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RIN: 0648-BC14

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit in Longline Fishery for 2012
Abstract: This rule implemented the March 2012 decision of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Commission) to extend until February 28, 2013, the longline bigeye tuna catch limits the Commission adopted in 2008. If not extended, the Commissions longline bigeye tuna catch limits would have expired in March 2012. The Commissions objective was to reduce the longline fishing mortality rate on bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Pursuant to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, 16 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to implement regulations to carry out the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, including the implementation of Commission decisions. This rule satisfied those obligations by establishing a 2012 bigeye tuna catch limit in the western and central Pacific Ocean applicable to U.S. longline vessels other than those associated with fisheries in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
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 300
Legal Authority: 16 USC 6901

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	08/27/2012	77 FR 51709

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX59
Agency Contact: Michael Tosatto Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818 Phone:808 725-5000 Email: michael.tosatto@noaa.gov