Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This action decreases the possession and trip limits for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod for Northeast multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2023 fishing year, through April 30, 2024. The National Marine Fisheries Service projects that, at its current trajectory, the common pool will exceed its 2023 sub-Annual Catch Limit for GOM cod. This decrease in the possession and trip limit for Gulf of Maine cod is intended to prevent the common pool fishery from exceeding its allocation for this stock prior to the end of the fishing year.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [Docket No. 230810-0190; RTID 0648-XD416] AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season adjustment. SUMMARY: This action decreases the possession and trip limits for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod for Northeast multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2023 fishing year, through April 30, 2024. The National Marine Fisheries Service projects that, at its current trajectory, the common pool will exceed its 2023 sub-Annual Catch Limit for GOM cod. This decrease in the possession and trip limit for Gulf of Maine cod is intended to prevent the common pool fishery from exceeding its ( printed page 70607) allocation for this stock prior to the end of the fishing year. DATES: This action is effective October 12, 2023, through April 30, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Talmage, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978) 281-9232. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations at § 648.86 (o) provide that NMFS may adjust the possession and trip limits for common pool vessels in order to help prevent the overharvest or underharvest of the common pool quotas. The fishing year 2023 common pool sub-annual catch limit (ACL) for Gulf of Maine GOM cod is 10.6 metric tons (mt). Catch through Trimester 1, which ended on August 31, 2023, was 8.5 mt, or 80.2 percent of the sub-ACL. As a resu…
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Citation: 88 FR 70606
