0648-BE07 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Framework Adjustment 25 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan

The purpose of Framework 25 is to set management measures for the scallop fishery for the 2014 fishing year, including the annual catch limits and annual catch targets for the limited access and limited access general category fleets, as well as days-at-sea allocations and sea scallop access area trip allocations. In addition, Framework 25 will also include an adjustment to the fishing mortality limit in scallop fishery open areas (those fished under days at sea) in order to allow more harvest from open areas while not exceeding overfishing limits for the fishery; considers allowing pounds that went unharvested in Closed Area I in 2012 and 2013 to be landed in a future year; develops Southern windowpane flounder Accountability Measures; and provides Full-Time vessels the option to exchange their allocated Delmarva Access Area trip for five days-at-sea.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 50 CFR 648 16 USC 1801 et seq No NPRM 05/09/2014 79 FR 26690 NPRM Comment Period End 05/27/2014 Final Action 06/16/2014 79 FR 34251 Yes Businesses None No No Yes No John Bullard K. Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 978 281-9287 john.bullard@noaa.gov 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester MA 01930