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RIN: 0648-BA89

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act; Identification and Certification Procedures to Address Shark Conservation
Abstract: NMFS amends identification and certification procedures to implement the Shark Conservation Act (P.L. 111-348), which amended the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. Under the amendments made by the Shark Conservation Act, NMFS must identify nations whose fishing vessels have engaged in high seas fisheries targeting or incidentally catching sharks not subject to a regulatory program for the conservation of sharks comparable to that of the United States, taking into account different conditions, as required under the Shark Conservation Act. NMFS will subsequently certify whether identified nations have adopted regulatory programs governing the conservation of sharks that are comparable to U.S. programs, taking into account different conditions, and established management plans for sharks. The absence of sufficient steps may lead to prohibitions on the importation of certain fisheries products into the United States and other measures. NMFS also amends the existing regulatory definition of "illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing." NMFS also makes other technical amendments to the regulations.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Other Significant
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 1826d-1826k

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	The rule needs to be published by December 4, 2011, due to the 30-day delay in effectiveness.	01/04/2012

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/10/2012	77 FR 40553
Final Action	01/16/2013	78 FR 3338

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers Division Chief Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 713-9090 Fax:301 713-9106 Email: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov