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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE535
Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; new five-year
affirmative findings for Ecuador,
Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain.
AGENCY:
The NMFS Assistant
Administrator (Assistant Administrator)
has issued new five-year affirmative
findings for the Governments of
Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain
(Hereafter known as ‘‘The Nations’’)
under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA). These new five-year
affirmative findings will allow yellowfin
tuna and yellowfin tuna products
harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific
Ocean (ETP) in compliance with the
International Dolphin Conservation
Program (IDCP) by The Nations’ flagged
purse seine vessels or purse seine
vessels operating under The Nations’
jurisdiction to be imported into the
United States. The new five-year
affirmative findings were based on
reviews of documentary evidence
submitted by the Governments of The
Nations and obtained from the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission
(IATTC).
SUMMARY:
These new five-year affirmative
findings are effective for the five-year
period of April 1, 2015, through March
31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Greenman, West Coast Region,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 501
W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802.
Phone: 562–980–3264. Email:
justin.greenman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows
for importation into the United States of
yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine
vessels in the ETP under certain
conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant
Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based
upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting
nation, the IATTC, or the Department of
State.
The affirmative finding process
requires that the harvesting nation is
meeting its obligations under the IDCP
and obligations of membership in the
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IATTC. Every five years, the government
of the harvesting nation must request a
new affirmative finding and submit the
required documentary evidence directly
to the Assistant Administrator. On an
annual basis, NMFS reviews the
affirmative finding and determines
whether the harvesting nation continues
to meet the requirements. A nation may
provide information related to
compliance with IDCP and IATTC
measures directly to NMFS on an
annual basis or may authorize the
IATTC to release the information to
NMFS to annually renew an affirmative
finding determination without an
application from the harvesting nation.
An affirmative finding will be
terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant
Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no
longer being met or that a nation is
consistently failing to take enforcement
actions on violations, thereby
diminishing the effectiveness of the
IDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding
process set forth in 50 CFR 216.24(f), the
Assistant Administrator considered
documentary evidence submitted by the
Governments of The Nations and
obtained from the IATTC and has
determined that The Nations have met
the MMPA’s requirements to receive
new five-year affirmative findings.
After consultation with the
Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued new five-year
affirmative findings to The Nations,
allowing the continued importation into
the United States of yellowfin tuna and
products derived from yellowfin tuna
harvested in the ETP by The Nations’
flagged purse seine vessels or purse
seine vessels operating under The
Nations jurisdiction for the five-year
period of April 1, 2015, through March
31, 2020.
Dated: March 31, 2016.
Eileen Sobeck,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE535
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; new five-year affirmative findings for Ecuador,
Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain.
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SUMMARY: The NMFS Assistant Administrator (Assistant Administrator) has
issued new five-year affirmative findings for the Governments of
Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain (Hereafter known as ``The
Nations'') under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These new
five-year affirmative findings will allow yellowfin tuna and yellowfin
tuna products harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in
compliance with the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP)
by The Nations' flagged purse seine vessels or purse seine vessels
operating under The Nations' jurisdiction to be imported into the
United States. The new five-year affirmative findings were based on
reviews of documentary evidence submitted by the Governments of The
Nations and obtained from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
(IATTC).
DATES: These new five-year affirmative findings are effective for the
five-year period of April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Greenman, West Coast Region,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA
90802. Phone: 562-980-3264. Email: justin.greenman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows for
importation into the United States of yellowfin tuna harvested by purse
seine vessels in the ETP under certain conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting nation, the IATTC, or the
Department of State.
The affirmative finding process requires that the harvesting nation
is meeting its obligations under the IDCP and obligations of membership
in the IATTC. Every five years, the government of the harvesting nation
must request a new affirmative finding and submit the required
documentary evidence directly to the Assistant Administrator. On an
annual basis, NMFS reviews the affirmative finding and determines
whether the harvesting nation continues to meet the requirements. A
nation may provide information related to compliance with IDCP and
IATTC measures directly to NMFS on an annual basis or may authorize the
IATTC to release the information to NMFS to annually renew an
affirmative finding determination without an application from the
harvesting nation.
An affirmative finding will be terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no longer being met or that a
nation is consistently failing to take enforcement actions on
violations, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of the IDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding process set forth in 50 CFR
216.24(f), the Assistant Administrator considered documentary evidence
submitted by the Governments of The Nations and obtained from the IATTC
and has determined that The Nations have met the MMPA's requirements to
receive new five-year affirmative findings.
After consultation with the Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued new five-year affirmative findings to The Nations,
allowing the continued importation into the United States of yellowfin
tuna and products derived from yellowfin tuna harvested in the ETP by
The Nations' flagged purse seine vessels or purse seine vessels
operating under The Nations jurisdiction for the five-year period of
April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2020.
Dated: March 31, 2016.
Eileen Sobeck,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-07823 Filed 4-5-16; 8:45 am]
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