[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7521-7525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02536]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

[Docket No. 200204-0045]
RIN 0648-BJ41


Pacific Island Fisheries; 2019-2021 Annual Catch Limits and 
Accountability Measures

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) annual 
catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) for deepwater 
shrimp, precious corals, and gray jobfish (uku) in 2019-2021, and for 
Kona crab in 2019. The proposed ACLs and AMs support the long-term 
sustainability of Pacific Island fisheries.

DATES: NMFS must receive comments by March 2, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the proposed rule, identified by 
NOAA-NMFS-2019-0124, by either of the following methods:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2019-1024, click the 
``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or 
attach your comments.
     Mail: Send written comments to Michael D. Tosatto, 
Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), 
1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818.
    Instructions: NMFS may not consider comments sent by any other 
method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end 
of the comment period. All comments received are a part of the public 
record and will generally be posted for public viewing on 
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying 
information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business 
information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily 
by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous 
comments (enter ``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain 
anonymous).
    NMFS prepared environmental analyses that describe potential 
impacts on the human environment. These analyses are available at 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Schumacher, NMFS PIRO 
Sustainable Fisheries, 808-725-5185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS and the Western Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council) manage fisheries in the U.S. Exclusive 
Economic Zone (EEZ, or Federal waters) around the U.S. Pacific Islands 
under archipelagic fishery ecosystem plans (FEPs) for American Samoa, 
Hawaii, the Pacific Remote Islands, and the Mariana Archipelago (Guam 
and the CNMI). A fifth FEP covers pelagic fisheries. The Council 
developed the FEPs, and NMFS implemented them under the authority of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), with regulations at Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, 
Part 665 (50 CFR 665).
    Each FEP contains a process for the Council and NMFS to specify 
ACLs and AMs; that process is codified at 50 CFR 665.4. NMFS must 
specify an ACL and AM(s) for each stock and stock complex of management 
unit species (MUS) in an FEP, as recommended by the Council and 
considering the best available scientific, commercial, and other 
information about the fishery. If a fishery exceeds an ACL, the 
regulations require the Council to take action, which may include 
reducing the ACL for the subsequent fishing year by the amount of the 
overage, or other appropriate action.
    NMFS proposes to implement ACLs and AMs for MHI deepwater shrimp, 
precious corals, and uku for 2019-2021, and for Kona crab for 2019 (see 
Table 1). The proposed rule is consistent with recommendations made by 
the Council at its October 2017 and October 2018 meetings. The Council 
recommended that NMFS implement ACLs and AMs for 2019, 2020, and 2021 
for all stocks, except for MHI Kona crab, which they recommended that 
NMFS implement an ACL and AM only for 2019 because a new stock 
assessment is available to support ACL recommendations for this stock 
for 2020 and beyond. The fishing year for each fishery begins on 
January 1 and ends on December 31, except for precious coral fisheries, 
which begin July 1 and end on June 30 of the next year.

         Table 1--Proposed ACLs for Stocks in This Proposed Rule
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                  Stock                      ACL (lb)         Year(s)
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Deepwater shrimp........................         250,773       2019-2021
Kona crab...............................           3,500            2019
Uku.....................................         127,205       2019-2021
Auau Channel--Black coral...............           5,512       2019-2021
Makapuu Bed--Pink and red coral.........           2,205       2019-2021
Makapuu Bed--Bamboo coral...............             551       2019-2021
180 Fathom Bank--Pink and red coral.....             489       2019-2021
180 Fathom Bank--Bamboo coral...........             123       2019-2021

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Brooks Bank--Pink and red coral.........             979       2019-2021
Brooks Bank--Bamboo coral...............             245       2019-2021
Kaena Point Bed--Pink and red coral.....             148       2019-2021
Kaena Point Bed--Bamboo coral...........              37       2019-2021
Keahole Bed--Pink and red coral.........             148       2019-2021
Keahole Bed--Bamboo coral...............              37       2019-2021
Hawaii Exploratory Area--precious corals           2,205       2019-2021
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    As an AM for each stock, NMFS and the Council would evaluate the 
catch after each fishing year to determine if the average catch of the 
three most recent years exceeded its ACL. If it did, the Council would 
recommend a reduction of the ACL of that fishery in the subsequent year 
equal to the amount of the overage. In the event that NMFS needs to 
reduce an ACL because a fishery exceeded its ACL, we would implement 
that AM through a separate rulemaking.
    In addition to this post-season AM, the proposed rule would 
implement a new in-season AM for the uku fishery where, if NMFS 
projects that catch will reach the ACL, NMFS would close the commercial 
and non-commercial uku fisheries in Federal waters of the MHI for the 
remainder of the fishing year. This in-season AM would be implemented 
only for fishing years 2019 and 2020. The Council initially recommended 
this AM for uku, along with an ACL of 127,205 lb and the post-season 
AM, at the October 2017 meeting. This recommendation covered three 
fishing years: 2018, 2019, and 2020. At the October 2018 meeting, the 
Council updated the recommendations for uku for fishing years 2019 
through 2021, but only recommended the ACL of 127,205 lb and the post-
season AM. Because the October 2018 Council meeting did not address the 
in-season AM, this management measure will not be applied for fishing 
year 2021.
    There is also an existing in-season AM for the precious coral 
fishery that would close individual coral beds if the ACL for that bed 
is projected to be reached. The proposed rule makes housekeeping 
changes to the text pertaining to this AM that are described below.
    For all stocks except uku, the proposed ACLs and AMs are identical 
to those most recently specified, in 2017. The Council did not 
recommend, and NMFS did not implement, ACLs and AMs for any of the 
these fisheries in 2018, while the Council and NMFS developed the 
amendment to its fishery ecosystem plans to reclassify certain MUS as 
ECS, which do not require ACLs and AMs. The proposed action is the 
first time that ACLs and AMs would be implemented for uku as a single-
species stock.
    Overall, NMFS does not expect the proposed rule to result in a 
significant change in fishing operations to any fishery, or other 
change that would result in any fishery having significant 
environmental impacts. These fisheries have not caught their specified 
ACLs in any year since they were first implemented in 2012, and catches 
of uku have been less than the proposed ACL every year except one in 
2017.
    In addition to codifying the ACLs, this proposed rule would make 
housekeeping changes to the regulations. First, the proposed rule would 
correct a cross-reference in 50 CFR 665.4(c) that pertains to ACL 
requirements. The current regulation references a subsection under 
National Standard 1 that was changed on October 18, 2016 (81 FR 71858). 
The proposed rule would update the CFR to refer to the correct 
subsection on exceptions to ACL requirements (Sec.  600.310(h)(1)), 
rather than the subsection on flexibility for endangered species and 
aquaculture operations (Sec.  600.310(h)(2)).
    The proposed rule would make three housekeeping changes related to 
management of Hawaii precious corals. The proposed rule would remove 
subsection (b) in Sec.  665.269, which refers to nonselective harvest 
of precious coral in conditional beds because nonselective harvest of 
precious coral is not permitted in any precious coral permit area (see 
Sec.  665.264). The proposed rule would also remove references in 
Sec. Sec.  665.267 and 665.268 to a two-year fishing period for Makapuu 
Bed and Auau Channel Bed because NMFS now manages these beds on the 
same one-year fishing year as all other coral beds. The proposed rule 
would also replace the term ``quota'' with ``ACL'' in Sec. Sec.  
665.263, 665.268, and 665.269, to make the language governing catch 
limits consistent throughout the rule.
    In this proposed rule, NMFS is not proposing ACLs for MUS that are 
currently subject to Federal fishing moratoria or prohibitions. These 
MUS include all species of gold coral (83 FR 27716, June 14, 2018), the 
three Hawaii seamount groundfish (pelagic armorhead, alfonsin, and 
raftfish) (84 FR 2767, February 8, 2019), and deepwater precious corals 
at the Westpac Bed Refugia (75 FR 2198, January 14, 2010). Prohibitions 
on fishing for these MUS serve as the functional equivalent of an ACL 
of zero.
    Additionally, NMFS is not proposing ACLs for bottomfish, 
crustacean, precious coral, or coral reef ecosystem MUS identified in 
the Pacific Remote Islands Area (PRIA) FEP. This is because fishing is 
prohibited in the EEZ around the PRIA within 12 nm of emergent land, 
unless authorized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) (78 FR 
32996, June 3, 2013). In addition, there is no suitable habitat for 
these stocks beyond the 12-nm no-fishing zone, except at Kingman Reef, 
where fishing for these resources does not occur. Therefore, the 
current prohibitions on fishing serve as the functional equivalent of 
an ACL of zero. However, NMFS will continue to monitor authorized 
fishing within the Pacific Remote Islands Monument in consultation with 
USFWS, and may develop additional fishing requirements, including 
monument-specific catch limits for species that may require them.
    NMFS is also not proposing ACLs for pelagic MUS at this time, 
because NMFS previously determined that pelagic species are subject to 
international fishery agreements or have a life cycle of approximately 
one year and, therefore, are statutorily excepted from the ACL 
requirements.
    NMFS previously codified 2018-2021 ACLs and AMs for Hawaii Deep 7 
bottomfish (84 FR 29394, June 24, 2019).
    NMFS will consider public comments on this proposed rule and will 
announce the final rule in the Federal Register. NMFS must receive any 
comments by the date provided in the

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DATES heading, not postmarked or otherwise transmitted by that date. 
Regardless of the final rule, all other management measures will 
continue to apply in the fisheries.

Classification

    Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the 
NMFS Assistant Administrator for Fisheries has determined that this 
proposed rule is consistent with the Hawaii FEP, other provisions of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable laws, subject to further 
consideration after public comment.

Certification of Finding of No Significant Impact on Substantial Number 
of Small Entities

    The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce 
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration that the proposed rule, if adopted, would not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
The proposed action would specify ACLs and AMs for MHI precious corals, 
deepwater shrimp, and uku fisheries for 2019, 2020, and 2021, and the 
MHI Kona crab fishery for 2019.
    Catch of species or species groups in state, and Federal would all 
count toward the ACLs under this action. This would include catch by 
anyone who is required to report catch to state or Federal agencies. As 
a result this action would apply to hundreds of small entities across 
Hawaii, although only the vessels participating in the MHI uku and 
precious coral fisheries are likely to be affected because these are 
the only fisheries with in-season AMs.
    For Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) purposes only, NMFS has 
established a small business size standard, including their affiliates, 
whose primary industry is commercial fishing (see 50 CFR 200.2). A 
business primarily engaged in commercial fishing (NAICS code 11411) is 
classified as a small business if it is independently owned and 
operated, is not dominant in its field of operation (including its 
affiliates), and has combined annual receipts not in excess of $11 
million for all its affiliated operations worldwide. Based on available 
information, NMFS has determined that all affected entities are small 
entities under the SBA definition of a small entity, i.e., they are 
engaged in the business of fish harvesting, are independently owned or 
operated, are not dominant in their field of operation, and have gross 
receipts not in excess of $11 million. Therefore, there would be no 
disproportionate economic impacts between large and small entities. 
Furthermore, there would be no disproportionate economic impacts among 
the universe of vessels based on gear, home port, or vessel length.
    Even though this proposed action would apply to a substantial 
number of vessels, this action should not result in significant adverse 
economic impacts to individual vessels. Furthermore, the proposed 
action will not disproportionately affect vessels by gear types, areas 
fished, or home ports, nor would it substantially affect effort among 
participants of these fisheries. Except for the MHI uku fishery, the 
proposed ACLs are the same as those implemented in recent years and 
recent catch has not been constrained by ACLs. The precious coral 
fishery is subject to an existing rule that implements an in-season 
closure for individual coral beds if NFMS projects that the ACL for 
that bed will be reached before the end of the fishing year. For the 
uku fishery, the proposed rule would implement a new measure that would 
close the fishery in Federal waters if NMFS projects that the ACL will 
be reached. NMFS and the Council are not considering in-season closures 
for the Kona crab or deepwater shrimp fisheries because fishery 
management agencies are not able to track catch in these fisheries 
relative to the ACLs during the fishing year. Therefore, there is no 
potential for effects on fishermen from a closure of the Kona crab or 
deepwater shrimp coral fisheries. A post-season review of the catch 
data would be required to determine whether any fishery exceeded its 
ACL by comparing the ACL to the most recent three-year average catch 
for which data is available. If an ACL is exceeded, the Council and 
NMFS would take action to mitigate the overage by reducing the ACL for 
that fishery in the subsequent year. If an ACL is exceeded more than 
once in a four-year period, the Council and NMFS would take action to 
correct the operational issue that caused the ACL overages. NMFS and 
the Council would evaluate the environmental, social, and economic 
impacts of future actions, such as changes to future ACLs or AMs, after 
the required data are available.
    The MHI uku fishery would be subject to a single-species ACL for 
the first time, as it has historically been subject to an ACL as part 
of a group of management unit species (MUS) managed as the non-Deep 7 
bottomfish. The other species within the non-Deep 7 MUS were 
reclassified as ecosystem component species and are no longer subject 
to an ACL. As this fishery would also be subject to an in-season AM for 
fishing years 2019 and 2020 that would close the fishery in Federal 
waters in the event that the catch reaches the ACL, this fishery could 
potentially be directly affected. Under the proposed alternative, the 
uku fishery may be constrained by the ACL set at 127,205 lb if catch 
levels are similar to those in 2017, when fishermen reported catch of 
131,841 lb of uku. However that was the only year in which catch would 
have exceeded an ACL of 127,205 lb out of the last seven years since 
ACLs were first specified, so NMFS expects that in most years the 
fishery would not reach the proposed ACL. If the fishery did close, it 
would likely be near the end of the fishing year, which could result in 
the fishery earning slightly lower revenue compared with the No Action 
Alternative. Though catch in 2017 was higher than the proposed ACL in 
2017, over the last ten years there has been no three-year period where 
uku catch reached the proposed ACL. The recent three-year averages are 
as follows: 105,980 lb average catch for the three years spanning 2014-
2016, 117,657 lb for 2015-2017, and 108,544 lb for 2016-2018. Based on 
recent fishing performance, and with the in-season accountability 
measure, the fishery is not likely to be subject to a post-season ACL 
overage adjustment. Between 2012 and 2017, an average of 297 fishermen 
reported catch of MHI uku using deep sea handline, inshore handline, 
and/or trolling with bait. NMFS estimates that up to 300 uku fishermen 
could potentially be directly affected by this action in any given 
year.
    The precious coral fishery is also subject to an in-season closure 
under existing regulations. However, since 2013 there has been only one 
participant in the fishery annually that could be directly affected by 
this action and catches have not exceed the ACLs. Based on recent 
fishing performance, and with the in-season accountability measure, the 
fishery is not likely to be subject to a post-season ACL overage 
adjustment.
    For most of the fisheries subject to this proposed action, 
fishermen would be able to fish throughout the entire year. The ACLs, 
as proposed, would not change the gear type, areas fished, effort, or 
participation of the fisheries during the fishing years under 
consideration. The proposed action does not duplicate, overlap, or 
conflict with other Federal rules and is not expected to have 
significant impact on small entities (as discussed above), 
organizations, or government jurisdictions. The proposed action also 
will not place a substantial number of small entities, or any segment 
of small entities, at a significant competitive disadvantage to large 
entities.

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    For the reasons above, NMFS does not expect the proposed action to 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. As a result, an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is 
not required and none has been prepared.

Executive Order 12866

    This proposed rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Executive Order 13771

    This proposed rule is not an Executive Order 13771 regulatory 
action because this rule is not significant under Executive Order 
12866.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 665

    Annual catch limits, Accountability measures, Bottomfish, Deepwater 
shrimp, Precious corals, Kona crab, Uku, Fisheries, Fishing, Hawaii, 
Pacific Islands.

    Dated: February 4, 2020.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, NMFS proposes to amend 50 
CFR part 665 as follows:

PART 665--FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC

0
1. The authority citation for 50 CFR part 665 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

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2. In Sec.  665.4, revise paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  665.4   Annual catch limits.

* * * * *
    (c) Exceptions. The Regional Administrator is not required to 
specify an annual catch limit for an ECS, or for an MUS that is 
statutorily excepted from the requirement pursuant to 50 CFR 
600.310(h)(1).
* * * * *
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3. In Sec.  665.204, revise paragraphs (h) and (i) to read as follows:


Sec.  665.204   Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (h) Fish for or possess any bottomfish MUS as defined in Sec.  
665.201, in the MHI management subarea after a closure of its 
respective fishery, in violation of Sec.  665.211.
    (i) Sell or offer for sale any bottomfish MUS as defined in Sec.  
665.201, after a closure of its respective fishery, in violation of 
Sec.  665.211.
* * * * *
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4. Revise Sec.  665.211 to read as follows:


Sec.  665.211   Annual Catch Limits (ACL).

    (a) In accordance with Sec.  665.4, the ACLs for MHI bottomfish 
fisheries for each fishing year are as follows:

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                                                                 2018-19 ACL      2019-20 ACL      2020-21 ACL
                           Fishery                                   (lb)             (lb)             (lb)
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Deep 7 bottomfish............................................         492,000          492,000          492,000
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                                                                       2019 ACL         2020 ACL         2021 ACL
                                                                         (lb)             (lb)             (lb)
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Uku..........................................................         127,205          127,205          127,205
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    (b) When a bottomfish ACL is projected to be reached based on 
analyses of available information, the Regional Administrator shall 
publish a notice to that effect in the Federal Register and shall use 
other means to notify permit holders. The notice will include an 
advisement that the fishery will be closed beginning at a specified 
date, which is not earlier than seven days after the date of filing the 
closure notice for public inspection at the Office of the Federal 
Register, until the end of the fishing year in which the ACL is 
reached.
    (c) On and after the date specified in Sec.  665.211(b), no person 
may fish for or possess any bottomfish MUS from a closed fishery in the 
MHI management subarea, except as otherwise allowed in this section.
    (d) On and after the date specified in Sec.  665.211(b), no person 
may sell or offer for sale any bottomfish MUS from a closed fishery, 
except as otherwise authorized by law.
    (e) Fishing for, and the resultant possession or sale of, any 
bottomfish MUS by vessels legally registered to Mau Zone, Ho'omalu 
Zone, or PRIA bottomfish fishing permits and conducted in compliance 
with all other laws and regulations, is exempted from this section.
0
5. Add Sec.  665.253 to read as follows:


Sec.  665.253   Annual Catch Limits (ACL).

    In accordance with Sec.  665.4, the ACLs for MHI crusteaceans for 
each fishing year are as follows:

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                             Fishery                              2019 ACL  (lb)  2020 ACL  (lb)  2021 ACL  (lb)
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Kona crab.......................................................           3,500              NA              NA
Deepwater shrimp................................................         250,733         250,733         250,733
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6. In Sec.  665.267, revise paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:


Sec.  665.263   Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) In a bed for which the ACL specified in Sec.  665.269 has been 
attained.
* * * * *
0
7. Revise Sec.  665.267 to read as follows:


Sec.  665.267   Seasons.

    The fishing year for precious coral begins on July 1 and ends on 
June 30 the following year.
0
8. In Sec.  665.268 revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:


Sec.  665.268   Closures.

    (a) If the Regional Administrator determines that the ACL for any 
coral bed will be reached prior to the end of the fishing year, NMFS 
shall publish a notice to that effect in the Federal Register and shall 
use other means to notify permit holders. Any such notice must indicate 
the fishery shall be closed, the reason for the closure, the specific 
bed being closed, and the effective date of the closure.
* * * * *
0
9. Revise Sec.  665.269 to read as follows:

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Sec.  665.269   Annual Catch Limits (ACL).

    (a) General. The ACLs limiting the amount of precious coral that 
may be taken in any precious coral permit area during the fishing year 
are listed paragraph (c) of this section. Only live coral is counted 
toward the ACL. The accounting period for each fishing year for all 
precious coral ACLs begins July 1 and ends June 30 of the following 
year.
    (b) Reserves and reserve release. The ACL for exploratory area X-P-
H will be held in reserve for harvest by vessels of the United States 
in the following manner:
    (1) At the start of the fishing year, the reserve for the Hawaii 
exploratory areas will equal the ACL minus the estimated domestic 
annual harvest for that year.
    (2) As soon as practicable after December 31 each year, the 
Regional Administrator will determine the amount harvested by vessels 
of the United States between July 1 and December 31 of the year that 
just ended on December 31.
    (3) NMFS will release to TALFF an amount of Hawaii precious coral 
for each exploratory area equal to the ACL minus two times the amount 
harvested by vessels of the United States in that July 1-December 31 
period.
    (4) NMFS will publish in the Federal Register a notification of the 
Regional Administrator's determination and a summary of the information 
on which it is based as soon as practicable after the determination is 
made.
    (c) In accordance with Sec.  665.4, the ACLs for MHI precious coral 
permit areas for each fishing year are as follows:

                                            Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
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           Type of coral bed              Area and coral group    2019 ACL  (lb)  2020 ACL  (lb)  2021 ACL  (lb)
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Established bed.......................  Auau Channel--Black                5,512           5,512           5,512
                                         coral.
                                        Makapuu Bed--Pink and              2,205           2,205           2,205
                                         red coral.
                                        Makapuu Bed--Bamboo                  551             551             551
                                         coral.
Conditional Beds......................  180 Fathom Bank--Pink                489             489             489
                                         and red coral.
                                        180 Fathom Bank--Bamboo              123             123             123
                                         coral.
                                        Brooks Bank--Pink and                979             979             979
                                         red coral.
                                        Brooks Bank--Bamboo                  245             245             245
                                         coral.
                                        Kaena Point Bed--Pink                148             148             148
                                         and red coral.
                                        Kaena Point Bed--Bamboo               37              37              37
                                         coral.
                                        Keahole Bed--Pink and                148             148             148
                                         red coral.
                                        Keahole Bed--Bamboo                   37              37              37
                                         coral.
Exploratory Area......................  Hawaii--precious coral..           2,205           2,205           2,205
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    Note 1 to Sec.  665.269:  No fishing for coral is authorized in 
refugia.


    Note 2 to Sec.  665.269:  A moratorium on gold coral harvesting 
is in effect through June 30, 2023.

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