0648-BG22 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Fishing Restriction on Silky Shark and Fish Aggregating Device Data Collection and Identification in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

This rule would implement two Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolutions. 1) Per Resolution C-16-01, "Collection and Analyses of Data On Fish-Aggregating Devices," this rule would require the owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel to paint a unique marker on each fish aggregating device used in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area. In addition, the vessel owner or operator would be required to record information about the fish aggregating device, such as the type and design, described in the Resolution. 2) Per Resolution C-16-06, "Conservation Measures for Shark Species, with special emphasis on the silky shark for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019," this rule would prohibit the owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel from retaining on board, transshipping, landing, or storing, in part or whole, carcasses of silky sharks caught by purse-seine vessels in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area. In addition, this rule would limit the bycatch of silky sharks on U.S. longline vessels to a maximum of 20 percent of the total catch by fishing trip in weight.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 300 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. Statutory Final 01/01/2017 The effective date of the IATTC Resolution is January 1, 2017. No NPRM 11/00/2016 No Businesses Federal No No No Yes William Stelle Jr. Regional Administrator, West Coast Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 206 526-6150 will.stelle@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle WA 98115