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RIN: 0648-BI55

Publication ID: Spring 2019

Title: ●Approving Changes to the Area 2A Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and Implementing Annual Management Measures for 2019
Abstract: This action would implement the 2019 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (Plan). The Plan allocates the International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area 2A Pacific halibut catch limit between the Washington treaty tribes that fish for Pacific halibut, and Washington, Oregon, and California directed and incidental commercial fisheries and recreational fisheries. For 2019, the Pacific Fishery Management Council recommended several minor changes to the portion of the Plan covering recreational fishery seasons. The changes would provide flexible inseason management and expand season length. Separately, but using this rule, this action would update the regulatory definition of the treaty tribal fishing subarea to reflect a recent court-ordered revision in United States v. Washington, 2:70-cv-09213-RSM, (W.D. Wash. Mar. 5, 2018). This court order set forth updated boundaries of the usual and accustomed fishing areas in the Pacific Ocean for the Quileute Indian Tribe and Quinault Indian Nation, which are used to define the western boundary of Subarea 2A-1 in regulation at 50 CFR part 300.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed 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. 1801 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 5501 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 773 to 773k 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. 31 U.S.C. 9701 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/00/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
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
Related RINs: Related to 0648-BH45, Related to 0648-BH97
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