{"abstract":"NMFS is implementing measures included in Framework Adjustment 19 (Framework 19) to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which was developed by the New England Fishery Management Council (Council). Framework 19 was developed to achieve the following management measures for the scallop fishery: Limited access scallop fishery specifications for 2008 and 2009 (open area days-at-sea (DAS) and Sea Scallop Access Area (access area) trip allocations); Elephant Trunk Access Area (ETAA) and Delmarva Access Area (Delmarva) in-season trip adjustment procedures; new Hudson Canyon Access Area (HCAA) measures; DAS allocation adjustment measures if an access area yellowtail flounder (yellowtail) total allowable catch (TAC) is caught; adjustments to the scallop overfishing definition; a prohibition on deckloading of scallops on access area trips; adjustments to the industry-funded observer program; a 30-day vessel monitoring system (VMS) power down provision; general category access area specifications for 2008 and 2009; and general category measures dependent on the implementation of Amendment 11 to the FMP, including a quarterly TAC, 2008 and 2009 general category quota allocations, and individual fishing quota (IFQ) permit cost recovery program requirements. NMFS has disapproved the Council's recommendation to eliminate the September 1 through October 31 ETAA seasonal closure, which was implemented under Framework 18 to the FMP to reduce sea turtle interactions with the scallop fishery. NMFS determined that the Council's recommendation would not be consistent with National Standards 2 and 9 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act).","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2008/05/29/08-1300.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":648,"title":50}],"citation":"73 FR 30790","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective June 1, 2008, except Sec. 648.4(a)(2)(ii)(D)(2), (a)(2)(ii)(E), (a)(2)(ii)(H), and (a)(2)(ii)(I)(3), Sec. 648.14(i)(1)(xx) and (i)(2)(xvii), and Sec. 648.59(a)(3)(ii), (b)(5)(ii), (c)(5)(ii), (d)(5)(ii), and (e)(4)(ii) as amended in instruction 9, which are effective July 1, 2008, and Sec. 648.11(h)(vii)(G) through (J), which contain collection-of-information requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). NMFS will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the effective date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 070817467-8554-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"08-1300","effective_on":"2008-06-01","end_page":30811,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2008/05/29/08-1300.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/05/29/08-1300/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-atlantic-sea-scallop-fishery-framework-adjustment-19","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/08-1300?publication_date=2008-05-29","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2008-05-29/08-1300/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":22,"page_views":{"count":53,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 20:15:14 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-05-29/pdf/08-1300.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2008-05-29","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2008/05/29/08-1300.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-AV90":{"issue":"200804","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-AV90/framework-adjustment-19-to-the-atlantic-sea-scallop-fishery-management-plan","title":"Framework Adjustment 19 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200804&RIN=0648-AV90&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-AV90"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-14T05:53:03Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":30790,"subtype":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 19","toc_doc":"Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 19","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Fisheries","Fishing"],"type":"Rule","volume":73}