NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Regulations in Response to Recommendations Adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) NOAA’s Fisheries Service proposes regulations to lift restrictive trade measures in response to recommendations adopted by the ICCAT during the 2004 meeting. This proposed rule would modify the following trade restrictions: Lift the trade restrictive measures on importing bigeye tuna from Cambodia; Lift the trade restrictive measures on importing bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna from Equatorial Guinea; and Lift the trade restrictive measures on importing bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna, and swordfish from Sierra Leone. NMFS will hold one public hearing to receive comments from fishery participants and other members of the public regarding these proposed amendments. It is scheduled for March 21, 2005, from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the: Holiday Inn For further information on this proposed rule, contact Megan Gamble at (301) 713-2347. Copies of the proposed rule are available upon request from the: Highly Migratory Species Management Division The information will also be posted on the HMS Web site at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Regulations in Response to Recommendations Adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) NOAA’s Fisheries Service proposes regulations to lift restrictive trade measures in response to recommendations adopted by the ICCAT during the 2004 meeting. This proposed rule would modify the following trade restrictions: Lift the trade restrictive measures on importing bigeye tuna from Cambodia; Lift the trade restrictive measures on importing bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna from Equatorial Guinea; and Lift the trade restrictive measures on importing bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna, and swordfish from Sierra Leone. NMFS will hold one public hearing to receive comments from fishery participants and other members of the public regarding these proposed amendments. It is scheduled for March 21, 2005, from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the: Holiday Inn For further information on this proposed rule, contact Megan Gamble at (301) 713-2347. Copies of the proposed rule are available upon request from the: Highly Migratory Species Management Division The information will also be posted on the HMS Web site at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms.
The comment period for this proposed rule is open for 30 days and will close on April 7, 2005.
8777 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: 301-713-2347
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The comment period for this proposed rule is open for 30 days and will close on April 7, 2005.
8777 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: 301-713-2347
fax: 301-713-1917
