Director, Office for International Affairs and Seafood Inspection

0648-BH89 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act; Lifting the Stay on Inclusion of Shrimp and Abalone in the Seafood Import Monitoring Program

In Section 539 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Congress mandated lifting the stay on inclusion of shrimp and abalone in Seafood Import Monitoring Program within 30 days of enactment of the Appropriations Act and establishing a compliance date no later than December 31, 2018. This rule will lift the stay on inclusion of shrimp and abalone in Seafood Import Monitoring Program and provide notice of the compliance dates for shrimp and abalone species originating from both wild capture fisheries and aquaculture operations. It is not anticipated that the permitting, reporting and recordkeeping requirements of Seafood Import Monitoring Program will significantly reduce current levels of imports in shrimp and abalone products. Lifting the stay on inclusion of shrimp and abalone in the program has been anticipated by the trade since the final rule for Seafood Import Monitoring Program was published on December 9, 2016. Consequently, this action is administrative in nature.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 50 CFR 300 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Statutory Final 04/23/2018 Sec 539 of Pub. L. 115-141 No Final Action 05/00/2018 No Businesses Federal No No No Yes 0648-BF09 Related to 0648-BH87 Related to John Henderschedt Director, Office for International Affairs and Seafood Inspection 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 301 427-8314 john.henderschedt@noaa.gov 1315 East-West Highway, Room 10362, Silver Spring MD 20910