Federal Register - December 3, 2021
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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
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the fishery; and the transfer is consistent with the objectives of the FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
New Jersey is transferring 30,000 lb 13,608 kg to New York; Delaware is transferring 30,000 lb 13,608 kg to North Carolina; and New Hampshire is transferring 11,000 lb 4,990 kg to Rhode Island through mutual agreement of the states. These transfers were requested to ensure that New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island would not exceed their 2021 state quota. The revised bluefish quotas for 2021 are:
New Jersey, 260,082 lb 117,971 kg;
New York, 387,438 lb 175,739 kg;
Delaware, 21,958 lb 79,713 kg; North Carolina, 987,377 lb 3,616 kg; New
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Hampshire, 473 lb 215 kg; and Rhode Island, 264,434 lb 119,945 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: November 30, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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