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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BM87 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Changes to Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits in Longline Fisheries 
Abstract:

Under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), NMFS proposes to implement provisions of recent decisions of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC). This rulemaking would implement changes to the WCPFC longline bigeye tuna catch limit for the United States. The numerical limit would change pursuant to agreements with the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. As such agreements, and the revenue they produced, are no longer authorized under CMM 2023-01, this rulemaking would have some economic effects on these territories.

 
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 300   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  08/06/2024  89 FR 63841   
Interim Final Rule Effective  08/06/2024 
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  09/05/2024 
Final Action  04/00/2025 
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:
Sarah Malloy
Acting 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: sarah.malloy@noaa.gov