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RIN: 0648-AV00

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Essential Fish Habitat
Abstract: This rule would update Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS). This rulemaking would consider alternatives for different EFH identifications and descriptions, analyze fishing and non-fishing impacts on any resulting changes to EFH, and consider measures to minimize any adverse fishing and non-fishing impacts on the revised EFH. EFH for Atlantic HMS was originally identified and described in the 1999 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks, and in the 1999 Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Billfish FMP. As part of the 5-year review and update required by the EFH regulatory guidelines, NMFS reviewed all new and existing EFH data in the Consolidated HMS FMP and determined that changes to existing EFH may be warranted. This rulemaking would constitute the second phase of the 5-year review and update by potentially modifying some of the existing EFH.
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 635
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13362, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 713-2334 Fax:301 713-0596 Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov