80_FR_50076 80 FR 49917 - Revisions to Framework Adjustment 53 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Updated Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for Fishing Year 2015

80 FR 49917 - Revisions to Framework Adjustment 53 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Updated Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for Fishing Year 2015

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 159 (August 18, 2015)

Page Range49917-49929
FR Document2015-20303

Based on the final Northeast multispecies sector rosters submitted as of May 1, 2015, we are adjusting the fishing year 2015 specification of annual catch limits for commercial groundfish vessels, as well as sector annual catch entitlements and common pool allocations for groundfish stocks. This revision to fishing year 2015 catch levels is necessary to account for changes in the number of participants electing to fish in either sectors or the common pool fishery. This action details unused sector quotas that may be carried over from fishing year 2014 to fishing year 2015. This action also reduces the fishing year 2015 common pool allocation of Eastern Georges Bank cod and adjusts common pool incidental catch limits to account for a common pool fishing year 2014 overage.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 150623545-5545-01]
RIN 0648-XE015


Revisions to Framework Adjustment 53 to the Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch 
Entitlements; Updated Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common 
Pool for Fishing Year 2015

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Temporary final rule; adjustment to specifications.

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SUMMARY: Based on the final Northeast multispecies sector rosters 
submitted as of May 1, 2015, we are adjusting the fishing year 2015 
specification of annual catch limits for commercial groundfish vessels, 
as well as sector annual catch entitlements and common pool allocations 
for groundfish stocks. This revision to fishing year 2015 catch levels 
is necessary to account for changes in the number of participants 
electing to fish in either sectors or the common pool fishery. This 
action details unused sector quotas that may be carried over from 
fishing year 2014 to fishing year 2015. This action also reduces the 
fishing year 2015 common pool allocation of Eastern Georges Bank cod 
and adjusts common pool incidental catch limits to account for a common 
pool fishing year 2014 overage.

DATES: Effective August 17, 2015, through April 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Whitmore, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, (978) 281-9128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New England Fishery Management Council 
(Council) developed Amendment 16 to the Northeast (NE) Multispecies 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP), in part, to establish a process for 
setting groundfish annual catch limits (also referred to as ACLs or 
catch limits) and accountability measures. Framework Adjustment 
(Framework) 53 set annual catch limits for groundfish stocks and three 
jointly managed U.S./Canada stocks for fishing year 2015. We recently 
approved Framework 53, which became effective on May 1, 2015 (80 FR 
25110).
    We also recently approved fishing year 2015 sector operations plans 
and allocations (80 FR 25143; May 2, 2015; ``sector final rule''). A 
sector receives an allocation of each stock, or annual catch 
entitlement (referred to as ACE, or allocation), based on its members' 
catch histories. State-operated permit banks also receive an allocation 
that can be transferred to qualifying sector vessels. The sum of all 
sector and state-operated permit bank allocations is referred to as the 
sector sub-ACL. Whatever groundfish allocations remain after sectors 
and state-operated permit banks receive their allocations are then 
allocated to the common pool (i.e., vessels not enrolled in a sector).
    This rule adjusts the fishing year 2015 sector and common pool 
allocations based on final sector membership as of May 1, 2015. Since 
the final rules are not effective until the beginning of the fishing 
year (May 1), permits enrolled in a sector and the vessels associated 
with those permits have until April 30, the last day prior to the 
beginning of a new fishing year, to withdraw from a sector and fish in 
the common pool. As a result, the actual sector enrollment for the new 
fishing year is unknown when the specifications (in this case, 
Framework 53) and sector final rules publish. To address this issue, 
each year we publish an adjustment rule modifying sector and common 
pool allocations based on final sector enrollment. If the sector 
allocation increases as a result of sector membership changes, the 
common pool allocation decreases--the opposite is true as well. The 
Framework 53 and the fishing year 2015 sector proposed and final rules 
both explained that sector enrollments may change and that there would 
be a need to adjust the sub-ACLs and ACEs accordingly.
    Adjustments to sector ACEs and the sub-ACLs for sectors and the 
common pool are typically minimal as historically there has been little 
change in sector enrollment. Tables 1, 2, and 3 explain the revised 
fishing year 2015. Table 4 compares the allocation changes between the 
sector final rule and this adjustment rule. Vessels currently enrolled 
in sectors have accounted for approximately 99 percent of the 
historical groundfish landings. This year's sector final rule specified 
sector ACEs based on the 842 permits enrolled in sectors on February 
25, 2015. As of May 1, 2015, there are 838 NE multispecies permits 
enrolled in sectors, which means four permits elected to leave sectors 
and operate in common pool for fishing year 2015.
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    We have completed fishing year 2014 data reconciliation with 
sectors and determined final fishing year 2014 sector catch and the 
amount of quota that sectors may carry from fishing year 2014 into 
fishing year 2015. A recent emergency rule (79 FR 36433; June 27, 2014) 
described changes to carryover and catch accounting in response to 
litigation by Conservation Law Foundation (Conservation Law Foundation 
v. Pritzker, et al. (Case No. 1:13-CV-0821-JEB)). This rule ensures 
that catch does not exceed the allowable biological catch for any 
stock. Because of this, the maximum carryover for certain stocks may be 
lower than what a sector expects. Table 5 includes the maximum amount 
of quota that sectors may carry over from fishing year 2014 into 
fishing year 2015. Table 6 includes the de minimis amount of quota that 
sectors may carry over from fishing year 2014 into fishing year 2015. 
Tables 7 and 8 list the final ACE available to sectors for fishing year 
2015, including carryover.

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    This rule also reduces the Eastern GB cod common pool sub-ACL for 
fishing year 2015 due to a fishing year 2014 overage (Tables 9 and 10). 
When the common pool sub-ACL for any stock is exceeded in one fishing 
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accountability measures in the FMP require us to reduce the common pool 
sub-ACL by the amount of the overage in the next fishing year. The 2.8 
mt fishing year 2014 common pool sub-ACL for Eastern GB cod was 
exceeded by 1.3 mt (48 percent). Therefore, this action reduces the 
initially allocated 2.7 mt fishing year 2015 Eastern GB cod common pool 
sub-ACL by 1.3 mt, leaving an adjusted allocation of 1.4 mt for the 
remainder of the fishing year.
    Framework 53 specified incidental catch limits (or incidental total 
allowable catches, ``TACs'') applicable to the common pool and 
groundfish Special Management Programs for fishing year 2015, including 
the B day-at-sea (DAS) Program. Because these incidental catch limits 
are based on the common-pool allocation, they also must be revised to 
match current common pool enrollment allocation and, in this instance, 
to account for the Eastern GB cod accountability measure for fishing 
year 2015. Final common pool trimester quotas (including adjustments 
for the Eastern GB cod overage) and incidental catch limits are 
included in Tables 11-15 below.
    This is only a temporary final rule. After we finish reconciling 
differences in fishing year 2014 catch accounting between our data and 
each sector manager's data, each sector will have 2 weeks to trade its 
fishing year 2014 ACE to account for any overages. After that 2-week 
trading window, a sector that still has exceeded its fishing year 2014 
allocation will have its fishing year 2015 allocation reduced, pursuant 
to regulatory requirements. Because data reconciliation and the 2-week 
trading window take place after the new fishing year beings, we reserve 
20 percent of each sector's fishing year 2015 allocation until fishing 
year 2014 catch data are reconciled. Sectors can carryover up to 10 
percent of their fishing year 2014 ACE, or an amount of ACE that does 
not result in exceeding the allowable biological catch, into fishing 
year 2015. We will publish a final follow-up rule detailing any 
carryover of fishing year 2014 sector allocation or reduction in 
fishing year 2014 allocation resulting from sectors under or 
overharvesting their allocations.
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                          Table 12--Fishing Year 2015 Common Pool Incidental Catch TACs
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                  Stock                    Percentage of common pool sub-ACL       Incidental catch TAC (mt)
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GB cod..................................                                   2                                0.75
GOM cod.................................                                   1                                0.06
GB yellowtail flounder..................                                   2                                0.08
CC/GOM yellowtail flounder..............                                   1                                0.21
American Plaice.........................                                   5                                1.35
Witch Flounder..........................                                   5                                 0.7
SNE/MA winter flounder..................                                   1                                1.59
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         Table 13--Distribution of Common Pool Incidental Catch TACs to Each Special Management Program
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                                                           Closed Area I                        Southern closed
                Stock                   Regular B DAS        hook gear       Eastern U.S./CA    Area II haddock
                                         program (%)      haddock SAP (%)    haddock SAP (%)          SAP
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GB cod..............................                 50                 16                 34                 NA
GOM cod.............................                100                 NA                 NA                 NA
GB yellowtail flounder..............                 50                 NA                 50                 NA
CC/GOM yellowtail flounder..........                100                 NA                 NA                 NA
American Plaice.....................                100                 NA                 NA                 NA
Witch Flounder......................                100                 NA                 NA                 NA
SNE/MA winter flounder..............                100                 NA                 NA                 NA
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        Table 14--Fishing Year 2015 Common Pool Incidental Catch TACs for Each Special Management Program
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                                                                              Closed Area I      Eastern U.S./
                         Stock                             Regular B DAS    hook gear haddock    Canada haddock
                                                              program              SAP                SAP
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GB cod.................................................               0.38               0.12               0.26
GOM cod................................................               0.06                 NA                 NA
GB yellowtail flounder.................................               0.04                 NA               0.04
CC/GOM yellowtail flounder.............................               0.21                 NA                 NA
American Plaice........................................               1.35                 NA                 NA
Witch Flounder.........................................               0.70                 NA                 NA
SNE/MA winter flounder.................................               1.59                 NA                 NA
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          Table 15--Fishing Year 2015 Common Pool Regular B DAS Program Quarterly Incidental Catch TACs
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                Stock                 1st Quarter (13%)  2nd Quarter (29%)  3rd Quarter (29%)  4th Quarter (29%)
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GB cod..............................               0.05               0.11               0.11               0.11
GOM cod.............................               0.01               0.02               0.02               0.02
GB yellowtail flounder..............               0.01               0.01               0.01               0.01
CC/GOM yellowtail flounder..........               0.03               0.06               0.06               0.06
American Plaice.....................               0.18               0.39               0.39               0.39
Witch Flounder......................               0.09               0.20               0.20               0.20
SNE/MA winter flounder..............               0.21               0.46               0.46               0.46
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Classification

    Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the 
NMFS Assistant Administrator has determined that this final rule is 
consistent with the FMP, other provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
and other applicable law.
    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), we find good cause to waive 
prior public notice and opportunity for public comment on the catch 
limit and allocation adjustments because allowing time for notice and 
comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public 
interest. We also find good cause to waive the 30-day delay in 
effectiveness pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), so that this final rule 
may become effective upon filing.
    There are several reasons that notice and comment are 
impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. First, 
the proposed and final rules for fishing year 2015 sector operations 
plans and contracts explained the need and likelihood for adjustments 
of sector and common pool allocations based on final sector rosters.

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No comments were received on the potential for these adjustments, which 
provide an accurate accounting of a sector's or common pool's 
allocation at this time. Furthermore, we have followed a similar 
process since Amendment 16 was implemented in 2010; this annual 
adjustment action is anticipated by industry. The accountability 
measure and adjustment process to account for the fishing year 2014 
Eastern Georges Bank cod overage was also already subject to notice and 
comment during Amendment 16 development and implementation. Second, 
these adjustments are based on either objective sector enrollment data 
or a pre-determined accountability measure and are not subject to NMFS' 
discretion, so there would be no benefit to allowing time for prior 
notice and comment. Third, a delay would potentially impair achievement 
of the management plan's objectives for the common pool of preventing 
overfishing and achieving optimum yield by staying within ACLs or 
allocations. Finally, if this rule is not effective immediately, the 
sector and common pool vessels will be operating under incorrect 
information on the catch limits for each stock for sectors and the 
common pool. This could cause negative economic impacts to the both 
sectors and the common pool, depending on the size of the allocation, 
the degree of change in the allocation, and the catch rate of a 
particular stock.
    The catch limit and allocation adjustments are not controversial 
and the need for them was clearly explained in the proposed and final 
rules for fishing year 2015 sector operations plans and contracts. 
Adjustments for overages are also explained in detail in the Amendment 
16 proposed and final rules. As a result, NE multispecies permit 
holders are expecting these adjustments and awaiting their 
implementation. Fishermen may make both short- and long-term business 
decisions based on the catch limits in a given sector or the common 
pool. Any delays in adjusting these limits may cause the affected 
fishing entities to slow down, or speed up, their fishing activities 
during the interim period before this rule becomes effective. Both of 
these reactions could negatively affect the fishery and the businesses 
and communities that depend on them. Therefore, it is important to 
implement adjusted catch limits and allocations as soon as possible. 
For these reasons, we are waiving the public comment period and delay 
in effectiveness for this rule, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and 
(d), respectively.
    Because advanced notice and the opportunity for public comment are 
not required under the Administrative Procedure Act, or any other law, 
the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 
601, et seq., do not apply to this rule. Therefore, no final regulatory 
flexibility analysis is required and none has been prepared.

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

    Dated: August 11, 2015.
Eileen Sobeck,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20303 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 159 / Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 49917 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DATES: Effective August 17, 2015, those permits have until April 30, the through April 30, 2016. last day prior to the beginning of a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: fishing year, to withdraw from a sector Administration William Whitmore, Fishery Policy and fish in the common pool. As a Analyst, (978) 281–9128. result, the actual sector enrollment for 50 CFR Part 648 the new fishing year is unknown when SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New [Docket No. 150623545–5545–01] England Fishery Management Council the specifications (in this case, (Council) developed Amendment 16 to Framework 53) and sector final rules RIN 0648–XE015 the Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery publish. To address this issue, each year Management Plan (FMP), in part, to we publish an adjustment rule Revisions to Framework Adjustment establish a process for setting modifying sector and common pool 53 to the Northeast Multispecies groundfish annual catch limits (also allocations based on final sector Fishery Management Plan and Sector referred to as ACLs or catch limits) and enrollment. If the sector allocation Annual Catch Entitlements; Updated accountability measures. Framework increases as a result of sector Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and Adjustment (Framework) 53 set annual membership changes, the common pool the Common Pool for Fishing Year catch limits for groundfish stocks and allocation decreases—the opposite is 2015 three jointly managed U.S./Canada true as well. The Framework 53 and the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries stocks for fishing year 2015. We recently fishing year 2015 sector proposed and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and approved Framework 53, which became final rules both explained that sector Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), effective on May 1, 2015 (80 FR 25110). We also recently approved fishing enrollments may change and that there Commerce. year 2015 sector operations plans and would be a need to adjust the sub-ACLs ACTION: Temporary final rule; allocations (80 FR 25143; May 2, 2015; and ACEs accordingly. adjustment to specifications. ‘‘sector final rule’’). A sector receives an Adjustments to sector ACEs and the SUMMARY: Based on the final Northeast allocation of each stock, or annual catch sub-ACLs for sectors and the common multispecies sector rosters submitted as entitlement (referred to as ACE, or pool are typically minimal as of May 1, 2015, we are adjusting the allocation), based on its members’ catch historically there has been little change fishing year 2015 specification of annual histories. State-operated permit banks in sector enrollment. Tables 1, 2, and 3 catch limits for commercial groundfish also receive an allocation that can be explain the revised fishing year 2015. vessels, as well as sector annual catch transferred to qualifying sector vessels. Table 4 compares the allocation changes entitlements and common pool The sum of all sector and state-operated between the sector final rule and this allocations for groundfish stocks. This permit bank allocations is referred to as adjustment rule. Vessels currently revision to fishing year 2015 catch the sector sub-ACL. Whatever enrolled in sectors have accounted for levels is necessary to account for groundfish allocations remain after approximately 99 percent of the changes in the number of participants sectors and state-operated permit banks electing to fish in either sectors or the receive their allocations are then historical groundfish landings. This common pool fishery. This action allocated to the common pool (i.e., year’s sector final rule specified sector details unused sector quotas that may be vessels not enrolled in a sector). ACEs based on the 842 permits enrolled carried over from fishing year 2014 to This rule adjusts the fishing year 2015 in sectors on February 25, 2015. As of fishing year 2015. This action also sector and common pool allocations May 1, 2015, there are 838 NE reduces the fishing year 2015 common based on final sector membership as of multispecies permits enrolled in sectors, pool allocation of Eastern Georges Bank May 1, 2015. Since the final rules are which means four permits elected to cod and adjusts common pool not effective until the beginning of the leave sectors and operate in common incidental catch limits to account for a fishing year (May 1), permits enrolled in pool for fishing year 2015. common pool fishing year 2014 overage. a sector and the vessels associated with BILLING CODE 3510–22–P rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Aug 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\18AUR1.SGM 18AUR1

8L66FP suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq Table 1. Final Sector Enrollment and Percentage (%) of ACE for Each Sector, by Stock for Fishing Year 2015‘ Saen B B 6| j & |Pil$filsGfil s lsilfifil]ldiiil®il i i g iz "C % § .E im Te 0e Th 2 L § Th fié Ti 2 Sector Name Y : > S 2 1|3 51g4 5 5|09 35 5) |®%£ 8|z § 2 § < § S o = 2 § o = |— l2z 30 322]| A |ZF 8 |afRl&8]Z8| & & 2 = & & 6 |& = |&# 2 E |Q 2 E = 1|85 |g = |a = > & 9 FGS 113 27.68 2.60 5.76 1.84 0.01 0.37 3.04 0.98 2.14 0.03 13.47 2.34 2.74 5.70 7.38 MCCS 45 0.21 4.59 0.04 2.56 0.00 0.66 1.05 7.55 5.06 0.01 1.96 0.19 2.50 4.39 3.79 MPB 11 0.13 1.15 0.04 1.12 0.01 0.03 0.32 1.16 0.73 0.00 0.43 0.02 0.82 1.65 1.69 NHPB 4 0.00 1.14 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02 0.08 O0.11 NCCS 26 0.18 0.87 0.14 0.39 0.84 0.72 0.62 0.31 0.30 0.05 0.93 0.29 045 0.86 0.51 NEFS 1 3 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NEFS 2 80 5.69 18.28 10.68 16.45 1.91 1.40 18.84 7.78 12.59 3.21 18.17 3.19 14.71 6.04 11.84 NEFS 3 72 1.12 13.67 0.14 8.94 0.05 0.41 8.50 4.05 2.85 0.03 9.18 0.75 1.29 4.51 6.05 NEFS 4 50 4.14 9.59 5.33 8.27 2.16 2.35 5.46 9.29 8.49 0.69 6.24 1.28 6.63 8.05 6.14 NEFS 5 28 0.73 O.11 0.86 0.13 1.26 20.66 0.21 0.38 0.55 0.43 0.02 12.32 0.02 0.10 0.09 NEFS 6 22 2.87 2.95 2.92 3.85 2.70 5.26 3.73 3.89 5.20 1.50 4.55 1.94 5.30 3.91 3.29 NEFS 7 28 4.59 0.82 4.51 0.69 10.45 4.33 4.36 3.69 3.67 10.26 3.01 4.87 O0.61 0.88 0.76 NEFS 8 16 5.89 0.18 5.86 0.08 9.75 5.43 4.32 1.54 2.12 15.05 1.04 9.77 0.53 046 0.57 NEFS 9 60 14.23 1.75 11.60 4.80 26.78 7.90 10.43 8.27 8.27 39.54 245 18.36 5.82 4.15 4.23 NEFS 10 44 0.74 5.40 0.25 2.59 0.00 0.55 13.05 1.71 2.39 0.01 18.10 0.73 0.55 0.91 1.46 NEFS 11 56 041 13.62 0.04 3.21 0.00 0.02 2.58 2.10 2.07 0.00 2.25 0.02 1.98 4.83 9.44 NEFS 13 50 7.95 0.84 15.97 0.93 24.74 18.57 4.74 5.15 6.17 7.24 2.06 10.82 3.98 1.74 2.27 SHS 1 25 1.82 4.33 2.24 3.94 0.92 0.44 2.81 5.75 3.95 5.75 5.06 0.82 4.26 4.87 3.94 SHS 3 105 19.46 15.37 32.73 38.89 16.50 10.37 11.30 34.44 31.13 15.23 5.55 20.07 47.20 46.14 35.82 Sector Total 838 97.84 97.29| 99.11 98.72 98.09 79.45 95.43 98.09 97.71 99.03 94.58 87.80 99.42 99.27 99.37 Common Pool 522 2.16 2.71 0.89 1.28 1.91 20.55 4.57 1.91 2.29 0.97 5.42 |12.20 0.58 0.73 0.63 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector (FGS), Maine Coast Community Sector (MCCS), Maine Permit Bank (MPB), New Hampshire Permit Bank (NHPB), Northeast Coastal Communities Sector (NCCS), Northeast Fishery Sectors (NEFS), and Sustainable Harvest Sector (SHS) ‘All ACE values for sectors outlined in Table 1 assume that each sector permit is valid for fishing year 2015.

Table 2. Final ACE, for Each Sector, by Stock for Fishing Year 2015 (mt)‘" suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq rslzel e Léksukbscill d ctEil& tE alsdlidhksggs4) a i | 6 |0"| § i£~] #"I°4]| Rélsf@|83E|®|"4)ge1PFEs®E 4 & & FGS 34 460 35 1,023 230 18 0 2 14 14 13 1 53 31 302 247 1,013 MCCS 0 3 10 7 2 24 0 4 35 106 31 0 8 3 276 191 520 MPB 0 2 2 8 2 11 0 0 1 16 0 2 0 91 72 232 NHPB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15 NCCS 0 3 24 6 2 4 3 1 4 4 50 37 70 NEFS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEFS 2 7 95 38 1,897 427 158 4 8 86 110 77 61 71 42 1,624 262 1,625 NEFS 3 1 19 28 235 6 86 0 2 39 57 17 0 36 10 142 196 830 NEFS 4 35 69 20 947 213 79 4 13 25 131 52 13 24 17 732 350 842 NEFS 5 1 12 0 152 34 1 2 115 1 3 3 8 0 161 2 4 13 NEFS 6 4 48 6 519 117 37 35 29 17 55 32 28 18 25 585 170 452 NEFS 7 6 76 2 801 180 7 20 24 20 32 22 194 12 6A 67 38 104 NEFS 8 7 98 0 1,041 234 19 30 20 22 13 285 4 128 58 20 78 NEFS 9 18 237 4 2,060 464 46 52 44 48 116 50 748 10 240 643 180 580 NEFS 10 1 12 11 45 10 235 0 3 60 24 15 0 71 10 60 40 200 NEFS 11 1 7 28 7 2 31 0 0 12 30 13 0 9 0 219 210 1,295 NEFS 13 10 132 2 2,836 639 9 48 103 22 73 38 137 8 141 439 76 311 SHS 1 2 30 9 397 89 38 2 2 13 81 24 109 20 11 470 211 341 SHS 3 24 324 32 5,813 1,309 373 32 58 52 485 190 288 22 262 5,208 2,004 4,914 Sectors Total 121 |1,627 201 |17,603 3,964 946 191 443 437 |1,381| 596 |1,873| 371 1,147 |10,970| 4,311 13,634 Common Pool 3 36 6 157 35 12 4 114 21 27 14 18 21 159 64 32 86 ‘All ACE values for sectors outlined in Table 2 assume that each sector permit is valid for fishing year 2015. *These values do not include any potential ACE carryover or deductions from fishing year 2014 sector ACE underages or overages or common pool overages. The common pool Eastern GB cod overage adjustment is explained in Tables 5—6. Adjustments for any sector carryover or deductions will be made in a future action following reconciliation. 61L66FP

OZT66FP Table 3. Final ACE for Each Sector by Stock for Fishing Year 2015 (1,000 Ib)"" suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq a C o 3 8 == = = E 2 GectorName 5C 3& 30 &§4 &<g |$3|HR c2:E |aissc ted § |EEE& 35i)E 822C |wmRsiE d 2 E10 2 E i§ fA— FGS 76 1,015 12 2,2535 508 39 0 3 31 30 29 1 116 67 666 5345 2,232 MCCS 1 8 21 15 3 534 0 8 11 234 68 0 17 6 608 421 1,146 MPB 0 3 3 17 4 24 0 0 3 36 10 0 4 1 200 158 510 NHPB 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 8 34 NCCS 0 7 534 12 8 4 9 6 10 2 8 111 82 155 NEFS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEFS 2 16 208 83 4,182 942 347 8 17 190 242 169 134 157 92 3,579 579 3,581 NEFS 3 3 41 62 56 13 189 0 3 86 126 38 1 79 22 313 432 1,829 NEFS 4 11 152 44 2,089 470 175 9 29 55 288 114 29 34 37 1,614 771 1,857 NEFS 5 2 27 0 336 76 3 3 2534 2 12 7 18 0 355 3 10 28 NEFS 6 105 13 1,144 258 81 12 65 38 121 70 63 39 56 1,290 374 996 NEFS 7 13 168 4 1,765 397 15 45 53 44 115 49 428 26 140 148 84 229 NEFS 8 16 216 1 2,296 517 2 42 67 44 48 28 628 9 281 129 44 172 NEFS 9 39 522 8 4,542 1,023 101 115 97 105 257 111 1,648 21 529 1,417 397 1,278 NEFS 10 2 27 25 98 22 55 0 7 132 53 32 0 156 21 133 88 441 NEFS 11 1 15 62 15 3 68 0 0 26 65 28 0 19 1 482 463 2,854 NEFS 13 22 291 4 6,252 1,408 20 106 228 48 160 83 302 18 311 968 167 687 SHS 1 3 67 20 875 197 83 4 3 28 179 53 240 44 24 1,037 466 1,192 SHS 3 33 713 70 12,815 2,886 821 71 127 114 1,069 419 635 48 578 11,482 4417 10,834 Sectors Total 267 3,587 444 38,807 8,738 2,085 422 976 964 3,045 1,314 4,129 817 2,528 24,185 9,505 30,057 Common Pool 6 79 12 347 78 27 8 252 46 59 31 40 47 351 140 69 191 ‘All ACE values for sectors outlined in Table 3 assume that each sector permit is valid for fishing year 2015. *These values do not include any potential ACE carryover or deductions from fishing year 2014 sector ACE underages or overages or common pool overages. The common pool Eastern GB cod overage is explained in Tables 5—6. Adjustments for any sector carryover or deductions will be made in a future action following reconciliation.

suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq Table 4. ACE Comparison Between Final Sector and Adjustment Rules (mt) 9 9 ad d > a O 3 & & Je I= & I= & I= & Tam 3 m 8 _ Ti 2 2 C = = a 92 3 Ls|a s 5 & 8 9 a= o & d 3o 23 2E> +43 %.38 §s ¢2 EémEEEEEOEE 0 4 L 5 sy 2 s|VU 5 3 Sa t3 = 5 &|z2 G|3 & §s §§€ |g .5 3 3"3 29 S == 3o $& §C |a&"la"*]°i1Tfi:fEsFEl® |o C "~ m TL # |"*ilsilgélsfel 8 g 4 D |z>ij| & TotalACE 124 1.663 207 17.760 3.999 9s8% 195 557 4ss 1408 610 1891 392 1.306 11.034 4.343 13.720 Common Pool ACE , 32 5 127 29 9 3 102 16 27 12 15 17 157 60 32 97 from Final Rule Adjusted C (;rgaon 3 36 6 157 35 12 4 114 21 27 14 18 21 159 64 32 86 Allocation Sector ACE fromFinal 122 1.631 202 17.633 3.970 949 192 455 442 1381 598 1.876 375 1.149 10.974 4311 13.628 Rule Adjusted Sector 121 1.627 z201 17.603 3.964 946 191 443 437 1381 596 1.873 371 1.147 10.970 4311 13.634 Allocation % ACE Moved fr Sectzfsl ,, —05% —0.2% —0.3% —0.2% —0.2% —0.3% —04% —22% —1.1% 0.0% —0.3% |—0.2% —1.1% —02% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Common Pool LI266FT

49922 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 159 / Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Rules and Regulations We have completed fishing year 2014 litigation by Conservation Law maximum amount of quota that sectors data reconciliation with sectors and Foundation (Conservation Law may carry over from fishing year 2014 determined final fishing year 2014 Foundation v. Pritzker, et al. (Case No. into fishing year 2015. Table 6 includes sector catch and the amount of quota 1:13–CV–0821–JEB)). This rule ensures the de minimis amount of quota that that sectors may carry from fishing year that catch does not exceed the allowable sectors may carry over from fishing year 2014 into fishing year 2015. A recent biological catch for any stock. Because 2014 into fishing year 2015. Tables 7 emergency rule (79 FR 36433; June 27, of this, the maximum carryover for and 8 list the final ACE available to 2014) described changes to carryover certain stocks may be lower than what sectors for fishing year 2015, including and catch accounting in response to a sector expects. Table 5 includes the carryover. rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:22 Aug 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\18AUR1.SGM 18AUR1

suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq Table 5. Maximum Carryover ACE from Fishing Year 2014 to Fishing Year 2015 (Ib) _=cz 3 — e B |°pgfr SfPs:fG:ci:E | 3 mm mm ym Hn|U m Ha| ) j e i Pb Bfigfi) fale 5 & Em [ fale G |®‘}) : FGS 48,857 908 148,776 1,768 0 278 1,641 1,959 1,668 36 6,168 2,880 35,537 29,439 120,414 MCCS 479 2,357 1,018 2,451 0 246 594 7,839 5,773 8 940 334 32,432 22,697 61,818 NCCS 395 437 3,139 346 0 692 353 318 21 89 444 516 5,601 4,201 8,281 NEFS 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 10 9 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 NEFS 2 13,140 9,376 276,008 15,724 0 159 10,913 7,660 5,494 4,184 8,83 1 5,634 191,150 30,683 183,721 NEFS 3 2,867 7,410 3,770 8,924 0 205 5,010 4,495 508 34 4,549 1,333 17,414 24,528 111,131 NEFS 4 8,8 15 4,929 137,234 8,029 0 2,093 1,836 11,660 5,243 903 2,989 2,231 86,109 41,613 100,191 NEFS 5 1,774 6 27,216 279 0 21,371 273 875 759 670 31 20,719 996 623 1,715 NEFS 6 6,514 1,517 75,474 3,698 0 5,034 2,115 4,472 4,153 1,963 2,180 3,350 68,843 20,202 53,743 NEFS 7 10,603 200 119,167 451 0 3,896 1,326 7,063 3,695 16,872 359 8,892 7,593 4,243 11,582 NEFS 8 13,962 236 154,842 193 0 5,736 3,616 3,436 2,932 20,221 1,515 17,474 7,126 2,650 9,904 NEFS 9 31,863 891 299,569 4,609 0 7,598 5.887 15,896 5,321 51,384 1,167 32,204 75,607 21,451 68,976 NEFS 10 1,656 2,677 6,488 2,435 0 411 7,164 3,410 2,213 17 8,547 1,265 7,075 4,618 22,654 NEFS 11 924 2,432 984 2,904 0 18 1,462 4,205 2,137 4 1,077 37 25,738 24,967 153,992 NEFS 13 17,995 487 411,921 950 0 17,809 2,843 10,289 4,279 9,442 1,121 18,952 51,613 8,980 37,036 SHS 1 46,950 10,104 886,366 41,056 0 7,972 7,471 79,099 26,182 22,516 4,972 33,731 665,116 |262,229| 645,586 SHS 3 542 76 10,359 63 0 2,149 636 694 383 599 630 1,933 2,351 802 1,207 Total 207,336| 44,046 2,562,331| 93,882 0 75,667 53,150 163,379| 70,767 128,942 45,527 151,485 1,280,301 503,926| 1,591,951 CebOP

Teb6P suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq Table 6. De Minimis Carryover ACE from Fishing Year 2014 to Fishing Year 2015 (Ib) =—1 — — e E |°pr\S:bi:riic:iEi |f 3 ue ue ym Hn|U m Ha| ) j e |fi)liffikf$il 2 5 & Em o 2 i |®5#) f FGS 10,907 119 27,634 389 0 45 307 304 288 12 1,164 673 6,661 5,454 22,323 MCCS 83 210 186 540 0 81 106 2, 344 680 3 170 55 6,078 4,205 11,458 NCCS 71 40 661 83 0 88 63 95 21 22 80 82 1,107 821 1,549 NEFS 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 NEFS 2 2,240 834 51,242 3,474 0 159 1,902 2,417 1,693 1,338 1,570 919 35,793 5,786 35,8 14 NEFS 3 443 624 684 1,888 0 50 858 1,258 383 11 794 217 3,132 4,315 18,295 NEFS 4 1,632 437 25,588 1,746 0 288 552 2,882 1,142 288 540 369 16,136 7,709 18,571 NEFS 5 286 5 4,119 28 0 2,537 21 119 74 181 2 3,548 51 97 281 NEFS 6 1,129 135 14,019 814 0 646 377 1,208 700 627 394 559 12,901 3, 743 9,962 NEFS 7 1,809 37 21,626 146 0 532 440 1,145 494 4,276 260 1,403 1,478 840 2,285 NEFS 8 2,320 8 28,128 16 0 667 436 479 285 6,276 90 2,814 1,289 440 1,723 NEFS 9 5,606 80 55,641 1,014 0 970 1,053 2,566 1,113 16,484 212 5,287 14,168 3,974 12,785 NEFS 10 290 247 1,206 546 0 67 1,318 530 322 4 1,564 210 1,333 876 4,406 NEFS 11 160 622 183 679 0 2 261 651 279 1 194 6 4,823 4,625 28,543 NEFS 13 3,132 38 76,592 197 0 2,281 479 1,599 830 3,017 178 3,114 9,675 1,671 6,866 SHS 1 718 198 10,725 832 0 53 284 1,785 531 2,396 437 237 10,368 4,662 11,924 SHS 3 542 76 10,359 63 0 1,273 636 694 383 599 480 1,933 2,351 802 1,207 Total 31,368 3,711 328,593 12,456 0 9,739 9,097 20,079 9,220 35,535 8,133 21,426 127,344 50,020 187,992

suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq Table 7. Total ACE Available to Sectors in Fishing Year 2014 with Maximum Carryover (mt) §*§ g? 2e mg‘gmg%%g mé%géggéé $ §§m§§§§§§§§ a € $ s a = &z 5 V UEHUEB UE O 3 5|12 S §)G s 3) :E 2 § |V & 5)02 5 2 & 2 E z | $ a~ E|&G — E|Q — ® E. E. E |& E FGS 34 483 6 1,023 298 18 0 2 15 15 14 1 56 32 318 261 1,067 MCCS 0 4 11 7 2 26 0 4 3 110 33 0 3 290 201 548 MPB 0 2 2 8 2 11 0 0 1 16 4 0 2 0 91 72 232 NCCS 0 24 7 4 2 4 3 4 1 4 53 39 74 NEFS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEFS 2 7 101 42 1,897 552 165 4 8 91 113 79 63 75 44 1,710 276 1,708 NEFS 3 1 20 32 25 7 90 0 2 41 59 18 1 38 10 150 207 880 NEFS 4 3 73 22 947 276 83 4 14 26 136 54 13 26 18 771 369 888 NEFS 5 1 13 0 152 47 1 2 125 1 6 4 9 0 170 3 5 14 NEFS 6 4 51 7 519 151 39 3 32 18 57 34 29 19 27 616 179 476 NEFS 7 6 81 2 801 234 7 20 26 21 55 24 202 12 68 70 40 109 NEFS 8 7 104 0 1,041 305 1 19 33 21 23 14 294 3 136 62 21 83 NEFS 9 18 251 4 2,060 600 48 52 47 50 124 53 771 10 254 677 190 611 NEFS 10 1 13 12 45 13 26 0 3 63 26 16 0 75 10 64 42 210 NEFS 11 1 7 29 7 2 32 0 0 12 31 14 0 9 0 230 221 1.365 NEFS 13 10 140 2 2,836 825 9 48 112 23 77 40 141 9 150 462 80 328 NHPB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15 SHS 1 2 52 14 397 491 56 2 6 16 117 36 119 22 26 772 330 834 SHS 3 24 324 32 5,813 1,314 373 32 59 52 485 190 288 22 263 5,209 2,004 4,915 Total 121 1,721 221| 17,603 5.126 988 191 477 461 1,455 628 1,931 391| 1,215 11,551 4,540 |14,356 SebOFH

9266FP sutyst; IJoj Tpy—qns jood uowwo0] pod qo wlojse ay} saonpa osfe afnd SIY,I, suonenSday pue sa[nNy¥/SIOZ ‘81 isngny ‘AKepsan.|/6STI ‘ON ‘08 ‘[TOA /Jolst8ay jeapaq Table 8. Total ACE Available to Sectors in Fishing Year 2014 with Maximum Carryover (1,000 Ib) —= —= = 2 §§ §§ g m§§m§§ Eg mé%éé%%é% 3 §§ g% 2%%2%% < € $ E:‘ ad to |azr to 3 > |OGp4C:r\ — — 8:— Peoffsilgsd) 2 ElZ 2 EJY 2 E i |fi)1i = 8 E ofi kbikil 2 2 2g72 o & |rif) : A— FGS 76 1,064 13 2,255 657 41 0 5 32 32 30 1 123 70 702 575 2,353 MCCS 1 8 23 15 4 56 0 8 11 242 74A 0 18 6 640 443 1,208 FI0OZ 1eaX Sutyst; e 03 anp G1QZ 1234 ay1 UaYM ‘(0T pUue 6 saqe.1,) ageraao MPB 0 5 5 17 4 24 0 0 3 36 10 0 4 1 200 158 510 NCCS 0 7 4 54 15 9 4 10 7 10 4 2 8 9 116 86 163 NEFS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEFS 2 16 222 93 4,182 1,218 363 8 17 201 249 175 138 166 98 3,770 609 3,765 NEFS 3 3 44 70 56 16 198 0 5 91 130 39 1 84 23 331 456 1,941 NEFS 4 11 161 49 2,089 608 183 9 31 57 300 119 30 57 39 1,700 813 1,957 NEFS 5 2 28 0 336 103 3 5 275 2 13 8 19 0 376 6 10 30 NEFS 6 8 112 15 1,144 333 85 12 70 40 125 74A 65 42 59 1,359 394 1,050 NEFS 7 13 179 4 1,765 517 15 45 57 45 122 53 445 26 149 155 88 240 NEFS 8 16 230 1 2,296 672. 2 42 72 47 51 31 648 11 299 136 47 182 NEFS 9 39 554 9 4, 542 1,322 106 115 105 111 273 117 1,700 22 561 1,492 419 1,347 NEFS 10 2 29 27 98 29 57 0 7 139 56 34 0 165 22 140 92 463 st Y203s Aue 103 q9py—qns jood uowwo9 ay ‘IteaX Sutgst; auo ut papaa9xa NEFS 11 1 16 65 15 4 71 0 0 28 69 30 0 21 1 508 487 3,008 NEFS 13 22 309 4 6,252 1,820 21 106 246 51 170 87 311 19 330 1,019 176 724 NHPB 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 34 SHS 1 5 114 30 875 1,083 124 4 13 36 258 79 262 49 57 1,702 728 1,838 SHS 3 53 714 70 12,815 2,896 821 71 129 115 1,070 419 636 49 580 11,484 4,418 10,836 Total 267 3, 794 488 38,807 11,301 2,179 422 1,051 1,017 3,208 1,385 4,258 863 2,679 25,466 10,009| 31,649

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 159 / Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 49927 accountability measures in the FMP common-pool allocation, they also must allocation reduced, pursuant to require us to reduce the common pool be revised to match current common regulatory requirements. Because data sub-ACL by the amount of the overage pool enrollment allocation and, in this reconciliation and the 2-week trading in the next fishing year. The 2.8 mt instance, to account for the Eastern GB window take place after the new fishing fishing year 2014 common pool sub- cod accountability measure for fishing year beings, we reserve 20 percent of ACL for Eastern GB cod was exceeded year 2015. Final common pool trimester each sector’s fishing year 2015 by 1.3 mt (48 percent). Therefore, this quotas (including adjustments for the allocation until fishing year 2014 catch action reduces the initially allocated 2.7 Eastern GB cod overage) and incidental data are reconciled. Sectors can mt fishing year 2015 Eastern GB cod catch limits are included in Tables 11– carryover up to 10 percent of their common pool sub-ACL by 1.3 mt, 15 below. fishing year 2014 ACE, or an amount of leaving an adjusted allocation of 1.4 mt This is only a temporary final rule. After we finish reconciling differences ACE that does not result in exceeding for the remainder of the fishing year. Framework 53 specified incidental in fishing year 2014 catch accounting the allowable biological catch, into catch limits (or incidental total between our data and each sector fishing year 2015. We will publish a allowable catches, ‘‘TACs’’) applicable manager’s data, each sector will have 2 final follow-up rule detailing any to the common pool and groundfish weeks to trade its fishing year 2014 ACE carryover of fishing year 2014 sector Special Management Programs for to account for any overages. After that allocation or reduction in fishing year fishing year 2015, including the B day- 2-week trading window, a sector that 2014 allocation resulting from sectors at-sea (DAS) Program. Because these still has exceeded its fishing year 2014 under or overharvesting their incidental catch limits are based on the allocation will have its fishing year 2015 allocations. rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES ER18AU15.013</GPH> VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:22 Aug 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\18AUR1.SGM 18AUR1

49928 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 159 / Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Rules and Regulations BILLING CODE 3510–22–C TABLE 12—FISHING YEAR 2015 COMMON POOL INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS Percentage of common pool Incidental catch TAC Stock sub-ACL (mt) GB cod ............................................................................................. 2 0.75 GOM cod ......................................................................................... 1 0.06 GB yellowtail flounder ...................................................................... 2 0.08 CC/GOM yellowtail flounder ............................................................ 1 0.21 American Plaice ............................................................................... 5 1.35 Witch Flounder ................................................................................. 5 0.7 SNE/MA winter flounder .................................................................. 1 1.59 TABLE 13—DISTRIBUTION OF COMMON POOL INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS TO EACH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Closed Area I Regular B Eastern U.S./CA Southern closed hook gear Stock DAS program haddock SAP Area II haddock haddock SAP (%) (%) SAP (%) GB cod ..................................................................................... 50 16 34 NA GOM cod ................................................................................. 100 NA NA NA GB yellowtail flounder .............................................................. 50 NA 50 NA CC/GOM yellowtail flounder .................................................... 100 NA NA NA American Plaice ....................................................................... 100 NA NA NA Witch Flounder ......................................................................... 100 NA NA NA SNE/MA winter flounder .......................................................... 100 NA NA NA TABLE 14—FISHING YEAR 2015 COMMON POOL INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS FOR EACH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM [(mt)] Closed Area I Eastern Regular B DAS Stock hook gear U.S./Canada program haddock SAP haddock SAP GB cod ....................................................................................................................... 0.38 0.12 0.26 GOM cod ................................................................................................................... 0.06 NA NA GB yellowtail flounder ................................................................................................ 0.04 NA 0.04 CC/GOM yellowtail flounder ...................................................................................... 0.21 NA NA American Plaice ......................................................................................................... 1.35 NA NA Witch Flounder ........................................................................................................... 0.70 NA NA SNE/MA winter flounder ............................................................................................ 1.59 NA NA TABLE 15—FISHING YEAR 2015 COMMON POOL REGULAR B DAS PROGRAM QUARTERLY INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS [(mt)] 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Stock (13%) (29%) (29%) (29%) GB cod ..................................................................................... 0.05 0.11 0.11 0.11 GOM cod ................................................................................. 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 GB yellowtail flounder .............................................................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 CC/GOM yellowtail flounder .................................................... 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.06 American Plaice ....................................................................... 0.18 0.39 0.39 0.39 Witch Flounder ......................................................................... 0.09 0.20 0.20 0.20 SNE/MA winter flounder .......................................................... 0.21 0.46 0.46 0.46 Classification Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), we U.S.C. 553(d)(3), so that this final rule find good cause to waive prior public may become effective upon filing. Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the notice and opportunity for public Magnuson-Stevens Act, the NMFS There are several reasons that notice comment on the catch limit and and comment are impracticable, Assistant Administrator has determined allocation adjustments because allowing unnecessary, and contrary to the public rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES that this final rule is consistent with the time for notice and comment is interest. First, the proposed and final FMP, other provisions of the Magnuson- impracticable, unnecessary, and rules for fishing year 2015 sector Stevens Act, and other applicable law. contrary to the public interest. We also operations plans and contracts This final rule has been determined to find good cause to waive the 30-day explained the need and likelihood for be not significant for purposes of delay in effectiveness pursuant to 5 adjustments of sector and common pool Executive Order 12866. allocations based on final sector rosters. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 159 / Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 49929 No comments were received on the be operating under incorrect of these reactions could negatively affect potential for these adjustments, which information on the catch limits for each the fishery and the businesses and provide an accurate accounting of a stock for sectors and the common pool. communities that depend on them. sector’s or common pool’s allocation at This could cause negative economic Therefore, it is important to implement this time. Furthermore, we have impacts to the both sectors and the adjusted catch limits and allocations as followed a similar process since common pool, depending on the size of soon as possible. For these reasons, we Amendment 16 was implemented in the allocation, the degree of change in are waiving the public comment period 2010; this annual adjustment action is the allocation, and the catch rate of a and delay in effectiveness for this rule, anticipated by industry. The particular stock. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and accountability measure and adjustment The catch limit and allocation (d), respectively. process to account for the fishing year adjustments are not controversial and the need for them was clearly explained Because advanced notice and the 2014 Eastern Georges Bank cod overage in the proposed and final rules for opportunity for public comment are not was also already subject to notice and comment during Amendment 16 fishing year 2015 sector operations required under the Administrative development and implementation. plans and contracts. Adjustments for Procedure Act, or any other law, the Second, these adjustments are based on overages are also explained in detail in analytical requirements of the either objective sector enrollment data the Amendment 16 proposed and final Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, or a pre-determined accountability rules. As a result, NE multispecies et seq., do not apply to this rule. measure and are not subject to NMFS’ permit holders are expecting these Therefore, no final regulatory flexibility discretion, so there would be no benefit adjustments and awaiting their analysis is required and none has been to allowing time for prior notice and implementation. Fishermen may make prepared. comment. Third, a delay would both short- and long-term business Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. potentially impair achievement of the decisions based on the catch limits in a Dated: August 11, 2015. management plan’s objectives for the given sector or the common pool. Any common pool of preventing overfishing delays in adjusting these limits may Eileen Sobeck, and achieving optimum yield by staying cause the affected fishing entities to Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, within ACLs or allocations. Finally, if slow down, or speed up, their fishing National Marine Fisheries Service. this rule is not effective immediately, activities during the interim period [FR Doc. 2015–20303 Filed 8–17–15; 8:45 am] the sector and common pool vessels will before this rule becomes effective. Both BILLING CODE 3510–22–P rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:22 Aug 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\18AUR1.SGM 18AUR1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionTemporary final rule; adjustment to specifications.
DatesEffective August 17, 2015, through April 30, 2016.
ContactWilliam Whitmore, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978) 281-9128.
FR Citation80 FR 49917 
RIN Number0648-XE01
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