Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2018 Recreational Accountability Measure and Closure for the South Atlantic Other Jacks Complex
| Citation | 83 FR 64748 |
| Record Number | 2018-27285 |
| Published date | 18 December 2018 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
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Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South
Atlantic; 2018 Recreational
Accountability Measure and Closure
for the South Atlantic Other Jacks
Complex
AGENCY
: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Temporary rule; closure.
SUMMARY
: NMFS implements an
accountability measure (AM) for the
recreational sector for the other jacks
complex (lesser amberjack, almaco jack,
and banded rudderfish) in the South
Atlantic for the 2018 fishing year
through this temporary rule. NMFS has
determined that recreational landings of
the other jacks complex has exceeded its
recreational annual catch limit (ACL).
Therefore, NMFS closes the recreational
sector for this complex on December 18,
2018, through the remainder of the 2018
fishing year in the exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. This
closure is necessary to protect the lesser
amberjack, almaco jack, and banded
rudderfish resources.
DATES
: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m.,
local time, December 18, 2018, until
12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email:
mary.vara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
snapper-grouper fishery of the South
Atlantic includes lesser amberjack,
almaco jack, and banded rudderfish,
and is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Snapper-
Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared
by the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and is
implemented by NMFS under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by
regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
The recreational ACL for the other
jacks complex is 267,799 lb (121,472
kg), round weight. Under 50 CFR
622.193(l)(2)(i), NMFS is required to
close the recreational sector for the
other jacks complex when the
recreational ACL has been reached, or is
projected to be reached, by filing a
notification to that effect with the Office
of the Federal Register, unless NMFS
determines that no closure is necessary
based on the best scientific information
available. NMFS has determined that
the recreational sector for this complex
has exceeded its ACL. Therefore, this
temporary rule implements an AM to
close the recreational sector for the
other jacks complex in the South
Atlantic EEZ, effective 12:01 a.m., local
time, December 18, 2018, until January
1, 2019, the start of the next fishing
year.
During the recreational closure, the
bag and possession limits for the fish in
the other jacks complex in or from the
South Atlantic EEZ are zero.
Additionally, NMFS closed the
commercial sector for the other jacks
complex effective on August 22, 2018,
upon reaching the commercial ACL (83
FR 41019; August 17, 2018). Therefore,
as of 12:01 a.m. on December 18, 2018,
no commercial or recreational harvest of
fish in the other jacks complex from the
South Atlantic EEZ is allowed for the
remainder of the 2018 fishing year.
Classification
The Regional Administrator,
Southeast Region, NMFS, has
determined this temporary rule is
necessary for the conservation and
management of the other jacks complex,
a component of the South Atlantic
snapper-grouper fishery, and is
consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.193(l)(2)(i) and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the
procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act because the temporary rule is issued
without opportunity for prior notice and
public comment.
This action responds to the best
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for NOAA
Fisheries (AA) finds that the need to
immediately implement this action to
close the recreational sector for the
other jacks complex constitutes good
cause to waive the requirements to
provide prior notice and opportunity for
public comment pursuant to the
authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B),
as such procedures are unnecessary and
contrary to the public interest. Such
procedures are unnecessary because the
rule implementing the AM itself has
been subject to notice and comment,
and all that remains is to notify the
public of the closure. Such procedures
are contrary to the public interest
because of the need to immediately
implement this action to protect the
other jacks complex. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment would
require time and would potentially
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allow the recreational sector to further
exceed its ACL.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in the effectiveness of this
action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 12, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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