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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AX85 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery 
Abstract: This action would adjust regulations governing the U.S. Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery to enable more thorough utilization of the available U.S. quota, while continuing efforts to end BFT overfishing by 2010, rebuild the BFT stock by 2019, and minimize bycatch and bycatch mortality to the extent practicable. The U.S. BFT quota is derived from the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and implemented under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act. For the past several years, the U.S. Atlantic BFT fishery has not fully harvested the available quota, particularly the BFT commercial subquotas. This action follows consideration of public comment collected via an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on several issues regarding Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries, and contains measures raised during the 2009 BFT quota specifications rulemaking and at recent meetings of the Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801    16 USC 971   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  06/01/2009  74 FR 26174   
ANPRM Comment Period End  08/31/2009    
NPRM  11/04/2009  74 FR 57128   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/21/2009    
NPRM Comment Period Extended  12/24/2009  74 FR 68414   
NPRM Comment Period Extended End  03/31/2010    
Final Action  08/00/2011    
Additional Information: Agency Contact: Alan D. Risenhoover Title: Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS Address: 1315 East-West Highway #13350, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  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:
Alan Risenhoover
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13362,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2334
Fax:301 713-0596
Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov