg
14,400 lb 6,532 kg per trip

14,400 lb 6,532 kg

7,200 lb 3,266 kg
Total

28,800 lb 13,063 kg

7,200 lb 3,266 kg
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vessels must choose to take this trip in either Closed Area II or Nantucket Lightship-South-Deep. Once a vessel declares a trip into either area, the entirety of the 14,400-lb 6,532-kg allocation can only be taken from the same area.

ii Reserved 3 Occasional limited access vessels.
i For the 2021 fishing year only, an occasional limited access vessel is allocated 6,000 lb 2,722 kg of scallops with a trip possession limit at 6,000 lb of scallops per trip 2,722 kg per trip.
Occasional limited access vessels may harvest the 6,000 lb 2,722 kg allocation from the Mid-Atlantic, Nantucket Lightship-South-Deep, or Closed Area II
Access Area.
ii For the 2022 fishing year, occasional limited access vessels are allocated 1,500 lb 680 kg of scallops in the Mid-Atlantic Access Area only with a trip possession limit of 1,500 lb of scallops per trip 680 kg per trip.
ii
B Part-time limited access vessels.
The owner of a vessel issued a part-time limited access scallop permit may exchange unharvested scallop pounds
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allocated into one access area for another part-time vessels unharvested scallop pounds allocated into another scallop access area. These exchanges may be made only for the amount of the current trip possession limit, as specified in paragraph b3iB2 of this section. For example, if the access area trip possession limit for part-time limited access vessels is 14,400 lb 6,532
kg, a part-time limited access vessel may exchange no more or less than 14,400 lb 6,532 kg, from one access area for no more or less than 14,400 lb 6,532 kg allocated to another vessel for another access area. In addition, these exchanges may be made only between vessels with the same permit category:
A full-time limited access vessel may not exchange allocations with a parttime vessel, and vice versa. Vessel owners must request these exchanges by submitting a completed Access Area
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Allocation Exchange Form at least 15
days before the date on which the applicant desires the exchange to be effective. Exchange forms are available from the Regional Administrator upon request. Each vessel owner involved in an exchange is required to submit a completed Access Area Allocation Form. The Regional Administrator shall review the records for each vessel to confirm that each vessel has enough unharvested allocation remaining in a given access area to exchange. The exchange is not effective until the vessel owners receive a confirmation in writing from the Regional Administrator that the allocation exchange has been made effective. A part-time limited access vessel owner may exchange equal allocations up to the current possession limit between two or more vessels under his/her ownership. A vessel owner holding a Confirmation of Permit
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