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DOC/NOAA | RIN: 0648-BF51 | Publication ID: Fall 2016 |
Title: Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology | |
Abstract: In 2004, the National Marine Fisheries Service published a technical memorandum that provided information that could be used to develop standardized objectives, protocols, and precision goals for data collection to assess bycatch that would support improved understanding of stock- and fishery-specific trends and inform research priorities for minimizing bycatch while supporting the use of a variety of data collection forms. The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing an interpretive rule building on the 2004 technical memorandum and addressing section 303(a)(11) requirements of the Magnuson Stevens Act, that would ensure, in cooperation with the Fishery Management Councils, consistent minimum standards for collection, documentation, and data reporting methodologies, including consideration of factors needed for management goals such as characteristics of sampling design, practicable scientific methods and techniques available for quality control and improvement, and ecosystem impacts. | |
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600 | |
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
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 |