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RIN: 0648-BF09

Publication ID: Spring 2016

Title: Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act; Seafood Import Monitoring Program
Abstract: On March 15, 2015, the Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud (Task Force), co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, published its action plan to implement Task Force recommendations for a comprehensive framework of integrated programs to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and seafood fraud. The plan identifies actions that will strengthen enforcement, create and expand partnerships with state and local governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations, and create a traceability program to track seafood from harvest to entry into U.S. commerce, including the use of existing traceability mechanisms. As part of that plan, NMFS proposes regulatory changes to improve the administration of the MSA prohibition on the entry into interstate or foreign commerce of any fish taken in violation of any foreign law or regulation. The rule includes adjustments to permitting and reporting requirements to provide for traceability of seafood products offered for entry into the U.S. supply chain, and to ensure that these products were lawfully acquired and are properly labeled. Requirements for an international trade permit and reporting on the origin of certain imported or exported fishery products were previously established by regulations applicable to a number of specified fishery products. This rulemaking would extend those existing permitting and reporting requirements to additional fish species and seafood products.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 50 CFR 600
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1857

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/05/2016	81 FR 6210
NPRM Comment Period End	04/05/2016
Final Action	08/00/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	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: Yes
Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX63
Agency Contact: John Henderschedt Director, Office for International Affairs and Seafood Inspection Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway, Room 10362, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 427-8314 Email: john.henderschedt@noaa.gov