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August 2012. Interim Final Rule. 2012 bigeye tuna catch limit for vessels operating in the U.S. pelagic longline fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean. View the Federal Register notice and supporting documentation here. Information regarding status of the fishery with respect to the limit is available here.
A copy of the Compliance Guide for the 2012 Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit in U.S. Longline Fisheries is available on our website here.
Interim Final Rule
Fishing Restrictions for Bigeye Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna in Purse Seine Fisheries for 2012
(Effective 30 December 2011):
To find, view, and comment on
rulemaking and supporting documents,
visit: Regulations.gov.
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Federal Regulations for fisheries
in the western Pacific.
December 2012. Final Rule. WCPFC transshipping, bunkering, reporting and purse siene discard requirements. View the Federal Register notice and supporting documentation here.
A copy of the Compliance Guide for the 2012 WCPFC transshipping, bunkering, reporting and purse siene discard requirements is available on our website here.
Procedures to request licenses and a system to allocate licenses under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (Effective 3 January 2011):
Initial Implementation of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Effective 21 April 2010):
- 75 FR 7361 - CORRECTION New effective date of final regulation.
- Final Rule, including Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis ( January 2010, pdf 140 kB)
- Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment (1,632 kB)
- Regulatory Impact Review (April 2009, pdf 628 kB)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide: Regulations for the Initial Implementation of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (December 2011, pdf 544 kB)
- WCPFC Area Endorsement Application
- Foreign EEZ Form
Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits in Longline Fisheries in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (Effective December 12, 2009):
- Final Rule, including Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (December 2009, pdf 90 kB)
- NEPA Cover Letter (November 2009, pdf 864 kB)
- Finding of No Significant Impact (October 2009, 416 kB)
- Supplemental Environmental Assessment (October 2009, 352 kB)
- Environmental Assessment (July 2009, pdf 1.98 MB)
- Revised Regulatory Impact Review (October 2009, pdf 548 kB)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide: Bigeye Tuna catch Limits in U.S. Longline Fisheries for 2009, 2010, 2011 (November 2011, 164 pdf)
- Current U.S. Longline Bigeye Tuna catch Forecast
Fishing Restrictions and Observer Requirements in Purse Seine Fisheries for 2009-2011 and Turtle Mitigation Requirements in Purse Seine Fisheries (Effective August 2009 and Sea Turtle requirements effective October 2009):
- Final Rule, including Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (July 2009, pdf 824 kB)
- Environmental Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact (July 2009, pdf 3,727 kB)
- Regulatory Impact Review (May 2009, pdf 560 kB)
- Compliance Guide for Purse Seine Vessels (July 2009 pdf 240 kB)
- Procedures to request licenses and a system to allocate licenses under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Effective 3 January 2011. See details...
- NMFS proposes regulations to modify the procedures that U.S. purse seine vessels use to request fishing licenses to fish in areas managed under the SPTA.
- FR Notice of Intent: Final rule (Feb 9, 2007)
- Compliance Guide for Purse Seine Vessels (June 2007, pdf 312 kB)
- Compliance Guide for Longline Vessels (March 2007, pdf 87 kB)
- Environmental Assessment (Jul 2004, pdf 7.5 MB)
