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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AP61 Publication ID: Spring 2003 
Title: Implement a Vessel Monitoring System Under the South Pacific Tuna Act 
Abstract: This rulemaking will implement an electronic vessel monitoring system under the South Pacific Tuna Act. The system is satellite-based with individual U.S. purse seine vessels providing automatic location information to the Forum Fisheries Agency located in Honiara, Solomon Islands. This rule will require that all U.S. purse seine vessels operating within the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Area shall participate and shall install and operate a transponder of the type and in such a manner as agreed upon by the parties to the "Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America" (implemented as the South Pacific Tuna Act). 
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 300   
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2003    
NPRM Comment Period End  02/00/2004    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Dr. Charles Karnella
Pacific Islands Area Office
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Suite 1110, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard,
Honolulu, HI 96814-4700
Phone:808 973-2985
Fax:808 973-2941
Email: charles.karnella@noaa.gov