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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Bluefin Tuna General Category Effort Controls and Related Regulations
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on February 23, 2024. Comments closed on March 25, 2024.
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What the agency says
NMFS is proposing to codify a schedule of restricted-fishing days (RFDs) for the 2024 fishing year and subsequent fishing years; reestablish a General category default retention limit for large medium or giant bluefin tuna (BFT) on open days; and make clarifications to the BFT dealer regulations and the definition of a bluefin statistical document (BSD) tag. This proposed action is necessary to increase the likelihood of pacing General category landings to extend fishing opportunities through a greater portion of the General category time period subquotas. Lastly, this proposed action would clarify existing regulations to ensure better understanding and compliance by General category quota participants.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-03594
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Published
- February 23, 2024
- Comments due
- March 25, 2024
- Dates
- Written comments may be submitted via https:// www.regulations.gov and must be received by March 25, 2024. Comments may also be submitted at a public hearing or webinar. NMFS will hold a public hearing via conference call and webinar for this proposed rule on March 19, 2024, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Time. Information for registering and accessing the webinar can be found at https:// www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/proposed-rule-set-general-category- effort-controls-and-clarify-related-atlantic-bluefin-tuna. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directe
- Docket
- Docket No. 240213-0046
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0648-BM66
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 635
- Topics
- Fisheries; Fishing; Fishing vessels; Foreign relations; Imports; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Statistics; Treaties
- Pages
- 8
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