83_FR_12005 83 FR 11952 - Control Date for the Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party Fishery; Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

83 FR 11952 - Control Date for the Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party Fishery; Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 53 (March 19, 2018)

Page Range11952-11953
FR Document2018-05505

This notice announces a new control date that may be used to determine future participation in the Northeast multispecies charter/ party fishery. This notice is necessary to inform interested parties that the New England Fishery Management Council is considering a future action that may affect or limit the number of participants in this fishery and that participants should locate and preserve all fishing related documents. The control date is intended to discourage speculative entry or fishing activity in the Northeast multispecies charter/party fishery while the Council considers how participation in the fishery may be affected.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11952-11953]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05505]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 180205126-8126-01]
RIN 0648-BH66


Control Date for the Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party 
Fishery; Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

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

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR); request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a new control date that may be used to 
determine future participation in the Northeast multispecies charter/
party fishery. This notice is necessary to inform interested parties 
that the New England Fishery Management Council is considering a future 
action that may affect or limit the number of participants in this 
fishery and that participants should locate and preserve all fishing 
related documents. The control date is intended to discourage 
speculative entry or fishing activity in the Northeast multispecies 
charter/party fishery while the Council considers how participation in 
the fishery may be affected.

DATES: March 19, 2018, shall be known as the ``control date'' for the 
Northeast multispecies charter/party fishery. Written comments must be 
received on or before April 18, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by 
NOAA-NMFS-2018-0042 by any of the following methods:
    [ssquf] Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=[NOAA-NMFS-2018-0042], click the 
``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or 
attach your comments.
    [ssquf] Mail: Submit written comments to Michael Pentony, Regional 
Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, 55 Great Republic 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope, 
``Comments on Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party Control Date.''
    [ssquf] Fax: (978) 281-9135; Attn: Spencer Talmage.
    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 a part of the 
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on 
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying 
information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business 
information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily 
by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous 
comments (enter ``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain 
anonymous). Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in 
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management 
Specialist, 978-281-9232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notification establishes March 19, 
2018, as the new control date for potential use in determining 
historical or traditional participation in the charter/party groundfish 
fishery. Interested participants should locate and preserve all records 
that substantiate and verify their participation in the charter/party 
groundfish fishery. Consideration of a

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control date does not commit the Council to develop any particular 
management regime or criteria for participation in the fishery. Any 
action to develop a limited access program for the charter/party 
fishery would require a change to the FMP and would be considered 
through the normal Council process, including rulemaking, that would 
allow additional opportunities for public comment.
    The New England Fishery Management Council first established a 
control date of March 30, 2006, for the Northeast multispecies 
(groundfish) charter/party fishery (71 FR 16111). At the time, members 
of the charter/party industry and the Council's Recreational Advisory 
Panel recommended that the Council restrict new entrants to the fishery 
to reduce the need for further restrictions on the recreational catch 
of groundfish. In 2010, the Council requested that we publish a 
subsequent Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to reaffirm the 
original control date (75 FR 57249; September 20, 2010). Participants 
in the recreational fishery were concerned that the number of charter/
party operators would increase substantially due to the implementation 
of Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP). Amendment 16 implemented large-scale changes for the fishery, 
including annual catch limits and accountability measures and an 
expanded the sector management program. The charter/party fishery 
includes vessels with open access charter/party permits as well as 
vessels issued a limited access groundfish permit, while not on a 
groundfish day-at-sea or fishing under the sector management program. 
The Council has not yet taken action to restrict entrants or 
participants in the charter/party fishery.
    For 2018, the Council included a multi-year priority to scope for 
the development of a limited entry program for the charter/party 
fishery. In light of this priority, the Council voted on January 31, 
2018, to revise the control date. The Council requested that we 
establish a new control date as the date of publication of this 
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Because conditions and issues 
in the recreational groundfish fishery have changed considerably over 
the past 10 years, the Council determined this new control date is a 
more useful indicator of recent activity in the fishery. This action 
notifies the public and fishery participants of possible rulemaking, 
and that the Council is considering future action that may limit the 
number of or otherwise affect participants in the fishery.
    The control date is intended to discourage speculative entry, 
investment, or fishing activity in the charter/party fishery while the 
Council considers if and how participation in the fishery may be 
affected. The Council may use this control date for entry or 
participation qualification, along with additional criteria. 
Performance or fishing effort after the date of publication may not be 
treated the same as performance or effort before the control date. The 
Council may choose to use different qualification criteria that do not 
incorporate the new control date. The Council may also choose to take 
no further action to control entry or access to the charter/party 
groundfish fishery.

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

    Dated: March 14, 2018.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-05505 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am]
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11952 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 53 / Monday, March 19, 2018 / Proposed Rules will be met via emission reductions • Does not provide the EPA with the participants should locate and preserve already in place. discretionary authority to address, as all fishing related documents. The appropriate, disproportionate human control date is intended to discourage III. Proposed Action health or environmental effects, using speculative entry or fishing activity in The EPA is proposing to approve practicable and legally permissible the Northeast multispecies charter/party South Dakota’s January 27, 2016, methods, under Executive Order 12898 fishery while the Council considers how Regional Haze Progress Report as (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). participation in the fishery may be meeting the applicable regional haze The SIP is not approved to apply on affected. requirements set forth in 40 CFR any Indian reservation land or in any DATES: March 19, 2018, shall be known 51.308(g) and 51.308(h). other area where the EPA or an Indian as the ‘‘control date’’ for the Northeast IV. Statutory and Executive Order tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has multispecies charter/party fishery. Reviews jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian Written comments must be received on country, the rule does not have tribal or before April 18, 2018. Under the CAA, the Administrator is implications as specified by Executive required to approve a SIP submission ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, on this document, identified by NOAA– that complies with the provisions of the 2000), nor will it impose substantial Act and applicable federal regulations. NMFS–2018–0042 by any of the direct costs on tribal governments or following methods: See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). preempt tribal law. D Electronic Submission: Submit all Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 electronic public comments via the EPA’s role is to approve state choices, Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to provided that they meet the criteria of Environmental protection, Air www.regulations.gov/ the CAA. Accordingly, this proposed pollution control, Incorporation by #!docketDetail;D=[NOAA-NMFS-2018- action merely proposes to approve state reference, Intergovernmental relations, 0042], click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, law as meeting federal requirements and Nitrogen oxides, Particulate matter, complete the required fields, and enter does not impose additional Reporting and recordkeeping or attach your comments. requirements beyond those imposed by requirements, Sulfur dioxide, Volatile D Mail: Submit written comments to state law. For that reason, this proposed organic compounds. Michael Pentony, Regional action: Administrator, National Marine Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. • Is not a significant regulatory action Dated: March 13, 2018. Fisheries Service, 55 Great Republic subject to review by the Office of Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the Management and Budget under Douglas H. Benevento, outside of the envelope, ‘‘Comments on Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, Regional Administrator, Region 8. Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, [FR Doc. 2018–05398 Filed 3–16–18; 8:45 am] Control Date.’’ January 21, 2011); BILLING CODE 6560–50–P D Fax: (978) 281–9135; Attn: Spencer • Is not expected to be an Executive Talmage. Order 13771 regulatory action because Instructions: Comments sent by any this action is not significant under other method, to any other address or DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Executive Order 12866; individual, or received after the end of • Does not impose an information National Oceanic and Atmospheric the comment period, may not be collection burden under the provisions Administration considered by NMFS. All comments of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 received are a part of the public record U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 50 CFR Part 648 and will generally be posted for public • Is certified as not having a viewing on www.regulations.gov significant economic impact on a [Docket No. 180205126–8126–01] without change. All personal identifying substantial number of small entities RIN 0648–BH66 information (e.g., name, address, etc.), under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 confidential business information, or U.S.C. 601 et seq.); Control Date for the Northeast • Does not contain any unfunded otherwise sensitive information Multispecies Charter/Party Fishery; submitted voluntarily by the sender will mandate or significantly or uniquely Northeast Multispecies Fishery affect small governments, as described be publicly accessible. NMFS will Management Plan accept anonymous comments (enter in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries ‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish • Does not have federalism Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and to remain anonymous). Attachments to implications as specified in Executive Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), electronic comments will be accepted in Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, Commerce. Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 1999); file formats only. ACTION: Advance notice of proposed • Is not an economically significant rulemaking (ANPR); request for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: regulatory action based on health or comments. Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management safety risks subject to Executive Order Specialist, 978–281–9232. 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); SUMMARY: This notice announces a new SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This • Is not a significant regulatory action control date that may be used to notification establishes March 19, 2018, sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR determine future participation in the as the new control date for potential use 28355, May 22, 2001); Northeast multispecies charter/party in determining historical or traditional • Is not subject to requirements of fishery. This notice is necessary to participation in the charter/party Section 12(d) of the National inform interested parties that the New groundfish fishery. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 53 / Monday, March 19, 2018 / Proposed Rules 11953 control date does not commit the Management Plan (FMP). Amendment that the Council is considering future Council to develop any particular 16 implemented large-scale changes for action that may limit the number of or management regime or criteria for the fishery, including annual catch otherwise affect participants in the participation in the fishery. Any action limits and accountability measures and fishery. to develop a limited access program for an expanded the sector management The control date is intended to the charter/party fishery would require program. The charter/party fishery discourage speculative entry, a change to the FMP and would be includes vessels with open access considered through the normal Council charter/party permits as well as vessels investment, or fishing activity in the process, including rulemaking, that issued a limited access groundfish charter/party fishery while the Council would allow additional opportunities permit, while not on a groundfish day- considers if and how participation in for public comment. at-sea or fishing under the sector the fishery may be affected. The Council The New England Fishery management program. The Council has may use this control date for entry or Management Council first established a not yet taken action to restrict entrants participation qualification, along with control date of March 30, 2006, for the or participants in the charter/party additional criteria. Performance or Northeast multispecies (groundfish) fishery. fishing effort after the date of charter/party fishery (71 FR 16111). At For 2018, the Council included a publication may not be treated the same the time, members of the charter/party multi-year priority to scope for the as performance or effort before the industry and the Council’s Recreational development of a limited entry program control date. The Council may choose to Advisory Panel recommended that the for the charter/party fishery. In light of use different qualification criteria that Council restrict new entrants to the this priority, the Council voted on do not incorporate the new control date. fishery to reduce the need for further January 31, 2018, to revise the control The Council may also choose to take no restrictions on the recreational catch of date. The Council requested that we further action to control entry or access groundfish. In 2010, the Council establish a new control date as the date to the charter/party groundfish fishery. requested that we publish a subsequent of publication of this Advanced Notice Advance Notice of Proposed of Proposed Rulemaking. Because Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Rulemaking (ANPR) to reaffirm the conditions and issues in the recreational Dated: March 14, 2018. original control date (75 FR 57249; groundfish fishery have changed Samuel D. Rauch, III, September 20, 2010). Participants in the considerably over the past 10 years, the Deputy Assistant Administrator for recreational fishery were concerned that Council determined this new control Regulatory Programs, National Marine the number of charter/party operators date is a more useful indicator of recent Fisheries Service. would increase substantially due to the activity in the fishery. This action [FR Doc. 2018–05505 Filed 3–16–18; 8:45 am] implementation of Amendment 16 to notifies the public and fishery the Northeast Multispecies Fishery participants of possible rulemaking, and BILLING CODE 3510–22–P sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Mar 16, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\19MRP1.SGM 19MRP1


Document Created: 2018-03-17 04:24:41
Document Modified: 2018-03-17 04:24:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionAdvance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR); request for comments.
DatesMarch 19, 2018, shall be known as the ``control date'' for the Northeast multispecies charter/party fishery. Written comments must be received on or before April 18, 2018.
ContactSpencer Talmage, Fishery Management Specialist, 978-281-9232.
FR Citation83 FR 11952 
RIN Number0648-BH66
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