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RIN: 0648-BG78

Publication ID: Spring 2018

Title: International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits in Longline Fisheries for 2017
Abstract: Under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, this rule would implement a recent decision of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Commission). The rule would decrease an existing limit on catches of bigeye tuna by U.S. longline vessels in 2017. The 2017 limit is currently set at 3,345 metric tons. However, as the United States exceeded its 2016 longline bigeye tuna catch limit, it has agreed to an adjustment to its 2017 limit to account for the overage, pursuant to the Commission's "Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye, Yellowfin and Skipjack Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean" (CMM 2016-01). This action is necessary for the United States to satisfy its international obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, to which it is a Contracting Party.
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
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	08/04/2017	82 FR 36341
Interim Final Rule Effective	08/04/2017
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	09/05/2017
Final Action	05/00/2018

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
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