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| 2016-20157 | Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Porbeagle Shark Management Measures | Rule | This final rule implements the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Recommendation 15-06 regarding porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) caught in association with ICCAT fisheries. Recommendation 15-06 requires, among other things, fishing vessels to promptly release unharmed, to the extent practicable, porbeagle sharks caught in association with ICCAT fisheries when brought alive alongside for taking on board the vessel. This action affects fishermen fishing in the commercial highly migratory species (HMS) pelagic longline fishery and the HMS recreational fisheries for tunas, swordfish, and billfish in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. This action implements an ICCAT recommendation, consistent with the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), and will further domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). | 2016-08-24 | 2016 | 8 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/24/2016-20157/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-hms-porbeagle-shark-management-measures | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-24/pdf/2016-20157.pdf | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 54,361 | This final rule implements the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Recommendation 15-06 regarding porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) caught in association with ICCAT fisheries. Recommendation 15-06 requires, among other... | 0648-BF94 |