# International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Purse Seine Observer Requirements, and Fishing Restrictions and Limits in Purse Seine and Longline Fisheries for 2016-2017
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2016-06-24 · Effective 2016-07-25 · 81 FR 41239
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-14967
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 41239
- **Publication date:** 2016-06-24
- **Effective date:** 2016-07-25
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 160205084-6510-02
## Abstract

Under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFC Implementation Act), NMFS issues this final rule that, first, requires that U.S. purse seine vessels carry observers on fishing trips in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO); second, establishes restrictions in 2016 and 2017 on the use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) by U.S. purse seine vessels in the WCPO; and third, establishes limits in 2016 and 2017 on the amount of bigeye tuna that may be captured by U.S. longline vessels in the WCPO. This action implementing specific provisions of Conservation and Management Measure (CMM) 2015-01 is necessary to satisfy the obligations of the United States as a Contracting Party to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Convention), pursuant to the authority of the WCPFC Implementation Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/24/2016-14967/international-fisheries-western-and-central-pacific-fisheries-for-highly-migratory-species-purse)
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