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2010 Annual Determination for Sea Turtle Observer Requirements

endangered-species · sea turtle · Published 2010-05-18 · Effective 2010-06-17 · 75 FR 27649

Document

Document number
2010-11856
Federal Register citation
75 FR 27649
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Species
sea turtle
Publication date
2010-05-18
Effective date
2010-06-17
NOAA docket
Docket No. 0906181067-0167-02

Abstract

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes its final Annual Determination (AD) for 2010, pursuant to its authority under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Through this AD, NMFS identifies commercial fisheries operating in state and Federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean that will be required to take observers upon NMFS' request. The purpose of observing identified fisheries is to learn more about sea turtle interactions in a given fishery, evaluate existing measures to reduce or prevent prohibited sea turtle takes, and to determine whether additional measures to implement the prohibition against sea turtle takes may be necessary. Fisheries identified through this process will remain on the AD, and therefore required to carry observers upon NMFS' request, for 5 years.

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