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RIN: 0648-AU71

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Western Pacific Fishery Ecosystem Plans and Regulatory Reorganization
Abstract: New Fishery Ecosystem Plans (FEPs) developed by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council would employ ecosystem approaches to fishery management. The five place-based FEPs (Pelagics, American Samoa, Hawaii, Mariana Islands, and Pacific Remote Island Areas) would replace the five existing species-based fishery management plans (Pelagics, Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish, Crustaceans, Precious Corals, and Coral Reef Ecosystems). This action would also reorganize western Pacific regulations in 50 CFR 665 geographically according to the new FEPs, making the regulations better organized and easier to use for managers, the regulated community, and the general public.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2008
NPRM Comment Period End	12/00/2008

Additional Information: This action was previously reported as RIN 0648-AV27 (fishery ecosystem plans) and RIN 0648-AU71 (regulatory reorganization). The two actions have been combined into 0648-AU71.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Merged with 0648-AV27
Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96814 Phone:808 944-2207 Fax:808 973-2941 Email: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov