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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BM26 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: Confidentiality of Information; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act 
Abstract:

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issues revisions to existing regulations that govern the confidentiality of information submitted in compliance with any requirement or regulation under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act or MSA). NMFS has determined that updates to these regulations are needed to implement MSA 402(b), as amended, and to address inefficiencies in its current procedures for maintaining the confidentiality of information which do not reflect current practices for the collection, transmission, management, and dissemination of fisheries data. NMFS updates and modernizes its regulatory framework for protection of confidential information to reflect advances in the methods available to evaluate, summarize, display, and release data. NMFS expects that the updates in this final rule clarify its handling of MSA confidential information for the fishing industry, non-profit organizations, and researchers.

 
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:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/11/2024  89 FR 17358   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/25/2024 
Final Action  12/00/2024 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Evan Howell
Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 427-8100
Email: evan.howell@noaa.gov