# Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Tuna Purse Seine Vessels in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP)
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2005-04-12 · Effective 2005-05-12 · 70 FR 19004
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-7312
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** tuna
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 19004
- **Publication date:** 2005-04-12
- **Effective date:** 2005-05-12
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 040920271-5083-02, I.D. 102004A
## Abstract

NMFS issues a final rule to implement resolutions adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and by the Parties to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP). The final rule prohibits activities that undermine the effective implementation and enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (DPCIA), and International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (IDCPA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/04/12/05-7312/taking-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-commercial-fishing-operations-tuna-purse-seine-vessels-in-the)
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