83 FR 33870 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark and Hammerhead Shark Management Group Retention Limit Adjustment
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 138 (July 18, 2018)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 138 (July 18, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-15283 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 33870-33872] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-15283] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 635 [Docket No. 150413357-5999-02] RIN 0648-XG325 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark and Hammerhead Shark Management Group Retention Limit Adjustment AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason retention limit adjustment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NMFS is adjusting the commercial aggregated large coastal shark (LCS) and hammerhead shark management group retention limit for directed shark limited access permit holders in the Atlantic region from 3 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip to 36 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip. This action is based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments. The retention limit will remain at 36 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip in the Atlantic region through the rest of the 2018 fishing season or until NMFS announces via a notification in the Federal Register another adjustment to the retention limit or a fishery closure. This retention limit adjustment affects anyone with a directed shark limited access permit fishing for LCS in the Atlantic region. DATES: This retention limit adjustment is effective on July 18, 2018, through December 31, 2018, or until NMFS announces via a notification in the Federal Register another adjustment to the retention limit or a fishery closure, if warranted. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Latchford, Gu[yacute] DuBeck, or Karyl [[Page 33871]] Brewster-Geisz 301-427-8503; fax 301-713-1917. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic shark fisheries are managed under the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP), its amendments, and implementing regulations (50 CFR part 635) issued under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Atlantic shark fisheries have separate regional (Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic) quotas for all management groups except those for blue shark, porbeagle shark, pelagic sharks (other than porbeagle or blue sharks), and the shark research fishery for LCS and sandbar sharks. The boundary between the Gulf of Mexico region and the Atlantic region is defined at Sec. 635.27(b)(1) as a line beginning on the East Coast of Florida at the mainland at 25[deg]20.4' N. lat, proceeding due east. Any water and land to the north and east of that boundary is considered, for the purposes of setting and monitoring quotas, to be within the Atlantic region. This inseason action only affects the aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark management groups in the Atlantic region. Under Sec. 635.24(a)(8), NMFS may adjust the commercial retention limits in the shark fisheries during the fishing season. Before making any adjustment, NMFS must consider specified regulatory criteria (see Sec. 635.24(a)(8)(i) through (vi)). After considering these criteria as discussed below, NMFS has concluded that increasing the retention limit of the Atlantic aggregated LCS and hammerhead management groups for directed shark limited access permit holders in the Atlantic region will allow use of available aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark management group quotas and will provide fishermen throughout the region equitable fishing opportunities for the rest of the year. Therefore, NMFS is increasing the commercial Atlantic aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark retention limit in the Atlantic region from 3 to 36 LCS other than sandbar shark per vessel per trip. NMFS considered the inseason retention limit adjustment criteria listed at Sec. 635.24(a)(8)(i) through (vi), which includes:The amount of remaining shark quota in the relevant area, region, or sub-region to date, based on dealer reports. Based on dealer reports through June 18, 2018, 52.6 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) (116,048 lb dw), or 25 percent, of the 168.9 mt dw shark quota for aggregated LCS and 4.9 mt dw (10,836 lb dw), or 18 percent, of the 27.1 mt dw shark quota for the hammerhead management groups have been harvested in the Atlantic region. This means that approximately 75 percent of the aggregated LCS quota remains available and approximately 82 percent of the hammerhead shark quota remains available. NMFS took action previously this year to reduce retention rates after considering the relevant inseason adjustment criteria, particularly the need for all regions to have an equitable opportunity to utilize the quota. Given the geographic distribution of the sharks at this time of year (i.e., they are heading north before moving south again later in the year), the retention limit needs to be adjusted upwards to ensure that fishermen in the Atlantic region have an opportunity to fully utilize the quotas in the region throughout the remainder of the year. The catch rates of the relevant shark species/complexes in the region or sub-region, to date, based on dealer reports. Based on the current commercial retention limit and average catch rate of landings data from dealer reports, the amount of aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark quota available is high, while harvest in the Atlantic region on a daily basis is low. Using current catch rates, projections indicate that landings would not reach 80 percent of the quota before the end of the 2018 fishing season (December 31, 2018). A higher retention limit will better promote fishing opportunities and utilization of available quota in the Atlantic region. Estimated date of fishery closure based on when the landings are projected to reach 80 percent of the quota given the realized catch rates. Once the landings reach 80 percent of either the aggregated LCS or hammerhead shark quotas, NMFS would, as required by the regulations at Sec. 635.28(b)(3), close the aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark management groups since they are ``linked quotas.'' Current catch rates would likely result in the fisheries remaining open for the remainder of the year, but with the quotas being underutilized in the Atlantic region. The higher retention limit should help make it possible to more fully utilize the quota in the Atlantic region. Effects of the adjustment on accomplishing the objectives of the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP and its amendments. Increasing the retention limit on the aggregated LCS and hammerhead management groups in the Atlantic region from 3 to 36 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip would allow for fishing opportunities later in the year, consistent with the FMP's objective to ensure equitable fishing opportunities throughout the region. Variations in seasonal distribution, abundance, or migratory patterns of the relevant shark species based on scientific and fishery-based knowledge. The directed shark fisheries in the Atlantic region are composed of a mix of species, with a high abundance of aggregated LCS caught in conjunction with hammerhead sharks. Migratory patterns of many LCS in the Atlantic region indicate the sharks move farther north in the summer and then return south in the fall. Increasing the retention limit in the Atlantic region at this time provides for fishing opportunities by fishermen farther north (i.e. Mid-Atlantic and New England) as the sharks are likely going to be in the northern areas of the region for only a short period of time before migrating south again. As a result, by increasing the harvest and landings on a per- trip basis, fishermen throughout the Atlantic region will likely experience equitable fishing opportunities. Effects of catch rates in one part of a region or sub- region precluding vessels in another part of that region or sub-region from having a reasonable opportunity to harvest a portion of the relevant quota. NMFS has previously provided notice to the regulated community (82 FR 55512; November 22, 2017, and 83 FR 21744; May 10, 2018) that a goal of this year's fishery is to ensure fishing opportunities throughout the fishing season and the Atlantic region. While dealer reports indicate that, under current catch rates, the aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark management groups in the Atlantic region would remain open for the remainder of the year, the catch rates also indicate that the quotas would likely not be fully harvested under the current retention limit. If the harvest of these species is increased through an increased retention limit, NMFS estimates that the fishery would still remain open for the remainder of the year and fishermen throughout the Atlantic region would have a reasonable opportunity to harvest a portion of the quota. On November 22, 2017 (82 FR 55512), NMFS announced in a final rule that the aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark fisheries management groups for the Atlantic region would open on January 1 with a quota of 168.9 mt dw (372,552 lb dw) and 27.1 mt dw (59,736 lb dw), respectively. We had published a proposed rule on August 22, 2017 (82 FR 39735) and invited and considered [[Page 33872]] public comment. In the final rule, NMFS explained that if it appeared that the quota is being harvested too quickly, thus precluding fishing opportunities throughout the entire region (e.g., if approximately 20 percent of the quota is caught at the beginning of the year), NMFS would consider reducing the commercial retention limit to 3 or fewer LCS other than sandbar sharks and then later consider increasing the retention limit, perhaps to 36 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip around July 15, 2018, consistent with the applicable regulatory requirements. In May 2018, dealer reports indicated that landings had reached 19 percent of the quota, and NMFS therefore reduced the commercial Atlantic aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark retention limit from 25 to 3 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip on May 12, 2018 (83 FR 21744; May 10, 2018) after considering the inseason retention limit adjustment criteria listed in Sec. 635.24(a)(8). Based on dealer reports through June 18, 2018, approximately 75 percent and 82 percent of the aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark quotas remain, respectively. At this point in the season, fishermen in the Atlantic region may not have an opportunity to fully utilize the quotas in the region for the remainder of the year if the retention limits are not increased, and available quota will be underutilized. Accordingly, as of July 18, 2018, NMFS is increasing the retention limit for the commercial aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark management groups in the Atlantic region for directed shark limited access permit holders from 3 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip to 36 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip. This retention limit adjustment does not apply to directed shark limited access permit holders if the vessel is properly permitted to operate as a charter vessel or headboat for HMS and is engaged in a for-hire trip, in which case the recreational retention limits for sharks and ``no sale'' provisions apply (Sec. 635.22(a) and (c)); or if the vessel possesses a valid shark research permit under Sec. 635.32 and a NMFS-approved observer is onboard, in which case the restrictions noted on the shark research permit apply. All other retention limits and shark fisheries in the Atlantic region remain unchanged. This retention limit will remain at 36 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip for the rest of the 2018 fishing season, or until NMFS announces via a notification in the Federal Register another adjustment to the retention limit or a fishery closure, if warranted. Classification The Assistant Administrator for NMFS (AA) finds that it is impracticable and contrary to the public interest to provide prior notice of, and an opportunity for public comment on, this action for the following reasons: Prior notice is impracticable because the regulatory criteria for inseason retention limit adjustments are intended to allow the agency to respond quickly to existing management considerations, including remaining available shark quotas, estimated dates for the fishery closures, the regional variations in the shark fisheries, and equitable fishing opportunities. Additionally, regulations implementing Amendment 6 of the 2006 Atlantic Consolidated HMS FMP (80 FR 50074, August 18, 2015) intended that the LCS retention limit could be adjusted quickly throughout the fishing season to provide management flexibility for the shark fisheries and provide equitable fishing opportunities to fishermen throughout a region. Based on available shark quotas and informed by shark landings in previous seasons, responsive adjustment to the LCS commercial retention limit from the incidental level is warranted as quickly as possible to allow fishermen to take advantage of available quotas while sharks are present in their region. For such adjustment to be practicable, it must occur in a timeframe that allows fishermen to take advantage of it. Adjustment of the LCS fisheries retention limit in the Atlantic region will begin on July 18, 2018. Prior notice would result in delays in increasing the retention limit and would adversely affect those shark fishermen that would otherwise have an opportunity to harvest more than the current retention limit of 3 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per trip and could result in low catch rates and underutilized quotas. Analysis of available data shows that adjustment of the LCS commercial retention limit upward to 36 would result in minimal risks of exceeding the aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark quotas in the Atlantic region based on our consideration of previous years' data, in which the fisheries have opened in July. With quota available and with no measurable impacts to the stocks expected, it would be contrary to the public interest to require vessels to wait to harvest the sharks otherwise allowable through this action. Therefore, the AA finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the opportunity for public comment. Adjustment of the LCS commercial retention limit in the Atlantic region is effective July 18, 2018, to minimize any unnecessary disruption in fishing patterns, to allow the impacted fishermen to benefit from the adjustment, and to not preclude fishing opportunities by fishermen farther north as the sharks are likely going to be in the northern areas of the region for only a short period of time before migrating south again. Foregoing opportunities to harvest the respective quotas could have negative social and economic impacts for U.S. fishermen that depend upon catching the available quotas. Therefore, the AA finds there is also good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness. This action is being taken under Sec. 635.24(a)(2) and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: July 12, 2018. Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 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20° N latitude and 20° S latitude in a association with a FAD, in the water or ■ 8. Revise § 300.225 to read as follows:
calendar year. on a vessel while at sea, except that:
(1) For the high seas there is a limit (A) A FAD may be inspected and § 300.225 Eastern High Seas Special
of 1,370 fishing days in 2018. Management Area.
handled as needed to identify the FAD,
(2) For the U.S. EEZ there is a limit identify and release incidentally The owner and operator of a fishing
of 458 fishing days for 2018. If NMFS captured animals, un-foul fishing gear, vessel of the United States used for
expects that this limit will be reached or prevent damage to property or risk to commercial fishing for HMS is
by October 1, 2018, NMFS will publish human safety; and prohibited from engaging in
a document in the Federal Register (B) A FAD may be removed from the transshipment in the Eastern High Seas
increasing the limit for that calendar water and if removed may be repaired, Special Management Area.
year to 558 fishing days no later than cleaned, maintained, or otherwise [FR Doc. 2018–15341 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am]
seven days prior to October 1, 2018. serviced, provided that it is not returned BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
(3) NMFS will determine the number to the water.
of fishing days spent on the high seas (v) From a purse seine vessel or any
and in the U.S. EEZ in each calendar associated skiffs, other watercraft or DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
year using data submitted in logbooks equipment, do any of the following,
and other available information. After except in emergencies as needed to National Oceanic and Atmospheric
NMFS determines that a limit in a prevent human injury or the loss of Administration
calendar year is expected to be reached human life, the loss of the purse seine
by a specific future date, and at least vessel, skiffs, watercraft or aircraft, or 50 CFR Part 635
seven calendar days in advance of the environmental damage: [Docket No. 150413357–5999–02]
closure date, NMFS will publish a (A) Submerge lights under water;
document in the Federal Register (B) Suspend or hang lights over the RIN 0648–XG325
announcing that the purse seine fishery side of the purse seine vessel, skiff,
in the area where the limit is expected watercraft or equipment, or; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
to be reached will be closed starting on (C) Direct or use lights in a manner Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal
that specific future date and will remain other than as needed to illuminate the Shark and Hammerhead Shark
closed until the end of the calendar deck of the purse seine vessel or Management Group Retention Limit
year. associated skiffs, watercraft or Adjustment
(4) Once a fishery closure is equipment, to comply with navigational AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
announced pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) requirements, and to ensure the health Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
of this section, fishing vessels of the and safety of the crew. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
United States equipped with purse seine (2) The requirements of paragraph
Commerce.
gear may not be used to fish in the (b)(1) of this section shall apply:
(i) From July 1 through September 30, ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
closed area during the period specified
in each calendar year; retention limit adjustment.
in the Federal Register document,
except that such vessels are not (ii) In any area of high seas, from
SUMMARY: NMFS is adjusting the
prohibited from bunkering during a November 1 through December 31, in
commercial aggregated large coastal
fishery closure. each calendar year.
(3)(i) Activating FADs for purse seine shark (LCS) and hammerhead shark
(b) Use of fish aggregating devices. (1) management group retention limit for
During the periods and in the areas vessels. A vessel owner, operator, or
crew of a fishing vessel of the United directed shark limited access permit
specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this holders in the Atlantic region from 3
section, owners, operators, and crew of States equipped with purse seine gear
shall turn on the tracking equipment of LCS other than sandbar sharks per
fishing vessels of the United States vessel per trip to 36 LCS other than
equipped with purse seine gear shall not an active FAD while the FAD is onboard
the vessel and before it is deployed in sandbar sharks per vessel per trip. This
do any of the activities described below action is based on consideration of the
in the Convention Area in the area the water.
(ii) Restrictions on Active FADs for regulatory determination criteria
between 20° N latitude and 20° S regarding inseason adjustments. The
latitude: purse seine vessels. U.S. vessel owners
and operators of a fishing vessel of the retention limit will remain at 36 LCS
(i) Set a purse seine around a FAD or other than sandbar sharks per vessel per
within one nautical mile of a FAD. United States equipped with purse seine
gear shall not have more than 350 trip in the Atlantic region through the
(ii) Set a purse seine in a manner rest of the 2018 fishing season or until
intended to capture fish that have drifting active FADs per vessel in the
Convention Area at any one time. NMFS announces via a notification in
aggregated in association with a FAD or the Federal Register another adjustment
a vessel, such as by setting the purse * * * * *
to the retention limit or a fishery
seine in an area from which a FAD or ■ 7. In § 300.224, revise paragraph (a)(1)
closure. This retention limit adjustment
a vessel has been moved or removed and remove and reserve paragraph affects anyone with a directed shark
within the previous eight hours, or (a)(2). limited access permit fishing for LCS in
setting the purse seine in an area in The revision reads as follows: the Atlantic region.
which a FAD has been inspected or
handled within the previous eight § 300.224 Longline fishing restrictions. DATES: This retention limit adjustment
hours, or setting the purse seine in an (a) * * * is effective on July 18, 2018, through
area into which fish were drawn by a (1) There is a limit of 3,554 metric December 31, 2018, or until NMFS
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vessel from the vicinity of a FAD or a tons of bigeye tuna per calendar year announces via a notification in the
vessel. that may be captured in the Convention Federal Register another adjustment to
(iii) Deploy a FAD into the water. Area by longline gear and retained on the retention limit or a fishery closure,
(iv) Repair, clean, maintain, or board by fishing vessels of the United if warranted.
otherwise service a FAD, including any States. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
electronic equipment used in * * * * * Lauren Latchford, Guý DuBeck, or Karyl
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public comment. In the final rule, possesses a valid shark research permit would result in delays in increasing the
NMFS explained that if it appeared that under § 635.32 and a NMFS-approved retention limit and would adversely
the quota is being harvested too quickly, observer is onboard, in which case the affect those shark fishermen that would
thus precluding fishing opportunities restrictions noted on the shark research otherwise have an opportunity to
throughout the entire region (e.g., if permit apply. harvest more than the current retention
approximately 20 percent of the quota is All other retention limits and shark limit of 3 LCS other than sandbar sharks
caught at the beginning of the year), fisheries in the Atlantic region remain per vessel per trip and could result in
NMFS would consider reducing the unchanged. This retention limit will low catch rates and underutilized
commercial retention limit to 3 or fewer remain at 36 LCS other than sandbar quotas. Analysis of available data shows
LCS other than sandbar sharks and then sharks per vessel per trip for the rest of that adjustment of the LCS commercial
later consider increasing the retention the 2018 fishing season, or until NMFS retention limit upward to 36 would
limit, perhaps to 36 LCS other than announces via a notification in the result in minimal risks of exceeding the
sandbar sharks per vessel per trip Federal Register another adjustment to aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark
around July 15, 2018, consistent with the retention limit or a fishery closure, quotas in the Atlantic region based on
the applicable regulatory requirements. if warranted. our consideration of previous years’
In May 2018, dealer reports indicated Classification data, in which the fisheries have opened
that landings had reached 19 percent of in July. With quota available and with
the quota, and NMFS therefore reduced The Assistant Administrator for no measurable impacts to the stocks
the commercial Atlantic aggregated LCS NMFS (AA) finds that it is impracticable expected, it would be contrary to the
and hammerhead shark retention limit and contrary to the public interest to public interest to require vessels to wait
from 25 to 3 LCS other than sandbar provide prior notice of, and an to harvest the sharks otherwise
opportunity for public comment on, this allowable through this action.
sharks per vessel per trip on May 12,
action for the following reasons:
2018 (83 FR 21744; May 10, 2018) after Therefore, the AA finds good cause
Prior notice is impracticable because
considering the inseason retention limit under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior
the regulatory criteria for inseason
adjustment criteria listed in retention limit adjustments are intended notice and the opportunity for public
§ 635.24(a)(8). Based on dealer reports to allow the agency to respond quickly comment. Adjustment of the LCS
through June 18, 2018, approximately to existing management considerations, commercial retention limit in the
75 percent and 82 percent of the including remaining available shark Atlantic region is effective July 18, 2018,
aggregated LCS and hammerhead shark quotas, estimated dates for the fishery to minimize any unnecessary disruption
quotas remain, respectively. At this closures, the regional variations in the in fishing patterns, to allow the
point in the season, fishermen in the shark fisheries, and equitable fishing impacted fishermen to benefit from the
Atlantic region may not have an opportunities. Additionally, regulations adjustment, and to not preclude fishing
opportunity to fully utilize the quotas in implementing Amendment 6 of the 2006 opportunities by fishermen farther north
the region for the remainder of the year Atlantic Consolidated HMS FMP (80 FR as the sharks are likely going to be in the
if the retention limits are not increased, 50074, August 18, 2015) intended that northern areas of the region for only a
and available quota will be the LCS retention limit could be short period of time before migrating
underutilized. adjusted quickly throughout the fishing south again. Foregoing opportunities to
Accordingly, as of July 18, 2018, season to provide management harvest the respective quotas could have
NMFS is increasing the retention limit flexibility for the shark fisheries and negative social and economic impacts
for the commercial aggregated LCS and provide equitable fishing opportunities for U.S. fishermen that depend upon
hammerhead shark management groups to fishermen throughout a region. Based catching the available quotas. Therefore,
in the Atlantic region for directed shark on available shark quotas and informed the AA finds there is also good cause
limited access permit holders from 3 by shark landings in previous seasons, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the
LCS other than sandbar sharks per responsive adjustment to the LCS 30-day delay in effectiveness.
vessel per trip to 36 LCS other than commercial retention limit from the This action is being taken under
sandbar sharks per vessel per trip. This incidental level is warranted as quickly § 635.24(a)(2) and is exempt from
retention limit adjustment does not as possible to allow fishermen to take review under Executive Order 12866.
apply to directed shark limited access advantage of available quotas while Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
permit holders if the vessel is properly sharks are present in their region. For
permitted to operate as a charter vessel such adjustment to be practicable, it Dated: July 12, 2018.
or headboat for HMS and is engaged in must occur in a timeframe that allows Margo B. Schulze-Haugen,
a for-hire trip, in which case the fishermen to take advantage of it. Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
recreational retention limits for sharks Adjustment of the LCS fisheries Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
and ‘‘no sale’’ provisions apply retention limit in the Atlantic region [FR Doc. 2018–15283 Filed 7–13–18; 4:15 pm]
(§ 635.22(a) and (c)); or if the vessel will begin on July 18, 2018. Prior notice BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Rules and Regulations | |
| Action | Temporary rule; inseason retention limit adjustment. | |
| Dates | This retention limit adjustment is effective on July 18, 2018, through December 31, 2018, or until NMFS announces via a notification in the Federal Register another adjustment to the retention limit or a fishery closure, if warranted. | |
| Contact | Lauren Latchford, Gu[yacute] DuBeck, or Karyl Brewster-Geisz 301-427-8503; fax 301-713-1917. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 33870 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XG32 |
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