Rule2024-11698
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 56; Correction
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Published
May 29, 2024
Effective
June 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS corrects the final rule published on May 10, 2024, to implement Amendment 56 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Amendment 56). The final rule excluded a reference to the recreational annual catch target in the recreational accountability measures for gag. This correction fixes that omission.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11698]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 240506-0129]
RIN 0648-BM46
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 56; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS corrects the final rule published on May 10, 2024, to
implement Amendment 56 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish
Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Amendment 56). The final rule excluded
a reference to the recreational annual catch target in the recreational
accountability measures for gag. This correction fixes that omission.
DATES: This correction is effective on June 1, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack McGovern, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, phone: 727-204-5518, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6aca9aea8e8aba5a1a9b0a3b4a886a8a9a7a7e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc6c3c4c282c1cfcbc3dac9dec2ecc2c3cdcd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rule to implement Amendment 56
(89 FR 40419, May 10, 2024), NMFS modified the recreational
accountability measures (AMs) in 50 CFR 622.41(d)(2)(ii) and (iii) to
reflect the changes in Amendment 56. However, NMFS mistakenly omitted
reference to the recreational annual catch target (ACT) in Sec.
622.41(d)(2)(iii), which describes the recreational AMs that are
applicable if recreational landings exceed the recreational annual
catch limit (ACL) and gag in the Gulf of Mexico is overfished based on
the most recent Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to Congress. Under
those circumstances, NMFS reduces both the recreational ACL and ACT for
the following fishing year by the amount of the recreational ACL
overage in the previous fishing year. In the final rule preamble on
page 40422 and in response to Comment 23 on page 40430, NMFS correctly
described the recreational AMs and corrects the final rule accordingly.
Federal Register Correction
Effective June 1, 2024, in rule document 2024-10208 at 89 FR 40419
in the issue of May 10, 2024, on page 40436, in the second column, in
amendatory instruction 5, paragraph (d)(2)(iii) is corrected to read as
follows:
Sec. 622.41 [Corrected]
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(iii) In addition to the measures specified in paragraph (d)(2)(ii)
of this section, if the NMFS SRD estimates that gag recreational
landings have exceeded the applicable ACL specified in paragraph
(d)(2)(i) of this section and gag is overfished based on the most
recent Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to Congress, the following
measure will apply. The AA will file a notification with the Office of
the Federal Register, at or near the beginning of the following fishing
year, to reduce the recreational ACL and ACT for that following year by
the amount of the ACL overage in the prior fishing year, unless the
best scientific information available determines that a greater,
lesser, or no overage adjustment is necessary.
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Dated: May 23, 2024.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-11698 Filed 5-28-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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