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RIN: 0648-AV51

Publication ID: Spring 2011

Title: Certification of Nations Whose Fishing Vessels Are Engaged in IUU Fishing or Bycatch of Protected Living Marine Resources
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is establishing a process of identification and certification to address illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) activities and bycatch of protected species in international fisheries. Nations whose fishing vessels engage, or have been engaged, in IUU fishing or bycatch of protected living marine resources would be identified in a biennial report to Congress, as required under section 403 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) of 2006 which amended the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. Under the final regulations, NMFS would subsequently certify whether identified nations have taken appropriate corrective action with respect to the activities of its fishing vessels.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq 16 USC 1826(d) to1826(k)

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Report due to Congress 16 USC 1826h	01/12/2011

Overall Description of Deadline: Report on countries identified as having vessels engaged in IUU fishing.

Timetable:

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Related RINs: Related to 0648-AV23	Related Agencies: Common: null/null;
Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers Division Chief Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 713-9090 Fax:301 713-9106 Email: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov