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RIN: 0648-BA66

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: Implement Recommendations Adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, as amended, to implement decisions of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). At its 81st meeting, in September 2010, the IATTC adopted the following three recommendations: (1) Recommendation on Tuna Conservation 2011-2013 (C-10-01); (2) Recommendation on Seabirds (C-10-02); and (3) Recommendation Prohibiting Fishing on Data Buoys (C-10-03). The United States already has domestic seabird conservation measures in place for U.S. longline fisheries that operate in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) that satisfy the requirements under Recommendation C-10-02. Thus, this rule would implement IATTC Recommendations C-10-01 and C-10-03. This rule would amend current tuna conservation measures in the longline and purse seine fisheries by (1) reducing the duration of the purse seine closure period in the EPO from 73 to 62 days in 2011 and continuing this purse seine closure period in 2012 and 2013; (2) allowing vessel owners to choose between two closure periods each year rather than requiring the entire U.S. fleet to adhere to one closure period; (3) continuing the 500 metric ton bigeye tuna quota for large-scale longline vessels for 2011-2013; (4) renewing the tuna retention program in the purse seine fishery; and (5) prohibiting tuna fishing vessels from fishing within 1 nautical mile of data buoys in the EPO.
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
Legal Authority: 16 USC 951 to 961 16 USC 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	07/07/2011	76 FR 39808
ANPRM Comment Period End	07/27/2011
NPRM	01/00/2012

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	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: No
Agency Contact: Heidi Hermsmeyer IATTC Coordinator Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 Phone:562 980-4036 Fax:562 980-4047 Email: heidi.hermsmeyer@noaa.gov