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DOC/NOAA

RIN: 0648-BF58

Publication ID: Spring 2016

Title: ●Fisheries off West Coast States; Tribal Usual and Accustomed Fishing Areas
Abstract: This rule implements a 2015 judicial decision stemming from litigation between the Makah, Quinault, and Quileute tribes regarding the boundaries of their tribal fishing rights. The court expanded the boundaries for the usual and accustomed fishing areas for the Quinault Indian Nation and the Quileute Tribe. The rule will revise the regulations that describe the Quinault Indian Nations and the Quileute Tribes usual and accustomed fishing areas, and make related revisions and organization changes to tribal regulations, including regulations pertaining to West Coast Groundfish Fisheries, Coastal Pelagic Fisheries, and Pacific Halibut Fisheries. This rule has no proposed stage because it makes mandatory technical changes to the geographic boundaries of the tribes' fishing grounds per court order. NMFS has no discretion in implementation of the order and the rule does not treat other substantive issues.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite Final Action  07/00/2016

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
Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr. Regional Administrator, West Coast Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115 Phone:206 526-6150 Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov