82_FR_27336 82 FR 27223 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 6 to the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan

82 FR 27223 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 6 to the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 113 (June 14, 2017)

Page Range27223-27223
FR Document2017-12307

NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 6 to the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan for review and approval by the Secretary of Commerce. We are requesting comments from the public on the amendment. Amendment 6 would establish management measures for the blueline tilefish fishery north of the Virginia/North Carolina border, including: Permitting, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements; trip limits for both the commercial and recreational sectors of the fishery; and the process for setting specifications and annual catch limits. In addition, this action would set 2017 harvest limits.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 113 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-12307]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

RIN 0648-BF86


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 6 to the 
Tilefish Fishery Management Plan

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

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council has submitted Amendment 6 to the Tilefish Fishery Management 
Plan for review and approval by the Secretary of Commerce. We are 
requesting comments from the public on the amendment. Amendment 6 would 
establish management measures for the blueline tilefish fishery north 
of the Virginia/North Carolina border, including: Permitting, 
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements; trip limits for both the 
commercial and recreational sectors of the fishery; and the process for 
setting specifications and annual catch limits. In addition, this 
action would set 2017 harvest limits.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2016-0025, 
by either of the following methods:
     Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2016-0025, click the 
``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or 
attach your comments.
     Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, 
Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope: ``Comments on 
Blueline Tilefish Amendment.''
    Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other 
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period, 
may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are part of the 
public record and will generally be posted to www.regulations.gov 
without change. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, 
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly 
accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or 
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
    NMFS will accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic 
comments will be accepted via Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, 
WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
    Copies of Amendment 6, and of the draft Environmental Assessment 
and preliminary Regulatory Impact Review (EA/RIR), are available from 
the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, 
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901. The EA/RIR is also accessible via the 
Internet at: www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 
978-281-9341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are soliciting public comments on 
Amendment 6 and its incorporated documents through the end of the 
comment period stated in this notice of availability. We will publish a 
proposed rule in the Federal Register that would implement the 
amendment's management measures for additional public comment, 
following NMFS's evaluation of the proposed rule under the procedures 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Public 
comments on the proposed rule must be received by the end of the 
comment period provided in this notice of availability to be considered 
in the approval/disapproval decision on the amendment. All comments 
received by August 14, 2017, whether specifically directed to the 
amendment or the proposed rule will be considered in the approval/
disapproval decision on the amendment. To be considered, comments must 
be received by close of business on the last day of the comment period. 
Comments received after that date will not be considered in the 
decision to approve or disapprove Amendment 6, including those 
postmarked or otherwise transmitted by the last day of the comment 
period.
    The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council developed this 
amendment to establish management measures for the blueline tilefish 
fishery north of the Virginia/North Carolina border. This proposed 
action would establish the management framework for this fishery 
including: Permitting, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements; trip 
limits for both the commercial and recreational sectors of the fishery; 
and the process for setting specifications and annual catch limits. In 
addition, this action would set harvest quotas and commercial and 
recreational management measures for the 2017 fishing year. Additional 
details of the proposed measures are available in the amendment 
document and the proposed rule.

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

    Dated: June 9, 2017.
Margo B. Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-12307 Filed 6-13-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 113 / Wednesday, June 14, 2017 / Proposed Rules 27223 as a number of other policy changes we of Commerce. We are requesting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: may consider proposing to complement comments from the public on the Douglas Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, implementation of RCS–I. amendment. Amendment 6 would 978–281–9341. We have received an inquiry from establish management measures for the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are professional associations and national blueline tilefish fishery north of the soliciting public comments on industry organizations regarding the 60- Virginia/North Carolina border, Amendment 6 and its incorporated day comment period for the ANPRM. including: Permitting, recordkeeping, documents through the end of the These organizations stated that by and reporting requirements; trip limits comment period stated in this notice of providing all stakeholders additional for both the commercial and availability. We will publish a proposed time to review and comment upon the recreational sectors of the fishery; and rule in the Federal Register that would ANPRM, they will be able to conduct a the process for setting specifications and implement the amendment’s more comprehensive review of the annual catch limits. In addition, this management measures for additional refinements we are considering to the action would set 2017 harvest limits. public comment, following NMFS’s SNF PPS payment methodology and DATES: Comments must be received on evaluation of the proposed rule under provide more meaningful comments. In or before August 14, 2017. the procedures of the Magnuson-Stevens order to maximize the opportunity for ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Fishery Conservation and Management the public to provide meaningful input identified by NOAA–NMFS–2016–0025, Act. Public comments on the proposed to CMS, we believe that it is important by either of the following methods: rule must be received by the end of the to allow additional time for the public • Electronic Submissions: Submit all comment period provided in this notice to prepare comments on the ANPRM. In of availability to be considered in the electronic public comments via the addition, we believe that granting an approval/disapproval decision on the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to extension to the public comment period amendment. All comments received by www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= in this instance would further our August 14, 2017, whether specifically NOAA-NMFS-2016-0025, click the overall objective to obtain public input directed to the amendment or the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the on the potential refinements to the SNF proposed rule will be considered in the required fields, and enter or attach your PPS we are considering. Therefore, we approval/disapproval decision on the comments. are extending the comment period for • Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional amendment. To be considered, the ANPRM for an additional 60 days. comments must be received by close of Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic This document announces the extension business on the last day of the comment Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great of the public comment period for the period. Comments received after that Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. ANPRM until August 25, 2017. date will not be considered in the Mark the outside of the envelope: Dated: June 7, 2017. ‘‘Comments on Blueline Tilefish decision to approve or disapprove Seema Verma, Amendment.’’ Amendment 6, including those Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Instructions: Comments sent by any postmarked or otherwise transmitted by Medicaid Services. other method, to any other address or the last day of the comment period. [FR Doc. 2017–12324 Filed 6–13–17; 8:45 am] individual, or received after the end of The Mid-Atlantic Fishery BILLING CODE 4120–01–P the comment period, may not be Management Council developed this considered by NMFS. All comments amendment to establish management received are part of the public record measures for the blueline tilefish fishery DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE and will generally be posted to north of the Virginia/North Carolina www.regulations.gov without change. border. This proposed action would National Oceanic and Atmospheric All personal identifying information establish the management framework for Administration (e.g., name, address, etc.) voluntarily this fishery including: Permitting, submitted by the commenter may be recordkeeping, and reporting 50 CFR Part 648 publicly accessible. Do not submit requirements; trip limits for both the confidential business information or commercial and recreational sectors of RIN 0648–BF86 otherwise sensitive or protected the fishery; and the process for setting information. specifications and annual catch limits. Fisheries of the Northeastern United NMFS will accept anonymous In addition, this action would set States; Amendment 6 to the Tilefish comments. Attachments to electronic harvest quotas and commercial and Fishery Management Plan comments will be accepted via recreational management measures for AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, the 2017 fishing year. Additional details Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats of the proposed measures are available Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), only. in the amendment document and the Commerce. Copies of Amendment 6, and of the proposed rule. ACTION: Notice of availability; request draft Environmental Assessment and Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. for comments. preliminary Regulatory Impact Review (EA/RIR), are available from the Mid- Dated: June 9, 2017. SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS Council has submitted Amendment 6 to DE 19901. The EA/RIR is also accessible Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan via the Internet at: [FR Doc. 2017–12307 Filed 6–13–17; 8:45 am] for review and approval by the Secretary www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Jun 13, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\14JNP1.SGM 14JNP1


Document Created: 2017-06-14 01:23:46
Document Modified: 2017-06-14 01:23:46
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of availability; request for comments.
DatesComments must be received on or before August 14, 2017.
ContactDouglas Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978-281-9341.
FR Citation82 FR 27223 
RIN Number0648-BF86
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