View Rule

View EO 12866 Meetings Printer-Friendly Version     Download RIN Data in XML
DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BA13 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: ●Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery 
Abstract: This rule would implement a Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery which is a state controlled fishery. This program is voluntary and holders of valid limited entry permits issued by the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to operate in the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery are eligible to participate. Permit holders in the program will receive up to $23.5 million, in the aggregate, in exchange for relinquishing permits. NMFS would issue a 30-year loan to finance the buyback and the loan would be repaid by those harvesters remaining in the fishery. The intent of this rule is to permanently reduce the most harvesting capacity in the fishery at the least cost, which should result in increased harvesting productivity for post-reduction permit holders participating in the fishery and should improve flexibility in the conservation and management of the fishery. The rule would also establish a fee collection system to ensure repayment of the loan. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq    46 USC 53701 et seq    PL 108-447    PL 109-447    PL 110-161   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Emily Menashes
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2234
Email: emily.menashes@noaa.gov