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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 183 / Friday, September 24, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
an opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice and comment would be contrary to the public interest.
This action transfers unused quota from the Winter I Period to the Winter II
Period to make it accessible to the commercial scup fishery and increase fishing opportunities. If implementation of this in-season action is delayed to solicit prior public comment, the objective of the fishery management plan to achieve the optimum yield from the fishery could be compromised.
Deteriorating weather conditions during the latter part of the fishing year may reduce fishing effort, and could also prevent the annual quota from being fully harvested. If this action is delayed, it would reduce the amount of time vessels have to realize the benefits of this quota increase, which would result in negative economic impacts on vessels permitted to fish in this fishery.
Moreover, the rollover process being applied here is routine and formulaic and was the subject of notice and comment rulemaking, and the range of potential trip limit changes were outlined in the final 2018 scup specifications that were published December 22, 2017; which were developed through public notice and comment. The benefit of soliciting additional public comment on this formulaic adjustment would not outweigh the benefits of making this additional quota available to the fishery as quickly as possible. Based on these considerations, there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553d3 to waive the 30-day delayed effectiveness period for the reasons stated above.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 22, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648
Docket No. 2012090332
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery;
Quota Transfers From VA to NY and NJ
to NC
National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notification; quota transfers.
AGENCY:

NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of New Jersey are transferring a portion of their 2021 commercial bluefish quota to the states of New York and North Carolina, respectively. These quota adjustments are necessary to comply with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial bluefish quotas for Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and New York.
DATES: Effective September 23, 2021, through December 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hansen, Fishery Management Specialist, 978 2819225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the Atlantic bluefish fishery are found in 50 CFR
648.160 through 648.167. These regulations require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned among the coastal states from Maine through Florida. The process to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each state is described in 648.162, and the final 2021 allocations were published on December 16, 2020 85 FR 81421.
The final rule implementing Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery SUMMARY:

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Management Plan FMP published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2000
65 FR 45844, and provided a mechanism for transferring bluefish quota from one state to another. Two or more states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the NMFS
Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, can request approval to transfer or combine bluefish commercial quota under 648.162e1i through iii.
The Regional Administrator must approve any such transfer based on the criteria in 648.162e. In evaluating requests to transfer a quota or combine quotas, the Regional Administrator shall consider whether: The transfer or combinations would preclude the overall annual quota from being fully harvested; the transfer addresses an unforeseen variation or contingency in the fishery; and the transfer is consistent with the objectives of the FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Virginia is transferring 20,000 lb 9,072 kg to New York, and New Jersey is transferring 40,000 lb 18,144 kg to North Carolina through mutual agreement of the states. These transfers were requested to ensure that New York and North Carolina would not exceed their 2021 state quota. The revised bluefish quotas for 2021 are: Virginia, 258,800 lb 117,390 kg; New York, 357,438 lb 162,131 kg; New Jersey, 370,082 lb 167,866 kg; and, North Carolina, 927,377 lb 420,651 kg.
Classification NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305d of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
648.162e1i through iii, which was issued pursuant to section 304b, and is exempted from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 21, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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