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RIN: 0648-AU79

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Restrictions for 2007 Purse Seine and Longline Fisheries in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service announces the 2007 conservation and management measures for international tuna fisheries in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The purse seine fishery will be closed for six weeks from August 1, 2007, to September 11, 2007, and any national longline fishery that reaches a catch level for bigeye tuna equal to the 2001 catch levels will also be closed. The intended effect of this rule is to limit fishing mortality caused by purse seine fishing and longline fishing in the ETP, and to contribute to long-term conservation of the tuna stocks at levels that support healthy fisheries. This will conform to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission recommendation that was approved by the State Department.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Authority: 16 USC 951 to 961 16 USC 971

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/26/2007	72 FR 8333
NPRM Comment Period End	03/28/2007
Final Rule	06/04/2007	72 FR 30711

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: Yes
Agency Contact: Mark Helvey Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 Phone:562 980-4040 Fax:562 980-4047 Email: mark.helvey@noaa.gov