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CFR Citation: 50 CFR Part 648
Docket ID: [Docket No. 071030625-7696-02]
RIN ID: RIN 0648-XH32
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason quota transfer.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer
DATES: Effective April 24, 2008, through December 31, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring 28,045 lb (12,721 kg) of commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia from its 2008 quota. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
SUMMARY: Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Regulations governing the summer flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned among the coastal states from North Carolina through Maine. The process to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each state are described in Sec. 648.100.The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, which was published on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a mechanism for summer flounder quota to be transferred from one state to another. Two or more states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), can transfer or combine summer flounder commercial quota under Sec. 648.100(d). The Regional Administrator is required to consider the criteria set forth in Sec. 648.100(d)(3) in the evaluation of requests for quota transfers or combinations.
North Carolina has agreed to transfer 28,045 lb (12,721 kg) of its 2008 commercial quota to Virginia to cover the summer flounder landings of four North Carolina vessels granted safe harbor in Virginia due to winter storm conditions between January 3 and March 31, 2008. The Regional Administrator has determined that the criteria set forth in Sec. 648.100(d)(3) have been met. The revised quotas for calendar year 2008 are: North Carolina, 2,530,479 lb (1,147,806 kg); and Virginia, 2,015,211 lb (914,084 kg).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: April 23, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 081195 Filed 42408; 1:56 pm]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Emily Bryant, Fishery Management Specialist, (978) 2819244, FAX (978) 2819135.
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