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RIN: 0648-BG22

Publication ID: Spring 2017

Title: International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Fishing Restriction on Silky Shark and Fish Aggregating Device Data Collection and Identification in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Abstract: This rule implemented two Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolutions. 1) Per Resolution C-16-01, "Collection and Analyses of Data On Fish-Aggregating Devices," this rule required the owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel to paint a unique marker on each fish aggregating device used in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area. In addition, the vessel owner or operator was required to record information about the fish aggregating device, such as the type and design, described in the Resolution. 2) Per Resolution C-16-06, "Conservation Measures for Shark Species, with special emphasis on the silky shark for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019," this rule prohibited the owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel from retaining on board, transshipping, landing, or storing, in part or whole, carcasses of silky sharks caught by purse-seine vessels in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area. In addition, this rule limited the bycatch of silky sharks on U.S. longline vessels to a maximum of 20 percent of the total catch by fishing trip in weight.
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 U.S.C. 951 et seq.

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	The effective date of the IATTC Resolution is January 1, 2017.	01/01/2017

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	10/11/2016	81 FR 70080
NPRM Comment Period End	11/10/2016
Final Action	12/02/2016	81 FR 86966
Final Action Effective	01/01/2017

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
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: No
Agency Contact: Barry Thom Regional Administrator, West Coast Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232 Phone:503 231-6266 Email: barry.thom@noaa.gov