[Federal Register: November 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 224)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 635
[Docket No. 011029263-2255-02; I.D. 010201A]
RIN 0648-AO93
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Quotas and Fishing Areas;
Trade Monitoring
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations governing
the Atlantic swordfish fishery to implement recommendations adopted at
the 2000 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). To facilitate a future 400 metric ton (mt),
one-time quota transfer to Japan and to amend the procedures by which
any reserve quota will be appropriated to other fishing categories,
NMFS establishes a reserve quota for North Atlantic swordfish. This
final rule also maintains the status quo South Atlantic swordfish,
North Atlantic albacore, and South Atlantic albacore quotas for 2001;
and prohibits imports of Atlantic bigeye tuna harvested by certain
countries. NMFS also reinstates regulations inadvertently removed
during regulatory consolidation that would prohibit persons and vessels
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States from possessing fish
taken in violation of ICCAT recommendations or from violating another
country's fisheries regulations pertaining to species managed by ICCAT.
Finally, NMFS corrects existing trade restrictions to facilitate the
enforcement of the swordfish dead discard allowance and to better
monitor the importation of swordfish from designated countries. The
intent of these actions is to improve the conservation of Atlantic
highly migratory species (HMS) and to improve management of the
fisheries targeting these species, while allowing harvest and trade
consistent with recommendations of ICCAT.
DATES: All provisions of this final rule are effective December 20,
2002.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact
Review supporting this action may be obtained from Tyson Kade, Highly
Migratory Species Management Division, F/SF1, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or on the Web site at
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hmspg.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyson Kade, by phone: 301-713-2347; by
fax: 301-713-1917.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Atlantic swordfish fishery and the
tuna fisheries are managed under the Fishery Management Plan for
Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks (HMS FMP) and regulations at 50
CFR part 635 under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq. and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), 16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq. Regulations issued under the authority of ATCA carry out the
recommendations of ICCAT. The November 15, 2001, proposed rule (66 FR
57409) contains the background information for these promulgated
measures and that information is not repeated here.
The 2000 ICCAT recommendation relating to the Atlantic bigeye tuna
import prohibitions for Belize, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, and St.
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Vincent and the Grenadines is implemented herein. The recommendation
indicates that the import prohibition on Atlantic bigeye tuna and its
products in any form from Honduras shall take effect on January 1,
2002, unless ICCAT decided otherwise at its 2001 meeting. In 2001,
ICCAT did not come to consensus to not impose the import prohibitions
scheduled to go in effect in January 2002. There was no decision
concerning whether Honduras had brought its fishing practices into
conformity with ICCAT conservation and management measures and whether
trade restrictions on Honduras should be removed. At the 2002 ICCAT
meeting, it was recommended that the ban on imports of bigeye tuna from
Honduras be lifted. Pending a review of the 2002 ICCAT recommendations
and an assessment of the need for further rulemaking, NOAA Fisheries is
not finalizing the trade sanctions with regards to Honduras that had
been included in the proposed rule.
Comments and Responses
NMFS held three public hearings in November and December 2001 in
Fort Lauderdale, FL; Fairhaven, MA; and Barnegat Light, NJ. Comments
were received from fishery participants and other members of the public
regarding the proposed regulations. In addition, two written comments
were submitted to NMFS during the 45-day comment period. The comments
are summarized here together with responses.
Reserve Quota
Comment 1: One commenter supports the 400-mt quota transfer as a
one-time transfer from the Incidental category to a reserve quota as a
short-term solution for the United States to retain its unharvested
quota under U.S. authority. Several commenters opposed the
establishment of a reserve for under-harvested quota. One commenter was
disappointed that the quota to fill the new reserve would be unused
directed fishery quota instead of incidental quota which was agreed to
by industry at the 2000 ICCAT meeting.
Response: NMFS will carry over unused directed and incidental quota
as is currently authorized in the regulations, except if a reserve
quota is needed for a specific reason. Recently, NMFS carried over
unused 1999 directed and incidental quota and allocated it to the
incidental quota for the 2001 fishing year. Because the directed
fishery is not harvesting its allocated quota, it will not affect
fishery participants to fill the reserve quota with unused directed
quota from the past.
Comment 2: We should not transfer quota free of charge for use by
other ICCAT countries. We should sell them quota, as is currently being
done elsewhere.
Response: As part of its allocation criteria, ICCAT prohibits
participating countries from trading or selling their quota allocation.
Goodwill transfers such as this one may result in increased research
and cooperation with respect to all ICCAT-managed species. Further, the
environmental benefits are substantial because they facilitate
maintaining compliance with the ICCAT rebuilding plan.
Comment 3: The regulations need to clarify if establishing a
reserve quota category is intended to represent a one-time quota
transfer or if the reserve category would be replenished in the future
by unused quota from other categories (e.g, unused incidental quota).
Response: The reserve category is established permanently and
could, but would not necessarily, be replenished in the future. This
rule does not place a standard amount of quota into that category
annually.
Comment 4: Underharvests in the incidental catch quota category
should be transferred to the directed fishery quota.
Response: NMFS will consider the need for underharvests of the
incidental catch quota to be allocated to the directed fishery
following each fishing year. Because the directed fishery is currently
not catching its quota allocation, transferring unused quota to that
category may only serve to increase the amount of quota left
unharvested. By transferring unharvested quota to the reserve quota
category, NMFS could apply the unused quota to the incidental catch or
directed catch categories as necessary or for other purposes consistent
with ICCAT recommendations and objectives of the HMS FMP.
South Atlantic Swordfish
Comment 5: NMFS should interpret ICCAT's recommendations in a
manner similar to the way other countries implement those
recommendations. If underharvests are being carried over by other
countries, NMFS should also utilize such a process to benefit U.S.
fishermen.
Response: ICCAT authorizes quota to be carried over for North
Atlantic swordfish, but fails to mention any authorization with respect
to carryover of South Atlantic swordfish. NMFS does not believe this to
be an oversight and therefore interprets the recommendation as stated:
no carry over of unused South Atlantic swordfish quota.
Comment 6: NMFS should clarify that U.S. fishermen may land their
catch in foreign ports and that these landings will be counted against
the U.S. quota.
Response: As required by ATCA, U.S. fishermen on U.S. vessels that
offload in foreign ports will have their landings count against the
U.S. quota. NMFS adds that fishermen, regardless of port of offloading
must complete all logbooks within 48 hours of completing that day's
activities and, for a 1-day trip, before offloading. The owner or
operator of the vessel must submit the logbooks to NMFS within 7 days
of offloading, 50 CFR 635.5(a)(1). Further, NMFS reminds fishermen that
all swordfish, sharks, and tunas must be sold to a U.S.-permitted
dealer, 50 CFR 635.31(d)(1), who is also required to report purchases
from U.S. vessels on a regular basis, 50 CFR 635.5(b)(1).
Authorized Fishing Areas
Comment 7: NMFS should clarify that vessels fishing under charter/
contract for another nation's quota must adhere to the contract
nation's regulations.
Response: U.S.-flagged vessels must comply with all U.S.
regulations wherever they fish. Vessels under contract may apply for an
exempted fishing permit if they provide NMFS with information regarding
specific regulations from which they would like to be exempt. NMFS will
consider submitted information and issue exempted fishing permits on a
case-by-case basis. NMFS cannot exempt U.S. vessels from regulations
which may be inconsistent with U.S. fishery management goals.
Comment 8: One commenter strongly opposes the measure to authorize
fishing areas at this time. There is concern that this action is not
recommended by ICCAT.
Response: This regulation serves to clarify the existing
regulations concerning U.S. vessels targeting eastern stock bluefin
tuna. In the proposed rule, NOAA Fisheries proposed to prohibit
retention of bluefin tuna caught in the east Atlantic Ocean because the
United States has not been allocated quota for bluefin tuna in that
area. However, the United States has been allocated quota for North
Atlantic swordfish and bluefin tuna are caught incidentally to
swordfish fishing. A retention prohibition for bluefin tuna from the
east Atlantic Ocean would likely result in increased dead discards of
bluefin tuna caught by U.S. vessels fishing for North Atlantic
swordfish, inconsistent with HMS FMP objectives. Accordingly, NOAA
Fisheries has modified the final
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rule to clarify allowable fishing areas for highly migratory species
(HMS) fisheries by prohibiting bluefin tuna fishing in the
Mediterranean Sea by U.S. vessels, consistent with the ICCAT agreement
to prevent transfer of fishing effort for bluefin tuna from the west
Atlantic to the east Atlantic. NOAA Fisheries will count all bluefin
tuna caught incidentally to swordfish fishing in the east Atlantic
against the west Atlantic U.S. bluefin tuna quota to ensure that those
catches are monitored and appropriately accounted for. Furthermore,
bycatch in the east Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery may be discussed at
ICCAT in 2002.
Comment 9: NMFS should alter the method by which landings and
discards of bluefin tuna are submitted to ICCAT. These data should
accurately report landings of east Atlantic bluefin tuna to ICCAT which
would reflect historical participation in the fishery. This would allow
for the United States to enter into quota negotiations.
Response: NMFS intends to evaluate the catch locations of bluefin
tuna landings in order to revisit the procedure by which these data are
submitted to ICCAT.
Comment 10: NMFS needs to report U.S. historic catches of eastern
bluefin, bigeye, yellowfin and albacore tunas and sharks to ICCAT.
Reporting forms need to be revised to specify eastern versus western
bluefin tuna and to include more space for recording latitude and
longitude.
Response: NMFS will examine the reporting forms and suggest
alternatives as deemed necessary.
Trade Restrictions/Trade Documentation Programs
Comment 11: NMFS should extend the documentation program to include
yellowfin tuna and should unilaterally prohibit the importation of HMS
that is non-compliant with ICCAT recommendations.
Response: NMFS would propose extending statistical documentation
requirements to bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, and swordfish if ICCAT
recommends such a program. In 2001, ICCAT issued a recommendation
requiring the implementation of the bigeye tuna statistical document
program and NMFS is currently working on implementing it.
Other Issues
Comment 12: No action should be taken to implement the temporary
U.S. share allocated by ICCAT for North Atlantic albacore.
Response: NMFS agrees and is not changing the regulations regarding
this topic.
Changes From the Proposed Rule
This final rule contains several changes from the November 15,
2001, proposed rule (66 FR 57409) regarding the authorized fishing
areas. To discourage unauthorized fishing, while trying to minimize
dead discards, the proposed prohibition on the retention of bluefin
tuna from the east Atlantic Ocean has been modified to prohibit the
retention of bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean Sea. This modification
is consistent with ICCAT agreements to prevent transfer of fishing
effort for bluefin tuna from the west Atlantic to the east Atlantic,
and vice versa, and is consistent with HMS FMP objectives to reduce
dead discards of bluefin tuna. In addition, based on the 2002 ICCAT
meeting, ICCAT recommended that the ban on imports of bigeye tuna from
Honduras be lifted. Pending a review of the 2002 ICCAT recommendations
and an assessment of the need for further rulemaking, NOAA Fisheries is
not finalizing the trade sanctions with regards to Honduras that had
been included in the proposed rule. The regulatory text of the final
rule has been modified to reflect this decision. Other minor editorial
changes to the regulatory text were also made to ensure consistency
with existing regulations.
Classification
This final rule is published under the authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, has determined that
the regulations contained in this final rule are necessary to implement
the recommendations of ICCAT and to manage the domestic Atlantic HMS
fisheries. The objective of this final rule is to improve conservation
and management of Atlantic swordfish and tunas. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d),
the regulations promulgated by this final rule will enter into effect
not less than 30 days after its publication date.
This final rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
On September 7, 2000, NMFS reinitiated formal consultation for all
HMS commercial fisheries under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
A new Biological Opinion (BiOp) was issued on June 14, 2001, which
found that the continued existence of the HMS pelagic longline fishery
jeopardizes the continued existence of loggerhead and leatherback sea
turtles. On July 9, 2002, NMFS promulgated a final rule (67 FR 45393)
that implemented the measures required by the BiOp for the pelagic and
bottom longline and shark gillnet fisheries. These regulations are
necessary to alleviate the jeopardy situation for HMS fisheries. No
irreversible or irretrievable commitments of resources are expected
from this final action as the measures implemented by this final rule
are not expected to alter fishery interactions with endangered species.
NMFS has determined that these regulations will be implemented in a
manner consistent to the maximum extent practicable with the
enforceable policies of those coastal states in the Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean that have approved coastal zone management
programs. All of the states that replied to the letter regarding
compliance of the proposed rule with the Coastal Zone Management Act
found NMFS' proposed actions to be consistent with their coastal zone
management programs. NMFS presumes that the remaining states that did
not respond also concur.
NMFS has prepared a regulatory impact review that examines the
impacts of the selected alternatives, discussed previously in this
rulemaking. The preparation of an initial regulatory flexibility
analysis was not required as the Chief Counsel for Regulation of the
Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of
the Small Business Association that this rule would not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
During the proposed rule stage of this rulemaking, NMFS received no
comments regarding the economic impact of this rule. As a result a
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis was not prepared. The commercial
fishery is composed of fishermen who hold a swordfish directed,
incidental, or handgear permit and the related industries including
processors, bait houses, and equipment suppliers, all of which NMFS
considers to be small entities. In October 2001, there were
approximately 208 fishermen with a directed swordfish limited access
permit, 112 fishermen with an incidental swordfish limited access
permit, and 100 fishermen with a handgear limited access permit for
swordfish. The formation of a reserve quota category for the North
Atlantic swordfish fishery will not have any impact on the amount of
fish that can be harvested by U.S. swordfish fishermen. When NMFS makes
the one-time transfer of 400 mt (300.8 mt dw) of previously unused
swordfish quota to this category, it is not expected to have
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an impact on U.S. fishermen considering the amounts of recent quota
underages, the impacts of recent management actions, and the recent
levels of effort present in this fishery. The 400 mt (300.8 mt dw) of
swordfish would have a value of $2.3 million if it was caught by U.S.
fishermen; however, the quota has no value to fishermen until the
swordfish are landed and sold. As previously mentioned, it is unlikely
given the current level of effort that the amount to be transferred
will be caught now or in the near future by U.S. fishermen. Thus, the
current economic impact of establishing a reserve quota category is
negligible. The other regulations promulgated by this rule to maintain
existing quotas, reinstate or clarify previous regulations, and improve
trade monitoring also will have no significant impacts on U.S.
fishermen.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 635
Fisheries, Fishing, Management, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Treaties.
Dated: November 15, 2002
Rebecca J. Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 635 is amended
as follows:
PART 635--ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES
1. The authority citation for part 635 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
2. A new Sec. 635.25 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 635.25 Fishing areas.
(a) General. Persons on board fishing vessels subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States are authorized to fish for, catch,
retain, or land species governed by an international catch sharing
agreement implemented under this part only in or from those management
areas for which the United States has received an allocation.
(b) Exemptions. Persons and vessels subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States intending to fish for regulated species in fishing
areas not otherwise authorized under this part, whether for the
purposes of scientific research or commercial fishing under a
chartering arrangement, must have a permit from NMFS issued under Sec.
635.32.
(c) Atlantic bluefin tuna. No person aboard a U.S. fishing vessel
shall fish for bluefin tuna in, or possess on board that fishing vessel
a bluefin tuna taken from, the Mediterranean Sea.
3. In Sec. 635.27, paragraph (c) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 635.27 Quotas.
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(c) Swordfish. (1) Categories. Consistent with ICCAT
recommendations, the fishing year's total amount of swordfish that may
be caught, retained, possessed, or landed by persons and vessels
subject to U.S. jurisdiction is divided into quotas for the North
Atlantic swordfish stock and the South Atlantic swordfish stock. The
quota for the North Atlantic swordfish stock is further divided into
equal semi-annual directed fishery quotas, an annual incidental catch
quota for fishermen targeting other species and, as needed, a reserve
category. In addition, a dead discard allowance is established for the
North Atlantic swordfish stock.
(i) North Atlantic swordfish. (A) A swordfish from the North
Atlantic swordfish stock caught prior to the directed fishery closure
by a vessel for which a directed fishery permit or a handgear permit
for swordfish has been issued is counted against the directed fishery
quota. The annual directed fishery quota for the North Atlantic
swordfish stock is 1,919 mt dw for each fishing year beginning June 1,
2000. The annual directed fishery quota is subdivided into two equal
semiannual quotas of 959.5 mt dw, one for June 1 through November 30,
and the other for
December 1 through May 31 of the following year.
(B) A swordfish from the North Atlantic swordfish stock landed by a
vessel for which an incidental catch permit for swordfish has been
issued, landed by fishermen without swordfish permits consequent to
recreational fishing, or caught after the effective date of a closure
of the directed fishery from a vessel for which a directed fishery
permit or a handgear permit for swordfish has been issued is counted
against the incidental catch quota. The annual incidental catch quota
for the North Atlantic swordfish stock is 300 mt dw.
(C) The dead discard allowance for the North Atlantic swordfish
stock is: 320 mt ww for the fishing year beginning June 1, 2000; 240 mt
ww for the fishing year beginning June 1, 2001; and 160 mt ww for the
fishing year beginning June 1, 2002. All swordfish discarded dead from
U.S. fishing vessels, regardless of whether such vessels are permitted
under this part, shall be counted against the allowance.
(D) A portion of the total allowable catch of North Atlantic
swordfish may be held in reserve for inseason adjustments to fishing
categories, to compensate for projected or actual overharvest in any
category, for fishery independent research, or for other purposes
consistent with management objectives.
(ii) South Atlantic swordfish. The annual directed fishery quota
for the South Atlantic swordfish stock is 289 mt dw. The entire quota
for the South Atlantic swordfish stock is reserved for pelagic longline
vessels for which a directed fishery permit for swordfish has been
issued; retention of swordfish caught incidental to other fishing
activities or with other fishing gear is prohibited in the Atlantic
Ocean south of 5[deg] N. lat.
(2) Inseason adjustments. (i) NMFS may adjust the December 1
through May 31 semiannual directed fishery quota or, as applicable, the
reserve category, to reflect actual directed fishery and incidental
fishing category catches during the June 1 through November 30
semiannual period.
(ii) If NMFS determines that the annual incidental catch quota will
not be taken before the end of the fishing year, the excess quota may
be allocated to the directed fishery quota or to the reserve.
(iii) If NMFS determines that it is necessary to close the directed
swordfish fishery prior to the scheduled end of a semi-annual fishing
season, any estimated overharvest or underharvest of the directed
fishery quota for that semi-annual season will be used to adjust the
annual incidental catch quota or the reserve as necessary to maintain
landings and discards within the required annual limits.
(iv) NMFS will file with the Office of the Federal Register for
publication notification of any inseason swordfish quota adjustment and
its apportionment to fishing categories or to the reserve made under
this paragraph (c)(2) of this section.
(3) Annual adjustments. (i) Except for the carryover provisions of
paragraphs (c)(3)(ii) and (iii) of this section, NMFS will file with
the Office of the Federal Register for publication notification of any
adjustment to the annual quota necessary to meet the objectives of the
Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and Sharks. NMFS
will provide at least 30 days opportunity for public comment.
(ii) If consistent with applicable ICCAT recommendations, total
landings above or below the specific North Atlantic or South Atlantic
swordfish annual quota shall be subtracted from, or added to, the
following year's quota for that area. As necessary to meet
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management objectives, such carryover adjustments may be apportioned to
fishing categories and/or to the reserve. Any adjustments to the 12-
month directed fishery quota will be apportioned equally between the
two semiannual fishing seasons. NMFS will file with the Office of the
Federal Register for publication notification of any adjustment or
apportionment made under this paragraph (c)(3)(ii).
(iii) The dressed weight equivalent of the amount by which dead
discards exceed the allowance specified at paragraph (c)(1)(i)(C) of
this section shall be subtracted from the landings quota in the
following fishing year or from the reserve category. NMFS will file
with the Office of the Federal Register for publication notification of
any adjustment made under this paragraph (c)(3)(iii).
4. Section 635.45 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 635.45 Products denied entry.
(a) All shipments of Atlantic swordfish, or its products, in any
form, harvested by a vessel under the jurisdiction of Belize or
Honduras will be denied entry into the United States.
(b) All shipments of Atlantic bluefin tuna, or its products, in any
form, harvested by a vessel under the jurisdiction of Belize, Honduras,
or Equatorial Guinea will be denied entry into the United States.
(c) All shipments of Atlantic bigeye tuna, or its products, in any
form, harvested by a vessel under the jurisdiction of Belize, Cambodia,
Equatorial Guinea, or St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be denied
entry into the United States. It is a rebuttable presumption that any
shipment containing bigeye tuna or its products offered for entry or
imported into the United States has been harvested by a vessel or
vessels of the exporting nation.
5. Section 635.47 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 635.47 Ports of entry.
NMFS shall monitor imported shipments of bluefin tuna, bigeye tuna,
and swordfish into the United States. If NMFS determines that the
diversity of handling practices at certain ports at which any of these
species is being imported into the United States allows for
circumvention of the bluefin tuna statistical document, swordfish
Certificate of Eligibility requirements, or trade restrictions for
these species or for Atlantic bigeye tuna, NMFS may designate, after
consultation with the U.S. Customs Service, those ports at which these
species may be lawfully imported into the United States. NMFS shall
announce the names of such designated ports and the effective dates of
entry restrictions through publication of a notice in the Federal
Register.
6. In Sec. 635.71,paragraphs (a)(24) and (a)(29) are revised, and
a new paragraph (a)(38) is added, to read as follows:
Sec. 635.71 Prohibitions.
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(a) * * *
(24) Import, or attempt to import, any fish or fish products
regulated under this part in a manner contrary to any import
requirements or import restrictions specified at Sec. Sec. 635.40,
635.41, 635.45, and 635.46, or at other than an authorized port of
entry designated by NMFS under Sec. 635.47.
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(29) Land, transship, ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for
sale, import, export, or have in custody, possession, or control:
(i) Any fish that the person knows, or should have known, was
taken, retained, possessed, or landed contrary to this part, without
regard to the citizenship of the person or registry of the fishing
vessel that harvested the fish.
(ii) Any fish of a species regulated pursuant to a recommendation
of ICCAT that was harvested, retained, or possessed in a manner
contrary to the regulations of another country.
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(38) Fish for, or possess on board a fishing vessel, species
regulated under this part in unauthorized fishing areas as specified in
Sec. 635.25.
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