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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BH80 Publication ID: Spring 2018 
Title: ●Framework Adjustment to Modify a Commercial Accountability Measure in the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan 
Abstract: As per action by the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, this rule would propose to adjust the current pound-for-pound accountability measures required for non-landings overages (i.e., overages that occur because of higher-than-expected dead discard estimates) in the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. When overages cannot be addressed through a landings-based accountability measure alone, this action would allow for a scaled payback of an annual catch limit overage, depending on the condition of the stock rather than a pound-for-pound payback of the annual catch limit overage. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2018 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Michael Pentony
Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone:978 281-9283
Email: michael.pentony@noaa.gov