83_FR_14300 83 FR 14236 - Control Date for the Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party Fishery; Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan; Correction

83 FR 14236 - Control Date for the Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party Fishery; Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 64 (April 3, 2018)

Page Range14236-14237
FR Document2018-06660

This action corrects an error in the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that set a control date for the Northeast Multispecies charter/party fishery. This action is necessary because the document provided an incorrect internet address for submission of electronic comments. This action is intended to provide the correct internet address to ensure the public can easily access the online rulemaking portal.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14236-14237]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06660]


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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; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: This action corrects an error in the Advanced Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking that set a control date for the Northeast 
Multispecies charter/party fishery. This action is necessary because 
the document provided an incorrect internet address for submission of 
electronic comments. This action is intended to provide the correct 
internet address to ensure the public can easily access the online 
rulemaking portal.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by 
NOAA-NMFS-2018-0042 by any of the following methods:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 
www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NMFS-2018-0042, click the ``Comment 
Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your 
comments.
     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.''
    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: 

Need for Correction

    On March 19, 2018, we published an Advanced Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking to set a new control date for the Northeast Multispecies 
charter/party fishery (83 FR 11952). The internet address to the 
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal provided in the ADDRESSES

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section of this notice was not correct. This is corrected in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice.

    Dated: March 28, 2018.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-06660 Filed 4-2-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                  14236                     Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 3, 2018 / Proposed Rules

                                                  PART 622—FISHERIES OF THE                               is necessary based on the best scientific              Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                  CARIBBEAN, GULF OF MEXICO, AND                          information available. On and after the                Commerce.
                                                  SOUTH ATLANTIC                                          effective date of such a notification, the             ACTION: Notice; correction.
                                                                                                          bag and possession limits for red
                                                  ■ 1. The authority citation for part 622                grouper in or from the South Atlantic                  SUMMARY:    This action corrects an error
                                                  continues to read as follows:                           EEZ are zero.                                          in the Advanced Notice of Proposed
                                                    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C.                    (ii) The recreational ACL for red                   Rulemaking that set a control date for
                                                  1801 et seq.                                            grouper is 77,840 lb (35,308 kg), round                the Northeast Multispecies charter/party
                                                  ■ 2. In § 622.193, revise paragraph (d) to              weight, for 2018; 84,000 lb (38,102 kg),               fishery. This action is necessary because
                                                  read as follows:                                        round weight, for 2019; and 90,720 lb                  the document provided an incorrect
                                                                                                          (41,150 kg), round weight, for 2020 and                internet address for submission of
                                                  § 622.193 Annual catch limits (ACLs),                   subsequent fishing years.                              electronic comments. This action is
                                                  annual catch targets (ACTs), and                           (iii) If recreational landings for red              intended to provide the correct internet
                                                  accountability measures (AMs).                          grouper, as estimated by the SRD,                      address to ensure the public can easily
                                                  *       *     *    *     *                              exceed the recreational ACL, specified                 access the online rulemaking portal.
                                                     (d) Red grouper—(1) Commercial                       in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this section,                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                  sector. (i) If commercial landings for red              then during the following fishing year                 on this document, identified by NOAA–
                                                  grouper, as estimated by the SRD, reach                 recreational landings will be monitored                NMFS–2018–0042 by any of the
                                                  or are projected to reach the commercial                for a persistence in increased landings,
                                                  ACL, specified in paragraph (d)(1)(iii) of                                                                     following methods:
                                                                                                          and if necessary, the AA will file a                      • Electronic Submission: Submit all
                                                  this section, the AA will file a                        notification with the Office of the                    electronic public comments via the
                                                  notification with the Office of the                     Federal Register to reduce the length of
                                                  Federal Register to close the commercial                                                                       Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
                                                                                                          the recreational fishing season and the                www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA–
                                                  sector for the remainder of the fishing                 recreational ACL by the amount of the
                                                  year. On and after the effective date of                                                                       NMFS–2018–0042, click the ‘‘Comment
                                                                                                          recreational ACL overage, if the species               Now!’’ icon, complete the required
                                                  such a notification, all sale or purchase               is overfished based on the most recent
                                                  of red grouper is prohibited and harvest                                                                       fields, and enter or attach your
                                                                                                          Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to                     comments.
                                                  or possession of red grouper in or from                 Congress, and if the combined                             • Mail: Submit written comments to
                                                  the South Atlantic EEZ is limited to the                commercial and recreational ACL,                       Michael Pentony, Regional
                                                  bag and possession limits. These bag                    specified in paragraph (d)(3) of this                  Administrator, National Marine
                                                  and possession limits apply in the                      section, is exceeded during the same                   Fisheries Service, 55 Great Republic
                                                  South Atlantic on board a vessel for                    fishing year. The AA will use the best                 Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the
                                                  which a valid Federal commercial or                     scientific information available to                    outside of the envelope, ‘‘Comments on
                                                  charter vessel/headboat permit for                      determine if reducing the length of the
                                                                                                                                                                 Northeast Multispecies Charter/Party
                                                  South Atlantic snapper-grouper has                      recreational season and recreational
                                                                                                                                                                 Control Date.’’
                                                  been issued, without regard to where                    ACL is necessary. When the recreational
                                                                                                                                                                    Instructions: Comments sent by any
                                                  such species were harvested, i.e., in                   sector is closed as a result of NMFS
                                                                                                                                                                 other method, to any other address or
                                                  state or Federal waters.                                reducing the length of the recreational
                                                     (ii) If the commercial landings for red                                                                     individual, or received after the end of
                                                                                                          fishing season and ACL, the bag and
                                                  grouper, as estimated by the SRD,                                                                              the comment period, may not be
                                                                                                          possession limits for red grouper in or
                                                  exceed the commercial ACL, specified                                                                           considered by NMFS. All comments
                                                                                                          from the South Atlantic EEZ are zero.
                                                  in paragraph (d)(1)(iii) of this section,                  (3) The combined commercial and                     received are a part of the public record
                                                  and the combined commercial and                         recreational ACL for red grouper is                    and will generally be posted for public
                                                  recreational ACL, specified in paragraph                139,000 lb (63,049 kg), round weight, for              viewing on www.regulations.gov
                                                  (d)(3) of this section, is exceeded during              2018; 150,000 lb (68,039 kg), round                    without change. All personal identifying
                                                  the same fishing year, and the species is               weight, for 2019; and 162,000 lb (73,482               information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
                                                  overfished based on the most recent                     kg), round weight, for 2020 and                        confidential business information, or
                                                  Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to                      subsequent fishing years.                              otherwise sensitive information
                                                  Congress, the AA will file a notification                                                                      submitted voluntarily by the sender will
                                                                                                          *       *      *     *    *
                                                  with the Office of the Federal Register                 [FR Doc. 2018–06633 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                 be publicly accessible. NMFS will
                                                  to reduce the commercial ACL in the                                                                            accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
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                                                  following fishing year by the amount of                                                                        A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
                                                  the commercial ACL overage in the                                                                              remain anonymous). Attachments to
                                                  prior fishing year.                                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 electronic comments will be accepted in
                                                     (iii) The commercial ACL for red                                                                            Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
                                                  grouper is 61,160 lb (27,742 kg), round                 National Oceanic and Atmospheric                       file formats only.
                                                  weight, for 2018; 66,000 lb (29,937 kg),                Administration                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  round weight, for 2019; and 71,280 lb                                                                          Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management
                                                  (32,332 kg), round weight, for 2020 and                 50 CFR Part 648                                        Specialist, 978–281–9232.
                                                  subsequent fishing years.                               [Docket No. 180205126–8126–01]                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                     (2) Recreational sector. (i) If
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                                                  recreational landings for red grouper, as               RIN 0648–BH66                                          Need for Correction
                                                  estimated by the SRD, are projected to                                                                            On March 19, 2018, we published an
                                                                                                          Control Date for the Northeast
                                                  reach the recreational ACL, the AA will                                                                        Advanced Notice of Proposed
                                                                                                          Multispecies Charter/Party Fishery;
                                                  file a notification with the Office of the                                                                     Rulemaking to set a new control date for
                                                                                                          Northeast Multispecies Fishery
                                                  Federal Register to close the recreational                                                                     the Northeast Multispecies charter/party
                                                                                                          Management Plan; Correction
                                                  sector for the remainder of the fishing                                                                        fishery (83 FR 11952). The internet
                                                  year regardless if the stock is overfished,             AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                     address to the Federal e-Rulemaking
                                                  unless NMFS determines that no closure                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                   Portal provided in the ADDRESSES


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                                                  section of this notice was not correct.                   Dated: March 28, 2018.
                                                  This is corrected in the ADDRESSES                      Alan D. Risenhoover,
                                                  section of this notice.                                 Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for
                                                                                                          Regulatory Programs, National Marine
                                                                                                          Fisheries Service.
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2018–06660 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am]
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Document Created: 2018-04-03 00:49:46
Document Modified: 2018-04-03 00:49:46
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice; correction.
ContactSpencer Talmage, Fishery Management Specialist, 978-281-9232.
FR Citation83 FR 14236 
RIN Number0648-BH66

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