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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 148 / Thursday, August 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Recreational Landings Reports, and 06480371 HMS Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings Reports.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration during the proposed rule stage that this action would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The factual basis for the certification was published in the proposed rule and is not repeated here.
No comments were received regarding this certification. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis was not required and none was prepared.
Fisheries, Fishing, Fishing vessels, Foreign relations, Imports, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Statistics, Treaties.

1. The authority citation for part 635
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.

2. In 635.1, revise paragraph b to read as follows:

Purpose and scope.

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b Under section 9d of ATCA, NMFS has determined that the regulations contained in this part with respect to Atlantic tunas are applicable within the territorial sea of the United States adjacent to, and within the boundaries of, the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, and the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NMFS will undertake a continuing review of State regulations to determine if regulations applicable to Atlantic tunas, swordfish, or billfish are at least as restrictive as regulations contained in this part and if such regulations are effectively enforced. In such case, NMFS will file with the Office of the Federal Register for publication notification of the basis for the determination and of the specific
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 665
Docket No. 2107300152
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NMFS will require the use of electronic logbooks in the Hawaii pelagic longline fisheries and on Class C and D vessels in the American Samoa pelagic longline fishery. This final rule is intended to reduce human error, improve data accuracy, save time for fishermen and NMFS, and provide more rigorous monitoring and forecasting of catch limits.
DATES: The final rule is effective September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Council prepared a regulatory amendment that provides additional information and analyses that support this final rule.
Copies are available from the Council, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, tel 8085228220, or www.wpcouncil.org.
Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this final rule may be submitted to Michael D. Tosatto, Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands Region PIR, 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818, and to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Rassel, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office Sustainable Fisheries, 8087255184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS and the Council manage the Hawaii shallowset and deep-set longline fisheries and the America Samoa longline fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific FEP. The implementing Federal SUMMARY:

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National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 635 is amended as follows:

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Dated: July 30, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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Pacific Island Fisheries; Electronic Logbooks for Hawaii and American Samoa Pelagic Longline Fisheries
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 635

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regulations that shall or shall not apply in the territorial sea of the identified State.

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regulations for these fisheries include a suite of conservation and management requirements, including daily catch and effort reporting. The current system of collecting, collating, storing, and entering paper logbook data manually is costly, inefficient, and prone to delays and errors. To correct these inefficiencies, NMFS will require the use of electronic logbooks for vessels with Federal permits for the Hawaii longline fisheries, and Class C and D
Federal permits for the American Samoa longline fishery.
Vessel operators will be required to use a NMFS-certified electronic logbook to record catch, effort, location, and other information, and submit it within 24 hours of the completion of a fishing day. In the event of technology malfunction, NMFS will require that logbook data be submitted on paper or electronically within 72 hours of the end of the affected fishing trip.
After this rules effective date, the requirements will apply to an individual permit holder after NMFS
notifies the permit holder of the requirement to submit records electronically and after NMFS assigns an electronic logbook to the vessel.
NMFS is responsible for purchasing, providing, and maintaining the tablets, software, and data transmission at no cost to fishery participants. In addition to providing the electronic logbooks, NMFS will provide vessel operators with individual user accounts and train them to use the system properly.
Additional background information on this action is in the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on June 9, 2021 86 FR 30582; we do not repeat it here.
Comments and Responses On June 9, 2021, NMFS published a proposed rule for public comment 86
FR 30582. The public comment period ended on July 9, 2021. NMFS received comments from two individuals generally supporting the proposed action. The commenters noted that electronic logbooks are effective in reducing data recording and processing errors, and related agency burden.
Changes From the Proposed Rule There are no changes in this final rule.
Classification Pursuant to section 304b3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the NMFS
Assistant Administrator has determined that this final rule is consistent with the FEP, other provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act, and other applicable law.

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