Notice2022-17535
Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition
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Published
August 16, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Atlantic bigeye tuna is still overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, is required to provide this notice whenever it determines that a stock or stock complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or approaching an overfished condition.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 50291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17535]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC224]
Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Atlantic bigeye tuna
is still overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, is required to
provide this notice whenever it determines that a stock or stock
complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or approaching an
overfished condition.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Spallone, (301)-427-8568.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 304(e)(2) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary,
must publish a notice in the Federal Register, whenever it determines
that a stock or stock complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or
approaching an overfished condition.
Atlantic bigeye tuna are tropical tuna that are widely distributed
throughout the Atlantic Ocean. The International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Standing Committee on Research
and Statistics (SCRS) conducts assessments for Atlantic bigeye tuna and
makes stock status determinations consistent with ICCAT stock status
criteria. NMFS uses the information from the SCRS assessments to make
domestic determinations. NMFS has determined that Atlantic bigeye tuna
is still overfished. This determination is based on a 2021 assessment,
using data through 2019. Based on the domestic status determination
criteria for overfishing and overfished, the stock remains overfished
because the spawning stock biomass is less than the minimum stock size
threshold. International cooperation is critical to effective
management of the stock, given its geographic range and the small
contribution of the United States to fishing mortality on the stock.
NMFS continues to work with ICCAT to implement an international
rebuilding program for this stock.
Dated: August 10, 2022.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-17535 Filed 8-15-22; 8:45 am]
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