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Environmental assessment : 2018 Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories, including a Regulatory Impact Review (RIN 0648-XG025)
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Alternative Title:2018 Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories, including a Regulatory Impact Review (RIN 0648-XG025);Regulatory Impact Review (RIN 0648-XG025);
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Description:The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to specify a 2018 catch limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) for each of the pelagic longline fisheries of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. NMFS also proposes to authorize each U.S. territory to allocate up to 1,000 t of its 2,000 t bigeye tuna limit to a U.S. longline fishing vessel or vessels holding a valid permit issued under Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 665.801 (50 CFR 665.801) and identified in a valid specified fishing agreement with a territory. NMFS would attribute the catches of bigeye tuna made by vessels identified in a valid specified fishing agreement to the territory to which the agreement applies in accordance with the procedures set forth in 50 CFR 665.819. NMFS applies funds received under a specified fishing agreement toward fisheries development projects identified in a territorial marine conservation plan (MCP). NMFS would monitor catches of bigeye tuna caught by the longline fisheries of each territory, including catches made by longline vessels operating under specified fishing agreements. As an accountability measure (AM), NMFS would prohibit the retention of longline-caught bigeye tuna by vessels in the applicable territory (if NMFS projects the territorial limit will be reached), and/or by vessels operating under the applicable specified fishing agreement (if NMFS projects the allocation limit will be reached). At its 172nd meeting held March 14-16, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) recommended that NMFS implement the proposed catch and allocation limits and AM for 2018. The recommended limits are identical to those that NMFS implemented in 2014 (79 FR 64097, October 28, 2014), 2015 (80 FR 61767, October 14, 2015; 80 FR 68778, November 6, 2015), 2016 (81 FR 63145, September 14, 2016), and 2017 (82 FR 47644, October 13, 2017).
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