50 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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2017-09-18; vol. 82 # 179 - Monday, September 18, 2017

82 FR 43500 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Adjustments to 2017 Northern Albacore Tuna Quota, 2017 North and South Atlantic Swordfish Quotas, and 2017 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Reserve Category Quota

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FR Doc.	2017-19777
RIN	0648-XF48
Docket No.	170602535-7835-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary final rule.

Effective September 18, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 635

Summary

NMFS adjusts the northern albacore tuna annual baseline quota for 2017 with available underharvest of the 2016 adjusted U.S. northern albacore quota. NMFS also adjusts the North and South Atlantic swordfish baseline quotas for 2017 based on available underharvest from the 2016 adjusted U.S. quotas and international quota transfers. NMFS also augments the 2017 Atlantic bluefin tuna Reserve category quota with available underharvest of the 2016 adjusted U.S. bluefin tuna quota. This action is necessary to implement binding recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), as required by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), and to achieve domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

82 FR 43503 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Correction

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FR Doc.	2017-19628
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; reallocations; correction.

Effective September 18, 2017 through 2400 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t) December 31, 2017, and is applicable beginning August 30, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is correcting a temporary rule that reallocated Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear and catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. The amount reallocated from vessels using jig gear was incorrect.

2017-09-15; vol. 82 # 178 - Friday, September 15, 2017

82 FR 43323 - Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Fisheries; Amendment 5 to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; California Drift Gillnet Fishery; Implementation of a Federal Limited Entry Drift Gillnet Permit

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FR Doc.	2017-19662
RIN	0648-BG81

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Notice of availability of an amendment to a fishery management plan; request for comments.

Comments on Amendment 5 must be received by November 14, 2017.

50 CFR Part 660

Summary

NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP) for review by the Secretary of Commerce. The intent of Amendment 5 is to implement a federal limited entry (LE) permit for the California/Oregon large-mesh drift gillnet (DGN) fishery. The amendment would bring the State of California's LE DGN permit program under Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) authority. All current California DGN permit holders would be eligible to apply for, and receive, a federal DGN permit and no additional DGN permits would be created. The amendment is administrative in nature and is not anticipated to result in increased activity, effort, or capacity in the fishery.

2017-09-14; vol. 82 # 177 - Thursday, September 14, 2017

82 FR - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery; 2017 Illex Squid Quota Harvested

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FR Doc.	C1-2017-19208
RIN	0648-XF67
Docket No.	140902739-5224-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

82 FR 43192 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 2017 Winter II Quota

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FR Doc.	2017-19464
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	161017970-6999-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.

Effective November 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

NMFS adjusts the 2017 Winter II commercial scup quota and per trip Federal landing limit. This action is intended to comply with Framework Adjustment 3 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan that established the rollover of unused commercial scup quota from the Winter I period to the Winter II period. This notice is intended to inform the public of this quota and trip limit change.

82 FR 43192 - Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #5 Through #11

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FR Doc.	2017-19475
RIN	0648-XF61
Docket No.	161222999-7413-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Modification of fishing seasons.

The effective dates for the inseason actions are set out in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION under the heading Inseason Actions.

50 CFR Part 660

Summary

NMFS announces seven inseason actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modified the commercial and recreational salmon fisheries in the area from the U.S./Canada border to the U.S./Mexico border.

2017-09-11; vol. 82 # 174 - Monday, September 11, 2017

82 FR 42610 - Omnibus Framework Adjustment Requiring Electronic Vessel Trip Reporting for Federally-Permitted Party and Charter Vessel Operators in the Mid-Atlantic Region

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FR Doc.	2017-19137
RIN	0648-BG60
Doc. No.	170113076-7772-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule.

This rule is effective March 12, 2018.

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

This action approves and implements regulations submitted by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council in an Omnibus Framework Adjustment to all of its fishery management plans. The Electronic Vessel Trip Report Framework implements a requirement for charter and party vessels that hold a permit to fish for Atlantic bluefish, black sea bass, scup, summer flounder, tilefish, squid, Atlantic mackerel, and/or butterfish, while on a trip carrying passengers for hire, to submit required vessel trip reports by electronic means. This action is intended to increase the timeliness, accuracy, and quality of fisheries data submitted to NMFS while also reducing the burden on the charter and party fishing fleets.

82 FR 42610 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery; 2017 Illex Squid Quota Harvested

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FR Doc.	2017-19208
RIN	0648-XF67
Docket No.	140902739-5224-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; reduction of possession limit.

Effective 0001 hr local time, September 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

NMFS announces a 10,000 lb (4.535 kg) trip limit that may not be landed more than once per day for the Illex squid fishery beginning September 1, 2017. This prohibition is required by regulation because NMFS projects that 95 percent of the 2017 annual catch limit will have been caught by the effective date. This action is intended to prevent over harvest of Illex squid for the fishing year.

2017-09-07; vol. 82 # 172 - Thursday, September 7, 2017

82 FR 42245 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Guadalupe Fescue; Designation of Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fescue

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FR Doc.	2017-19001
RIN	1018-BA74
	4500030113
Docket No.	FWS-R2-ES-2016-0099 and FWS-R2-ES-2016-0100

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service

Final rule.

This rule becomes effective October 10, 2017.

50 CFR Part 17

Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status and designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Festuca ligulata (Guadalupe fescue), a plant species from the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas and Mexico. The effect of this regulation will be to add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants and designate approximately 7,815 acres (3,163 hectares) of critical habitat in Brewster County, Texas located entirely within Big Bend National Park.

82 FR 42266 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Golden Tilefish Fishery; 2018 and Projected 2019-2020 Specifications

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FR Doc.	2017-18958
RIN	0648-XF57
Docket No.	170717675-7675-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Proposed rule; request for comments.

Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on September 22, 2017.

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

NMFS proposes specifications for the 2018 commercial golden tilefish fishery and projected specifications for 2019 and 2020. The proposed action is intended to establish allowable harvest levels and other management measures to prevent overfishing while allowing optimum yield, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan. It is also intended to inform the public of these proposed specifications for the 2018 fishing year and projected specifications for 2019-2020.

2017-09-06; vol. 82 # 171 - Wednesday, September 6, 2017

82 FR 42043 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical Correction for Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkey

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FR Doc.	2017-18866
RIN	1018-BC64
Docket No.	FWS-HQ-ES-2017-0026
	4500090024

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service

Final rule.

This action is effective September 6, 2017.

50 CFR Part 17

Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are making a technical correction to remove the endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey ( Rhinopithecus avunculus ) from certain regulations that apply to certain threatened primates. These regulations apply only to threatened species, and Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys were reclassified as an endangered species in 1990. Therefore, the provisions of the regulations for threatened primates do not apply to this species. We are correcting this error in the Code of Federal Regulations.

82 FR 42044 - Authorization of Revised Reporting Requirements Due to Catastrophic Conditions for Federal Seafood Dealers in Texas and Portions of Louisiana

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FR Doc.	2017-18963
RIN	0648-XF67
Docket No.	s. 090206140-91081-03 and 120405260-4258-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; determination of catastrophic conditions.

The RA is authorizing applicable Federal dealers reporting within this affected area to use revised reporting methods from September 1, 2017, through October 15, 2017.

50 CFR Part 622

Summary

In accordance with the regulations implementing the individual fishing quota (IFQ) and Federal dealer reporting programs specific to the commercial reef fish and coastal migratory pelagic (CMP) fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), the Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS (RA) has determined that Hurricane Harvey has caused catastrophic conditions in coastal and adjacent counties in the state of Texas, and Cameron and Vermilion parishes in Louisiana. Consistent with those regulations, the RA has authorized any dealer in the affected area who does not have access to electronic reporting to delay reporting of trip tickets to NOAA Fisheries from September 1, 2017, through October 15, 2017. The RA has also authorized IFQ participants within this affected area to use paper-based forms, if necessary, for basic required administrative functions, e.g., landing transactions, from September 1, 2017, through October 15, 2017. This temporary rule announcing the determination of catastrophic conditions and allowance of alternative methods for completing required IFQ and other dealer reporting administrative functions is intended to facilitate continuation of IFQ and dealer reporting operations during the period of catastrophic conditions. NMFS will continue to monitor and evaluate conditions. A subsequent Federal Register document will be published, if needed.

82 FR 42046 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

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FR Doc.	2017-18818
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	160920866-7167-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; modification of a closure; request for comments.

Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 1, 2017, through 1200 hours, A.l.t., November 1, 2017. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., September 15, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2017 total allowable catch apportioned to catcher/processors using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.

82 FR 42047 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

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FR Doc.	2017-18830
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 31, 2017, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2017 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.

82 FR 42047 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

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FR Doc.	2017-18862
RIN	0648-XF67
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; modification of a closure; request for comments.

Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 1, 2017, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2017. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., September 21, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 6feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2017 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.

2017-09-05; vol. 82 # 170 - Tuesday, September 5, 2017

82 FR 41899 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

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FR Doc.	2017-18733
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; reallocation.

Effective August 30, 2017, through 2400 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear and catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2017 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.

2017-09-01; vol. 82 # 169 - Friday, September 1, 2017

82 FR 41562 - International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; 2017 Bigeye Tuna Longline Fishery Closure in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

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FR Doc.	2017-18577
RIN	0648-XF60
Docket No.	170223197-7311-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

The rule is effective 12:00 a.m. local time September 8, 2017, through 11:59 p.m. local time December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 300

Summary

NMFS is temporarily closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna for vessels over 24 meters in overall length in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) through December 31, 2017, because the 2017 catch limit of 500 metric tons is expected to be reached. This action is necessary to prevent the fishery from exceeding the applicable catch limit established by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in Resolution C-17-01 (Conservation of Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean during 2017).

82 FR 41563 - Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2017 Commercial Accountability Measures and Closure for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia

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FR Doc.	2017-18611
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	101206604-1758-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

This rule is effective from 12:01 a.m., local time, September 5, 2017, until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2018.

50 CFR Part 622

Summary

NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for Atlantic migratory group cobia that are sold (commercial) and harvested from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Atlantic. NMFS projects that commercial landings of Atlantic migratory group cobia have reached the commercial quota. Therefore, NMFS closes the commercial sector for Atlantic migratory group cobia in the EEZ on September 5, 2017, and it will remain closed until the next fishing year that begins on January 1, 2018. This closure is necessary to protect the resource of Atlantic migratory group cobia.

82 FR 41564 - Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Groundfish Fishery; Fishing Year 2017; Emergency Removal of Southern Windowpane Accountability Measures

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FR Doc.	2017-18495
RIN	0648-BH11
Docket No.	170808738-7777-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments.

Effective September 1, 2017, through February 28. 2018. Comments must be submitted by October 2, 2017.

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

This emergency rule removes the 2017 southern windowpane flounder accountability measures for non-groundfish trawl vessels that were triggered as a result of a 2015 quota overage. The rule is necessary because new information indicates 2016 catch did not exceed the quota. This rule is intended to mitigate negative economic impacts to non-groundfish vessels, while maintaining conservation benefits for the southern windowpane flounder stock.

82 FR 41567 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2017 Gulf of Alaska Pollock Seasonal Apportionments

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FR Doc.	2017-18575
RIN	0648-XF64
Docket No.	160920866-7167-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.

Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 29, 2017, until 2400 hours A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is adjusting the 2017 C seasonal apportionments of the total allowable catch (TAC) for pollock in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) by re-apportioning unharvested pollock TAC in Statistical Areas 610, 620, and 630 of the GOA. This action is necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2017 pollock TAC, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.

82 FR 41568 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

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FR Doc.	2017-18607
RIN	0648-XF67
Docket No.	160920866-7167-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 29, 2017, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is prohibiting retention of the incidental catch allowance for Pacific ocean perch in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2017 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch apportioned to the incidental catch allowance in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.

2017-08-31; vol. 82 # 168 - Thursday, August 31, 2017

82 FR 41344 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2017-18 Season

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FR Doc.	2017-18401
RIN	1018-BB40
Docket No.	FWS-HQ-MB-2016-0051
	FF09M21200-178-FXMB1231099BPP0

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service

Interim final rule.

This rule takes effect on September 1, 2017. Comments on this rule must be received by September 21, 2017.

50 CFR Part 20

Summary

This rule prescribes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions in recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. The proposed rule for the 2017-18 season was delayed, requiring this interim final rule to allow Tribes to begin hunting in September. This interim rule will be replaced when the proposed rule is finalized.

82 FR 41356 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries

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FR Doc.	2017-18493
RIN	0648-XF63
Docket No.	150121066-5717-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; inseason General category retention limit adjustment.

Effective September 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 635

Summary

The Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category is currently closed and will reopen on September 1, 2017. NMFS is updating the adjustment of the BFT General category daily retention limit that will take effect beginning September 1, 2017, from the recently adopted two large medium or giant BFT per vessel per day/trip to one large medium or giant BFT per vessel per day/trip. This action is based on updated information about the availability of BFT and quota after considering the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments and applies to Atlantic Tunas General category (commercial) permitted vessels and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permitted vessels when fishing commercially for BFT.

82 FR 41358 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

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FR Doc.	2017-18496
RIN	0648-XF65
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 28, 2017, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2017 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the CAI allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.

82 FR 41388 - Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; 2017 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits

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FR Doc.	2017-18452
RIN	0648-XF15
Docket No.	170109046-7749-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Proposed specifications; request for comments.

NMFS must receive comments by September 15, 2017.

50 CFR Part 665

Summary

NMFS proposes a 2017 limit of 2,000 metric tons (mt) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands). NMFS would allow each territory to allocate up to 1,000 mt each year to U.S. longline fishing vessels in a specified fishing agreement that meets established criteria. As an accountability measure, NMFS would monitor, attribute, and restrict (if necessary) catches of longline-caught bigeye tuna, including catches made under a specified fishing agreement. The proposed catch limits and accountability measures would support the long-term sustainability of fishery resources of the U.S. Pacific Islands.

2017-08-30; vol. 82 # 167 - Wednesday, August 30, 2017

82 FR 41177 - Eagle Permits; Revisions to Regulations for Eagle Incidental Take and Take of Eagle Nests; Correction

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FR Doc.	2017-18414
RIN	1018-AY30
Docket No.	FWS-R9-MB-2011-0094
	FF09M20300-167-FXMB123109EAGLE

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service

Correcting amendments.

This correction is effective August 30, 2017.

50 CFR Part 13

Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a final rule to revise our regulations regarding permits that we issue for certain activities involving eagles. In that final rule, we revised the permit application fees for certain eagle permits. These permits are included in a table of permit application fees for numerous Service programs. Because of a formatting error in the rule, the revisions to the fee table were not incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as intended. With this document, we correct the formatting error to properly reflect current application fees for eagle permits in the CFR and also remove two entries in the fee table pertaining to permits that no longer exist. This rule is purely an administrative action and does not affect the provisions of the original rule in any substantive way.

82 FR 41178 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

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FR Doc.	2017-18442
RIN	0648-XF64
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 25, 2017, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Aleutian district (WAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2017 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.

82 FR 41205 - Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Gray Triggerfish Management Measures; Amendment 46

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FR Doc.	2017-18417
RIN	0648-BG87

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Notification of availability; request for comments.

Written comments must be received on or before October 30, 2017.

50 CFR Part 622

Summary

The Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 46 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP), for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 46 would establish the rebuilding time period for the Gulf gray triggerfish stock. Amendment 46 would also revise the recreational fixed closed season, recreational bag limit, recreational minimum size limit, and commercial trip limit. The purpose of Amendment 46 is to implement management measures to assist in rebuilding the Gulf gray triggerfish stock and to achieve optimum yield (OY).

2017-08-28; vol. 82 # 165 - Monday, August 28, 2017

82 FR 40720 - International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; 2017 Commercial Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishery Closure in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

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FR Doc.	2017-18157
RIN	0648-XF63
Docket No.	160422356-7283-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

The rule is effective 12 a.m. local time August 28, 2017, through 11:59 p.m. local time December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 300

Summary

NMFS is temporarily closing the U.S. commercial fishery for Pacific bluefin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) through December 31, 2017, because the 2017 catch limit of 425 metric tons has been exceeded. This action is necessary to prevent the fishery from further exceeding the applicable catch limit established by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in Resolution C-16-08 (Measures for the Conservation and Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean).

82 FR 40721 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Mid-Atlantic Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment

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FR Doc.	2017-18034
RIN	0648-BG42
Docket No.	161025999-7662-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule.

This rule is effective September 27, 2017

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

NMFS partially approves and implements through regulations measures included in the Mid-Atlantic Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment, as adopted by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and approved by NMFS on June 13, 2017. The purpose of this action is to prevent the development of new, and the expansion of existing, commercial fisheries on certain forage species until the Council has adequate opportunity and information to evaluate the potential impacts of forage fish harvest on existing fisheries, fishing communities, and the marine ecosystem. This final rule implements an annual landing limit, possession limits, and permitting and reporting requirements for Atlantic chub mackerel and certain previously unmanaged forage species and species groups caught within Mid-Atlantic Federal waters; allows vessels to transit Mid-Atlantic Federal waters with forage species caught in other areas; and identifies measures that can be revised through a future framework adjustment.

2017-08-24; vol. 82 # 163 - Thursday, August 24, 2017

82 FR 40075 - Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2017 Recreational and Commercial Closures for the Florida Keys/East Florida Stock of Hogfish in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

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FR Doc.	2017-17958
RIN	0648-XF60
Docket No.	160906822-7547-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., local time, August 24, 2017, until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2018.

50 CFR Part 622

Summary

NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for the recreational and commercial sectors for the Florida Keys/East Florida (FLK/EFL) hogfish stock in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the 2017 fishing year through this temporary rule. NMFS estimates recreational and commercial hogfish landings for the FLK/EFL stock for the 2017 fishing year have reached their respective annual catch limits (ACLs). Therefore, NMFS closes the recreational and commercial sectors for the FLK/EFL stock of hogfish in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico EEZ on August 24, 2017, through the remainder of the 2017 fishing year. This closure is necessary to protect the FLK/EFL hogfish resource.

82 FR 40075 - Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Amendment 37; Correction

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FR Doc.	2017-17970
RIN	0648-BG33
Docket No.	160906822-7547-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule; correction.

This correction notice is effective on August 24, 2017.

50 CFR Part 622

Summary

NMFS published a final rule on July 25, 2017, to implement management measures described in Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 37). This notification corrects the coordinate contained in footnote 2 to Table 1 in the regulatory text to be consistent with the same management boundary and coordinate described in other regulations applicable to the snapper-grouper fishery.

2017-08-23; vol. 82 # 162 - Wednesday, August 23, 2017

82 FR 39977 - Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries Management Plan; Adjustments to the Pacific Sardine Harvest Guideline Control Rule

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FR Doc.	2017-17820
RIN	0648-BE77
Docket No.	141222999-7741-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Proposed rule.

Comments must be received by September 22, 2017.

50 CFR Part 660

Summary

Under the framework procedures of the Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP), NMFS proposes to revise the FRACTION parameter of the Pacific sardine harvest guideline (HG) control rule to use a 3-year average of ocean temperature data from the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) survey that takes place off southern and central California, rather than temperatures measured from the end of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Pier, and revise the upper bound of fraction from 15 percent to 20 percent. These changes are intended to better reflect the best available science and to better conserve and manage the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine off the U.S. West Coast managed under the CPS FMP.

2017-08-22; vol. 82 # 161 - Tuesday, August 22, 2017

82 FR 39684 - Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Air Force 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron Conducting Long Range Strike Weapons System Evaluation Program at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii

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FR Doc.	2017-17718
RIN	0648-BG65
Docket No.	170201135-7754-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule.

Effective on August 21, 2017, through August 22, 2022.

50 CFR Part 218

Summary

Upon application from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron (hereinafter referred to as 86 FWS), NMFS is issuing regulations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for the taking of marine mammals incidental to Long Range Strike (LRS) Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) exercises on the Barking Sands Underwater Range Expansion (BSURE) of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) off Kauai, Hawaii. These regulations allow NMFS to issue a Letter of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the USAF 86 FWS's specified activities carried out during the rule's period of effectiveness, set forth the permissible methods of taking, set forth other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, and set forth requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of the incidental take. The specific activities are classified as military readiness activities.

82 FR 39716 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2017-18 Season

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FR Doc.	2017-17722
RIN	1018-BB40
Docket No.	FWS-HQ-MB-2016-0051
	FF09M21200-178-FXMB1231099BPP0

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service

Proposed rule.

You must submit comments on the proposed regulations by September 21, 2017.

50 CFR Part 20

Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2017-18 migratory bird hunting season.

82 FR 39732 - Notification of Receipt of a Petition To Ban Imports of All Fish and Fish Products From Mexico That Do Not Satisfy the Marine Mammal Protection Act Provisions

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FR Doc.	2017-17717
RIN	0648-XF59

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Receipt of petition to ban imports through emergency rulemaking; request for information and comments.

Written comments must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on September 21, 2017.

50 CFR Part 216

Summary

NMFS announces receipt of a petition for emergency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Animal Welfare Institute petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and other relevant Departments to initiate emergency rulemaking under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”), to ban importation of commercial fish or products from fish that have been caught with commercial fishing technology that results in incidental mortality or serious injury of vaquita in excess of United States standards.

82 FR 39733 - Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 17B

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FR Doc.	2017-17635
RIN	0648-BG82

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Notice of availability; request for comments.

Written comments must be received on or before October 23, 2017.

50 CFR Part 622

Summary

The Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 17B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico U.S. Waters (FMP), for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 17B includes actions to define the aggregate maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and aggregate optimum yield (OY) for the Gulf shrimp fishery, determine a minimum number of Federal commercial vessel moratorium permits in the fishery, would allow for the creation of a Federal Gulf shrimp reserve pool permit when certain conditions are met, and would allow for non-federally permitted shrimping vessels to transit through the Gulf exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with shrimp on board the vessel. The purpose of Amendment 17B is to protect federally managed Gulf shrimp stocks while maintaining catch efficiency, economic efficiency, and stability in the fishery.

82 FR 39735 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2018 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Season

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FR Doc.	2017-17575
RIN	0648-XF48
Docket No.	170605543-7737-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Proposed rule; request for comments.

Written comments must be received by September 21, 2017.

50 CFR Part 635

Summary

This proposed rule would establish quotas, opening dates, and retention limits for the 2018 fishing season for the Atlantic commercial shark fisheries. Quotas would be adjusted as required or allowable based on any over- and/or underharvests experienced during 2017 and previous fishing seasons. In addition, NMFS proposes season opening dates and commercial retention limits based on adaptive management measures to provide, to the extent practicable, fishing opportunities for commercial shark fishermen in all regions and areas. The proposed measures could affect fishing opportunities for commercial shark fishermen in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.

82 FR 39743 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; American Fisheries Act; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program

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FR Doc.	2017-17607
RIN	0648-BG84
Docket No.	170412391-7391-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Proposed rule; request for comments.

Submit comments on or before September 21, 2017.

50 CFR Parts 679 and 680

Summary

NMFS issues a proposed rule to implement Amendment 48 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP) and a regulatory amendment to revise regulations implementing the American Fisheries Act (AFA) Program and the Crab Rationalization (CR) Program. This proposed rule would revise how NMFS determines the amount of limited access privileges held and used by groups in the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program (CDQ Program) for the purposes of managing the excessive share limits under the AFA Program and the CR Program. This proposed rule is necessary to align regulations and the Crab FMP to be consistent with an amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and NMFS' current method of managing excessive share limits for CDQ groups in the AFA Program and the CR Program. This proposed rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Crab FMP, and other applicable law.

2017-08-18; vol. 82 # 159 - Friday, August 18, 2017

82 FR 39363 - Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Approval of Modifications to a Regulatory Exemption for Groundfish Sectors

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FR Doc.	2017-17522
RIN	0648-XF13
Docket No.	170104016-7732-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule.

The modified regulatory exemption is effective August 17, 2017, through April 30, 2019.

50 CFR Part 648

Summary

Through this action, NMFS approves a change to a regulatory exemption for sector vessels in the Northeast multispecies fishery for fishing years 2017 and 2018. This action is necessary to respond to a request from sectors to change a previously approved exemption. The change is intended to increase the use of the sector exemption, which allows sector vessels to combine small-mesh exempted fishing trips and groundfish trips, and to provide sector vessels with additional fishing opportunities.

82 FR 39366 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea Subarea

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FR Doc.	2017-17501
RIN	0648-XF61
Docket No.	161020985-7181-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; reallocation.

Effective August 15, 2017, until 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is reallocating projected unused amounts of Bering Sea subarea (BS) pollock from the incidental catch allowance to the directed fisheries. This action is necessary to allow the 2017 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock to be harvested.

2017-08-17; vol. 82 # 158 - Thursday, August 17, 2017

82 FR 39044 - Subsistence Taking of Northern Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands; Final Annual Subsistence Harvest Levels for 2017-2019

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FR Doc.	2017-17379
RIN	0648-BG71
Docket No.	170303228-7752-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Notice; Final annual fur seal subsistence harvest levels.

Effective September 18, 2017.

50 CFR Part 216

Summary

Pursuant to the regulations governing the subsistence taking of North Pacific fur seals ( Callorhinus ursinus ) (northern fur seals), NMFS is publishing the expected harvest levels from 2017-2019 on St. George and St. Paul Islands, Alaska (the Pribilof Islands) to satisfy subsistence requirements of the Alaska Natives residing on the Pribilof Islands (Pribilovians). NMFS is establishing the 2017-2019 harvest levels at 1,645 to 2,000 fur seals for St. Paul Island and 300 to 500 fur seals for St. George Island.

82 FR 39047 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries

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FR Doc.	2017-17388
RIN	0648-XF61
Docket No.	150121066-5717-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure of the coastwide General category fishery.

Effective 11:30 p.m., local time, August 16, 2017, through August 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 635

Summary

NMFS closes the coastwide General category fishery for large medium and giant ( i.e., measuring 73 inches curved fork length or greater) Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) until the General category reopens on September 1, 2017. This action is being taken to prevent further overharvest of the General category June through August subquota and help ensure the fishery continues to the end of the calendar year.

82 FR 39160 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Endangered New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon and the Threatened Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Sturgeon

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FR Doc.	2017-17207
RIN	0648-BF28
Docket No.	150818735-7452-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule.

This rule becomes effective September 18, 2017.

50 CFR Part 226

Summary

We (NMFS) are issuing this final rule to designate critical habitat for the threatened Gulf of Maine distinct population segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered New York Bight DPS of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered Chesapeake Bay DPS of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered Carolina DPS of Atlantic sturgeon and the endangered South Atlantic DPS of Atlantic sturgeon pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Specific occupied areas designated as critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic sturgeon contain approximately 244 kilometers (km; 152 miles) of aquatic habitat in the following rivers of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts: Penobscot, Kennebec, Androscoggin, Piscataqua, Cocheco, Salmon Falls, and Merrimack. Specific occupied areas designated as critical habitat for the New York Bight DPS of Atlantic sturgeon contain approximately 547 km (340 miles) of aquatic habitat in the following rivers of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware: Connecticut, Housatonic, Hudson, and Delaware. Specific occupied areas designated as critical habitat for the Chesapeake Bay DPS of Atlantic sturgeon contain approximately 773 km (480 miles) of aquatic habitat in the following rivers of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia: Potomac, Rappahannock, York, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, James, Nanticoke, and the following other water body: Marshyhope Creek. Specific occupied areas designated as critical habitat for the Carolina DPS of Atlantic sturgeon contain approximately 1,939 km (1,205 miles) of aquatic habitat in the following rivers of North Carolina and South Carolina: Roanoke, Tar-Pamlico, Neuse, Cape Fear, Northeast Cape Fear, Waccamaw, Pee Dee, Black, Santee, North Santee, South Santee, and Cooper, and the following other water body: Bull Creek. Specific occupied areas designated as critical habitat for the South Atlantic DPS of Atlantic sturgeon contain approximately 2,883 km (1,791 miles) of aquatic habitat in the following rivers of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida: Edisto, Combahee-Salkehatchie, Savannah, Ogeechee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Satilla, and St. Marys Rivers.

2017-08-16; vol. 82 # 157 - Wednesday, August 16, 2017

82 FR 38853 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries

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FR Doc.	2017-17266
RIN	0648-XF60
Docket No.	150121066-5717-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; inseason quota transfer.

Effective August 11, 2017 through November 15, 2017.

50 CFR Part 635

Summary

NMFS is transferring 30 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the Reserve category to the Harpoon category. With this transfer, the adjusted Harpoon category quota for the 2017 fishing season is 68.6 mt. The 2017 Harpoon category fishery is open until November 15, 2017, or until the Harpoon category quota is reached, whichever comes first. The action is based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments, and applies to Atlantic tunas Harpoon category (commercial) permitted vessels.

2017-08-15; vol. 82 # 156 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017

82 FR 38611 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska

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FR Doc.	2017-17137
RIN	0648-XF57
Docket No.	160920866-7167-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 9, 2017, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is prohibiting retention of sablefish by vessels using trawl gear in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2017 total allowable catch of sablefish allocated to vessels using trawl gear in the West Yakutat District of the GOA will be reached.

82 FR 38612 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska

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FR Doc.	2017-17133
RIN	0648-XF57
Docket No.	160920866-7167-02

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; closure.

Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 9, 2017, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 679

Summary

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2017 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.

82 FR 38664 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Approval of Corrosion-Inhibited Copper Shot as Nontoxic for Waterfowl Hunting

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FR Doc.	2017-17175
RIN	1018-BB06
	FF09M21200-178-FXMB1231099BPP0
Docket No.	FWS-HQ-MB-2015-0073

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service

Proposed rule; availability of draft environmental assessment.

Electronic comments on this proposal or on the draft environmental assessment via http://www.regulations.gov must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 14, 2017. Comments submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than September 14, 2017.

50 CFR Part 20

Summary

Having completed our review of the application materials for corrosion-inhibited copper shot, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) proposes to approve the shot for hunting waterfowl and coots. We have concluded that this type of shot left in terrestrial or aquatic environments is unlikely to adversely affect fish, wildlife, or their habitats. Approving this shot formulation would increase the nontoxic shot options for hunters.

2017-08-14; vol. 82 # 155 - Monday, August 14, 2017

82 FR 37824 - Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; 2017 Bigeye Tuna Longline Fishery Closure

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FR Doc.	2017-17164
RIN	0648-XF57
Docket No.	170329334-7665-01

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Temporary rule; fishery closure.

Effective 12:01 a.m. local time September 1, 2017, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

50 CFR Part 300

Summary

NMFS is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean because the fishery has reached the 2017 catch limit. This action is necessary to ensure compliance with NMFS regulations that implement decisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).