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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Electronic Reporting Requirements
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 6, 2024. Comments closed on January 6, 2025.
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What the agency says
NMFS is proposing to modify and/or expand reporting requirements for Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS), including reporting by commercial, for-hire, and private recreational vessel owners and dealers. This proposed action would require vessel owners, who currently report in existing paper commercial logbooks (i.e., Atlantic HMS logbook and the Southeast Coastal Fisheries Logbook Program), to report electronically. NMFS is also proposing to implement new logbook requirements for vessel owners holding HMS Charter/Headboat permits or Atlantic Tunas General category permits, Atlantic Tunas Harpoon category permits, and/or Swordfish General Commercial permits. This proposed action would modify reporting options for private recreational vessel owners holding HMS Angling permits. Additionally, HMS dealers would be required to report individual fish weights for additional species (i.e., Atlantic bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack (BAYS) tunas, swordfish, and pelagic sharks). All HMS reporting would become electronic, using systems or applications approved by NMFS for Atlantic HMS. Finally, this proposed action would make technical changes to clarify certain HMS regulations.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-19892
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Published
- September 6, 2024
- Comments due
- January 6, 2025
- Dates
- Written comments must be received by January 6, 2025. Three public webinars will be held on the dates listed in table 1 of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
- Docket
- Docket No. 240829-0229
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0648-BM23
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 635
- Topics
- Fisheries; Fishing; Fishing vessels; Foreign relations; Imports; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Statistics; Treaties
- Pages
- 24
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