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RIN: 0648-AV63

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Initial Implementation of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act
Abstract: This action will implement, in part, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (WCPFC) Implementation Act, which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations needed to carry out the obligations of the United States under the WCPFC. The action will include regulations applicable to owners and operators of U.S. vessels used to fish for highly migratory fish stocks in the western and central Pacific ocean, possibly including requirements to, among others, obtain authorization to fish, carry position-fixing transmitters as part of a vessel monitoring system, accommodate observers from a regional observer program, report fishing activity, accept boarding and inspection by authorized inspectors of other members of the Commission, and to prohibit transshipping at sea from purse seine vessels.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 15 CFR 902
Legal Authority: 44 USC 3501 et seq PL 109-479

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2008
NPRM Comment Period End	12/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella Pacific Islands Area Office Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Suite 1110, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96814-4700 Phone:808 973-2985 Fax:808 973-2941 Email: charles.karnella@noaa.gov