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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BC09 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan 
Abstract: Amendment 7 focuses on bluefin tuna fishery management issues consistent with the need to end overfishing and rebuild the stock. Measures in draft Amendment 7 address several of the long-standing challenges facing the fishery and will analyze, among other things, revisiting quota allocations; reducing and accounting for dead discards; adding or modifying time/area closures or gear-restricted areas; and improving the reporting and monitoring of dead discards and landings in all categories. 
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 et seq    16 USC 971 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice  04/23/2012  77 FR 24161   
Notice  06/08/2012  77 FR 34025   
NPRM  08/21/2013  78 FR 52032   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  09/18/2013  78 FR 57340   
Public Hearing  11/05/2013  78 FR 66327   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  12/11/2013  78 FR 75327   
Public Hearing  12/26/2013  78 FR 78322   
Final Action  12/00/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
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