Environmental assessment for the implementation of the decisions of the fifth regular annual session of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean ; Implementation of the decisions of the fifth Regular Annual Session of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean ; Specific analysis on bigeye tuna catch limits in longline fisheries in 2009, 2010, and 2011 ; Environmental assessment for the implementation of the decisions of the Fifth Regular Annual Session of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean : fishing restrictions and observer requirements in purse seine fisheries for 2009-2011 and turtle mitigation requirements in purse seine fisheries and bigeye tuna catch limits in longline fisheries in 2009, 2010, and 2011 ;

"The Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) adopted several Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs) at its Fifth Regular Session, in Busan, Republic of Korea, in December 2008. Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, sets forth specific provisions that seek to reduce fishing mortality on western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and control fishing mortality on WCPO yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), including specific bigeye tuna catch limits for longline fisheries operating in the WCPO. Pursuant to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; Pub. L. 109-479, Sec 501, et seq., and codified at 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), the National Marine Fisheries Service is promulgating regulations to implement the WCPFC's bigeye tuna catch limit for the WCPO longline fisheries of the United States"--Cover letter summary.

Environmental Assessment

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)