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DOC/NOAA | RIN: 0648-AU89 | Publication ID: Fall 2008 |
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures | |
Abstract: This rule would reevaluate the management measures for large coastal sharks (LCS) and pelagic sharks based on the 2005/2006 LCS stock assessment, the 2006 dusky shark stock assessment, and the Canadian 2005 porbeagle shark stock assessment. This rulemaking could consider, among other things, changes to existing rebuilding plans for overfished species, commercial quotas and trip limits, recreational minimum size and bag limits, and the public display quota. In addition, this rule would likely reevaluate the Mid-Atlantic shark closure and its role in the rebuilding plan for LCS. This action is necessary in light of recent stock assessments, which have determined that dusky and sandbar sharks are overfished with overfishing occurring, the status is unknown for the Atlantic blacktip shark population, and porbeagle sharks are likely overfished. In addition, the 2005/2006 LCS stock assessment determined it is inappropriate to assess the LCS complex as a whole, which has been the basis of managing these species since 1993. | |
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 | |
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: OMB approval for collection-of-information under PRA package 0040 occurred on June 23, 2008, while the final rule for 0648-AU89 was at the Federal Register for publication. Therefore, NMFS is doing an additional final rule to implement the recordkeeping and reporting requirements under PRA 0040. This final rule is tracked under the "other/final rule" stage of RIN 0648-AU89. | |
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 |