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Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 86966-86970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28968]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 300

[Docket No. 160801681-6999-02]
RIN 0648-BG22


International Fisheries; Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the
Eastern Pacific Ocean; Silky Shark Fishing Restrictions and Fish
Aggregating Device Data Collection and Identification

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is issuing regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act to
implement certain provisions of two Resolutions adopted by the Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in 2016: Resolution C-16-01
(Collection and Analyses of Data On Fish-Aggregating Devices) and
Resolution C-16-06 (Conservation Measures for Shark Species, with
Special Emphasis on the Silky Shark (Carcharhinus Falciformis) for the
Years 2017, 2018, and 2019). Per Resolution C-16-01, these regulations
require the owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel to ensure
characters of a unique code be marked indelibly on each fish
aggregating device (FAD) deployed or modified on or after January 1,
2017, in the IATTC Convention Area. The vessel owner or operator must
record and submit information about the FAD, as described in Annex I of
Resolution C-16-01. Per Resolution C-16-06, these regulations prohibit
the owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel from retaining on
board, transshipping, landing, or storing, in part or whole, carcasses
of silky sharks caught by purse-seine vessels in the IATTC Convention
Area. These regulations also provide limits on the retained catch of
silky sharks caught in the IATTC Convention Area. This rule is
necessary for the United States to satisfy its obligations as a member
of the IATTC.

DATES: This rule is effective January 1, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Regulatory Impact Review and other supporting
documents are available via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov, docket NOAA-NMFS-2016-0106 or by contacting the
Regional Administrator, Barry A. Thom, NMFS West Coast Region, 1201 NE.
Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland Oregon, 97232-1274, or
RegionalAdministrator.WCRHMS@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachael Wadsworth, NMFS, West Coast
Region, 562-980-4036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 11, 2016, NMFS published a
proposed rule in the Federal Register (81 FR 70080) to implement
certain provisions of Resolutions C-16-01 and C-16-06 adopted by the
IATTC in 2016. The proposed rule contained additional background
information, including information on the IATTC, the international
obligations of the United States as an IATTC member, and the need for
regulations. The 30-day public comment period for the proposed rule
closed on November 10, 2016.
The final rule is implemented under the Tuna Conventions Act (16
U.S.C. 951 et seq.), as amended on November 5, 2015, by title II of
Public Law 114-81. The recent amendments direct the Secretary of
Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with
respect to enforcement measures, the U.S. Coast Guard, to promulgate
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the United States'
obligations under the Antigua Convention, including recommendations and
decisions adopted by the IATTC. The authority of the Secretary of
Commerce to promulgate such regulations has been delegated to NMFS.
This rule implements certain provisions of Resolutions C-16-01 and C-
16-06 for U.S. commercial fishing vessels that fish for tuna or tuna-
like species in the IATTC Convention Area. The preamble of the proposed
rule included a detailed description of the elements of this rule.
This rule includes four elements: Two elements regarding FADs and
two elements regarding silky sharks. The first element requires the
owner or operator of a U.S. purse seine vessel to ensure characters of
a unique code be marked indelibly on each fish aggregating device (FAD)
deployed or modified on or after January 1, 2017. The vessel owner or
operator must select one of the following two options for the unique
code for each FAD: (1) Obtain a unique code from NMFS West Coast Region
that NMFS has obtained from the IATTC Secretariat, as specified in
Annex I of Resolution C-16-01 or (2) use an existing unique identifier
associated with the FAD (e.g., the manufacturer identification code for
the attached buoy).
The vessel owner or operator is required to ensure the characters
for the unique code be at least five centimeters in height on the upper
portion of the attached radio or satellite buoy in a location that does
not cover the solar cells used to power the equipment. For FADs without
attached radio or satellite buoys, the characters are required to be
marked indelibly on the uppermost or emergent top portion of the FAD.
In other words, the vessel owner or operator is required to ensure the
marking is durable and will not fade or be erased (e.g., marked using
an epoxy-based paint or an equivalent in terms of lasting ability) and
visible at all times during daylight. In circumstances where the
observer is unable to view the unique code, the captain or crew is
required to assist the observer (e.g., by providing the unique code of
the FAD to the observer).
The second element requires the owner or operator of a vessel to
record and submit information about the FAD to the address specified by
the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Branch, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, NMFS West Coast Region (Suite 4200, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long
Beach, CA 90802). Owners and operators of a FAD are required to record
this information on the standard form developed by the

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IATTC Secretariat and provided to the owners and operators by the HMS
Branch.
The third element prohibits the crew, operator, and owner of a
commercial purse seine fishing vessel of the United States used to fish
for tuna or tuna-like species from retaining on board, transshipping,
storing, or landing any part or whole carcass of a silky shark that is
caught in the Convention Area. U.S. purse seiners do not target silky
sharks, yet they are caught incidentally and are primarily discarded as
discussed in the Classification Section.
The fourth element requires the crew, operator, and owner of a U.S.
longline fishing vessel to limit the retention of silky sharks caught
in the IATTC Convention Area to a maximum of 20 percent by weight of
the total catch of fish during any fishing trip that occurred in whole
or in part in the IATTC Convention Area. U.S. longline vessels fishing
in the IATTC Convention Area do not target, and infrequently catch,
silky sharks. Data from 2008 to 2015 show that any incidentally caught
silky sharks are released, and almost all are released alive. Silky
sharks are commonly released by cutting the line or dehooking the shark
before it is brought onboard the vessel.

Public Comments and Responses

NMFS received one comment letter during the 30-day public comment
period that closed on November 10, 2016. The comment letter was from a
representative of Tri-Marine Management Company, LLC (Tri-Marine).
Three distinct comments are expressed in the letter, which NMFS
responds to below.
Comment 1: Unfortunately, scientific data shows total mortality of
silky sharks on purse seiners still exceeds 84 percent (http://www.intres.com/articles/meps_oa/m521p143.pdf). The conservation gain of
this measure will be very limited given the poor survivability of
released sharks.
Response: NMFS agrees that the anticipated conservation benefit for
the U.S. purse seine fleet in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) following
these regulations is likely minimal. As noted in the preamble of the
proposed rule, silky sharks are not targeted by U.S. purse seine
vessels in the EPO and they are infrequently caught. However, this is
not the case in other IATTC nations, where silky sharks are retained
and consumed. The IATTC scientific staff has specifically recommended
prohibiting retention in purse seine fisheries, similar to the measures
adopted for oceanic whitetip sharks Resolution C-11-10 (Resolution on
the Conservation of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks Caught in Association with
Fisheries in the Antigua Convention Area).
Although studies in the Pacific Ocean have shown that a large
percentage of silky sharks do not survive after undergoing the brailing
process, restrictions on retention can remove the incentive for purse
seine vessels to target silky sharks. Therefore, much of the
conservation benefit from this Resolution is expected from implementing
this restriction by IATTC nations with vessels that target silky
sharks. NMFS is implementing this provision of the Resolution to comply
with U.S. obligations as a member of the IATTC.
Comment 2: While we understand and respect the conservation aim of
this proposed rule, the operational implications of demonstrating full
compliance were not adequately accounted for by the IATTC and should be
considered by NMFS in the development and enforcement of this rule.
Silky sharks are often caught unintentionally in purse seine sets on
schools of tuna that are associated with FADs, and also in unassociated
sets. When tuna and other non-target species are caught in purse seine
sets, the net is brought alongside the vessel and everything (including
silky sharks) is scooped onto the deck using a brailer. Brails are
screened for non-target species like sharks when they are brought
onboard. When silky sharks are seen, the crew carefully releases them
overboard using best practices, which they are trained on (http://www.issfguidebooks.org/purseseine-3-14/).
Brails are large, each containing as much as seven metric tons (mt)
of fish, which are conveyed quickly from the brail to the fish wells to
preserve the quality of the catch. While crew, officers, and onboard
observers are diligent in identifying, releasing, and logging the catch
of silky sharks, there are still instances where sharks are
inadvertently loaded into fish wells, especially very small sharks. In
order to demonstrate full compliance with this rule, each brail would
need to be examined in its entirety (e.g., dumped out on deck before
being loaded into fish wells). For many vessels this is not feasible
without greatly slowing operations to a point where fish quality may
not meet acceptable standards.
The negative economic impacts due to slowed operations and fish
waste because of poor quality would be significant. Therefore, if this
proposed rule is adopted, we urge you to consider guidelines for
implementation and enforcement that prohibit the intended retention of
silky sharks, but do not penalize purse seine vessel operators in the
rare event that silky sharks are identified at the point of offload.
Response: NMFS recognizes that methodically checking for and
discarding silky sharks on the deck takes more time and effort than
dropping the catch into wells without searching for sharks. However,
the language in Resolution C-16-06 is not flexible enough to prohibit
only the intended retention of silky sharks. The United States must
implement Resolution C-16-06 to satisfy obligations as a member of the
IATTC.
In addition, regulations to prohibit the retention onboard,
transshipping, landing, or storing of sharks is not without precedent
for purse seine vessels fishing for tuna in the Pacific Ocean. Many of
the large U.S. purse seine vessels that could catch silky sharks also
fish in the western and central Pacific Ocean and are subject to NMFS
regulations at 50 CFR 300.226 that prohibit the retention of silky
sharks in those waters (without an exception for unintentional
retention). Therefore, the practice is feasible. U.S. purse seine
vessels in the EPO are also subject to regulations at 50 CFR 300.27,
which already prohibit retention of oceanic whitetip shark (without an
exception for unintentional retention), which presumably present the
same feasibility issues.
Comment 3: We encourage NMFS to promote more effective conservation
measures for silky sharks at the IATTC, such as a measure that would
require the fins of any sharks landed in any fishery in the Convention
Area to be naturally attached rather than applying a fins-to-carcass
ratio. In addition, we recognize that the catch of silky sharks is
higher in FAD sets than in unassociated sets, and are highly supportive
of scientifically based, equitably applied, FAD management.
Response: NMFS agrees with the commenter's suggestion to pursue
shark measures in the IATTC that would prohibit landing with fins-
attached. Such proposals have been tabled for consideration by the
IATTC since 2012, and the United States has strongly supported these
proposals.

Changes From the Proposed Rule

With the exception of a non-substantive adjustment to the wording
of the new definition ``HMS Branch'' in 50 CFR 300.21, there are no
changes to the regulatory text in the final rule from the proposed
rule.

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Classification

The NMFS Assistant Administrator has determined that this proposed
rule is consistent with the Tuna Conventions Act and other applicable
laws.
This action is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an Environmental Assessment in accordance with NOAA
Administrative Order (NAO) 216-6. A memorandum for the file has been
prepared that sets forth the decision to use a categorical exclusion,
and a copy is available from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).
This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
This rule contains a collection-of-information requirement subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and which has been approved by OMB
Control Number 0648-0148. NMFS amended an existing supporting statement
for the Pacific Tuna Fisheries Logbook to include the data collection
requirements for FADs, as described in this rule. Public reporting
burden for the additional collection of information is estimated to
average ten minutes per form, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate, or any other aspect of this data collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to NMFS (see ADDRESSES) and by
email to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov, or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Regarding the elements of the rule pertaining to silky sharks;
there are no new collection-of-information requirements associated with
this action that are subject to the PRA, and existing collection-of-
information requirements still apply under the following Control
Numbers: 0648-0593 and 0648-0214.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays
a currently valid OMB Control Number. All currently approved NOAA
collections of information may be viewed at: http://www.cio.noaa.gov/services_programs/prasubs.html.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation, Office of the General Counsel,
Department of Commerce, determined that this rule would not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Although an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was
published to aid the public in commenting upon the small business
impact of the proposed regulations, that analysis concluded that the
action will not have a significant adverse economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Public comment was solicited on
the IRFA and proposed rule, and no challenges to the conclusions or
other substantive issues in the IRFA were received through public
comment. Accordingly, a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis was not
prepared. Because the actions contained in this final rule are not
expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number
of small entities, the Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department
of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration that this rule will not have a significant
adverse impact on a substantial number of small entities. The factual
basis for this determination is described below.
As described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, the
regulations require FAD identification and data reporting as well as
fishing restrictions on silky sharks. The entities directly affected by
the actions of this final rule are (1) U.S. purse seine vessels that
use FADs to fish for tuna or tuna-like species in the IATTC Convention
Area, and (2) U.S. purse seine and longline vessels that catch silky
sharks.
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) defines a
``small business'' (or ``small entities'') as one with annual revenue
that meets or is below an established size standard. On December 29,
2015, NMFS issued a final rule establishing a small business size
standard of $11 million in annual gross receipts for all businesses
primarily engaged in the commercial fishing industry (NAICS 11411) for
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) compliance purposes only (80 FR 81194;
December 29, 2015). The $11 million standard became effective on July
1, 2016, and is to be used in place of the U.S. SBA current standards
of $20.5 million, $5.5 million, and $7.5 million for the finfish (NAICS
114111), shellfish (NAICS 114112), and other marine fishing (NAICS
114119) sectors of the U.S. commercial fishing industry in all NMFS
rules subject to the RFA after July 1, 2016. Id. at 81194. The new
standard results in fewer commercial finfish businesses being
considered small.
NMFS prepared analyses for this regulatory action in light of the
new size standard. All of the entities directly regulated by this
regulatory action are commercial finfish fishing businesses. Under the
new size standards, the entities for which the action on FADs applies
are considered large and small business, and the longline vessels for
which the action on silky sharks applies to be small business.
As of July 2016, there are 15 large purse seine vessels (with at
least 363 mt of fish hold volume) listed on the IATTC Regional Vessel
Register. The number of U.S. large purse seine vessels on the IATTC
Regional Vessel Register has increased substantially in the past two
years due to negotiations regarding the South Pacific Tuna Treaty
(SPTT) and the interest expressed by vessel owners that typically fish
in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) in relocating to the
EPO. Neither gross receipts nor ex-vessel price information specific to
individual fishing vessels are available to NMFS, so NMFS applied
indicative regional cannery prices--as approximations of ex-vessel
prices--to annual catches of individual vessels to estimate their
annual receipts. Indicative regional cannery prices are available
through 2014 (developed by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency;
available at https://www.ffa.int/node/425). NMFS estimated vessels'
annual receipts during 2012-2014. Using this approach, NMFS estimates
that among the affected vessels, the range in annual average receipts
in 2012-2014 was $3 million to $20 million and the median was about $13
million. Thus, NMFS estimates that slightly more than half of the
affected large purse seine vessels are small entities.
Because only the large purse seine vessels fish with FADs and
incidentally catch silky sharks in the EPO, the action is not expected
to impact the coastal purse seine vessels. U.S. purse seiners do not
target silky sharks in the EPO. Since 2005, the best available data
from observers show that the incidental catches of silky sharks are
primarily discarded. However, a small percentage has been landed in the
past ten years. For example, in 2015, a year in which more than three
large purse seine vessels fished in the EPO, about 3 percent of the
total catches of silky sharks were landed and the rest were discarded
either dead or alive. Since at least 2005, the observer coverage rate
on class size 6 vessels in the EPO has been 100 percent.
As of August 2016, the IATTC Regional Vessel Register lists 158
U.S. longline vessels that have the option to fish in the IATTC
Convention Area. The majority of these longline vessels possess Hawaii
Longline Limited Access Permits (issued under 50 CFR 665.13). In
addition, there are U.S. longline vessels based on the U.S. West Coast,

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some of which operate solely under the Pacific HMS permit. U.S. West
Coast-based longline vessels operating under the Pacific HMS permit
fish primarily in the EPO and are currently restricted to fishing with
deep-set longline gear outside of the U.S. West Coast exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
There have been less than three West Coast-based vessels operating
under the HMS permit since 2005. Therefore, landings and ex-vessel
revenue are confidential. However, the number of Hawaii-permitted
longline vessels that have landed in West Coast ports has increased
from 1 vessel in 2006 to 14 vessels in 2014. In 2014, 621 mt of highly
migratory species were landed by Hawaii permitted longline vessels with
an average ex-vessel revenue of approximately $247,857 per vessel. For
the longline fishery, the ex-vessel value of catches by the Hawaii
longline fleet in 2012 was about $87 million. With 129 active vessels
in that year, per-vessel average revenues were about $0.7 million, well
below the $11 million threshold for finfish harvesting businesses. NMFS
considers all longline vessels, for which data is non-confidential,
that catch silky sharks in the IATTC Convention Area to be small
entities for the purposes of the RFA.
U.S. longline vessels fishing in the IATTC Convention Area, whether
under the Hawaii Longline Limited Access Permit or the Pacific HMS
permit, do not target silky sharks and all those caught incidentally
are released. An evaluation of total catch per longline trip where
silky sharks have been caught and released shows that, if the average
weights of silky sharks are approximated, the amount of silky sharks
caught by U.S. longline vessels fishing in the EPO do not come close to
20 percent by weight of the total catch of fish during a fishing trip.
An IRFA was prepared for the proposed rule, and the analysis
concluded that the action will not have a significant adverse economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Under the new size
standards, the entities impacted by the action on FADs are considered
large and small business. However, a disproportional economic effect
between small and large businesses is not expected. There will be only
a minimal additional time burden for owners and operators of large
purse seine vessels to ensure characters of a unique code be marked
indelibly on their FADs and to record data for FAD activities. And
while the large purse seine vessels impacted by the actions with
respect to treatment of silky sharks would be required to release all
silky sharks, U.S. purse seine vessels do not target silky sharks, and
primarily release those caught incidentally. However, there may be some
modifications to the fishing practices of these large and small
entities to release all catch of silky sharks. NMFS considers the
longline vessels for which the action on silky sharks applies to be
small entities. U.S. longline vessels fishing in the EPO do not target
silky sharks and release all those incidentally caught. U.S. longline
vessels only occasionally catch a small amount of silky sharks on
fishing trips in the EPO. Therefore, this action is not expected to
impact the fishing practices of these longline vessels.
Thus, these actions are not expected to substantially change the
typical fishing practices of affected vessels. In addition, any impact
to the income of U.S. vessels would be minor. Therefore, NMFS has
determined that the action is not expected to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The action
will also not have a disproportional economic impact on small business
entities.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 300

Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Fishing vessels, International
organizations, Marine resources, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Treaties.

Dated: November 28, 2016.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 300 is amended
as follows:

PART 300--INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS

Subpart C--Eastern Pacific Tuna Fisheries

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1. The authority citation for part 300, subpart C, continues to read as
follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.


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2. In Sec. 300.21, add a definition for ``Highly Migratory Species
(HMS) Branch'' in alphabetical order to read as follows:


Sec. 300.21 Definitions.

* * * * *
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Branch means the Chief of the HMS
Branch of the Sustainable Fisheries Division, National Marine Fisheries
Service West Coast Region, Suite 4200, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach,
CA 90802.
* * * * *

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3. In Sec. 300.24, add paragraphs (ee) through (hh) to read as
follows:


Sec. 300.24 Prohibitions.

* * * * *
(ee) Fail to ensure characters of a unique code are marked
indelibly on a FAD deployed or modified on or after January 1, 2017, in
accordance with Sec. 300.25(h).
(ff) Fail to record and report data on interactions or activities
on FADs as required in Sec. 300.25(i).
(gg) Use a commercial purse seine fishing vessel of the United
States to retain on board, transship, store, or land any part or whole
carcass of a silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) in contravention of
Sec. 300.27(e).
(hh) Use a U.S. longline vessel to catch silky shark in
contravention of Sec. 300.27(f).

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4. In Sec. 300.25:
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a. In paragraph (g)(4), remove ``(h)(1) and (2)'' and ``(h)(5)'' and
add in their place ``(g)(1) and (2)'' and ``(g)(5)'';
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b. In paragraph (g)(5), remove ``(h)(4)'' and add in its place
``(g)(4)''; and
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c. Add paragraphs (h) and (i).
The additions read as follows:


Sec. 300.25 Eastern Pacific fisheries management.

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(h) FAD identification requirements for purse seine vessels. (1)
For each FAD deployed or modified on or after January 1, 2017, in the
IATTC Convention Area, the vessel owner or operator must either: Obtain
a unique code from HMS Branch; or use an existing unique identifier
associated with the FAD (e.g., the manufacturer identification code for
the attached buoy).
(2) U.S. purse seine vessel owners and operators shall ensure the
characters of the unique code or unique identifier be marked indelibly
at least five centimeters in height on the upper portion of the
attached radio or satellite buoy in a location that does not cover the
solar cells used to power the equipment. For FADs without attached
radio or satellite buoys, the characters shall be on the uppermost or
emergent top portion of the FAD. The vessel owner or operator shall
ensure the marking is visible at all times during daylight. In
circumstances where the on-board observer is unable to view the code,
the captain or crew shall assist the observer (e.g., by providing the
FAD identification code to the observer).
(i) FAD data reporting for purse seine vessels. U.S. vessel owners
and operators must ensure that any interaction or activity with a FAD
is reported using a standard format

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provided by the HMS Branch. The owner and operator shall ensure that
the form is submitted to the address specified by the HMS Branch.

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5. In Sec. 300.27, redesignate paragraphs (e) through (h) as paragraph
(g) through (j) and add paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows:


Sec. 300.27 Incidental catch and tuna retention requirements.

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(e) Silky shark restrictions for purse seine vessels. The crew,
operator, and owner of a commercial purse seine fishing vessel of the
United States used to fish for tuna or tuna-like species is prohibited
from retaining on board, transshipping, storing, or landing any part or
whole carcass of a silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) that is
caught in the Convention Area.
(f) Silky shark restrictions for longline vessels. The crew,
operator, and owner of a longline vessel of the United States used to
fish for tuna or tuna-like species must limit the retained catch of
silky sharks caught in the IATTC Convention Area to a maximum of 20
percent in weight of the total catch during each fishing trip that
occurs in whole or in part in the IATTC Convention Area.
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