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Environmental assessment for a proposed rule to implement decisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, transshipping, bunkering, reporting, and purse seine discard requirements
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2012
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Alternative Title:Transshipping, bunkering, reporting, and purse seine discard requirements;Finding of No Significant Impact and environmental assessment;
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Description:"NMFS is implementing provisions adopted by the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (hereafter Commission or WCPFC) in Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs) 2009-06, 2009-01, 2010-02, 2009-02. The specific provisions include the following: (1) reporting requirements for transshipments in the WCPFC area (Convention Area) or of fish caught in the Convention Area and transshipped elsewhere; (2) notification requirements for transshipments on the high seas or for emergency transshipments that would otherwise be prohibited; (3) observer coverage for transshipments at sea; (4) limitations on the categories of vessels with which transshipping and bunkering may be conducted; (5) requirements regarding notification of entry into and exit from a particular area of the high seas (Eastern High Seas Special Management Area or Eastern SMA); (6) requirements regarding discards from purse seine fishing vessels; (7) provisions regarding net sharing (i.e., the transfer of fish that have not yet been loaded on board any fishing vessel from the purse seine net of one vessel to another fishing vessel) for purse seine fishing vessels; and (8) several amendments or technical corrections to regulatory language at 50 CFR part 300 subpart O"--Cover letter summary.
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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