[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9969-9970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02658]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 902

50 CFR Part 300

[Docket No. 120201087-6641-02]
RIN 0648-BB86


International Affairs; Antarctic Marine Living Resources 
Convention Act

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' published in the Federal Register 
on January 24, 2017 (the Memorandum), this action delays the effective 
date of the final rule published on January 19, 2017.

DATES: Effective February 9, 2017, the effective date of the final rule 
amending 15 CFR part 902 and 50 CFR part 300, that published on January 
19, 2017, at 82 FR 6221, is delayed until March 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi Ae Kim, Office of International 
Affairs

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and Seafood Inspection, NMFS (phone 301-427-8365, or email 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 19, 2017, NMFS published this 
final rule that sets forth changes to the regulations that implement 
conservation measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of 
Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR or Commission). This final 
rule streamlines and clarifies the regulations for Antarctic marine 
living resources, shifts deadlines for advance notice of intended 
fishing activities, distinguishes between first receivers and dealers 
of Antarctic marine living resources (AMLR), reduces the time for 
advance notice of imports of Dissostichus species, and adds 
transshipment notification requirements. The sections of these 
regulations are reorganized to group requirements related to the trade 
of Antarctic marine living resources and those that apply to fishing 
activities. Additionally, this action updates the regulations to 
reflect Commission-adopted revisions to existing conservation measures 
and changes made to the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention 
Act through the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing 
Enforcement Act of 2015.
    On January 20, 2017, the White House issued a memo instructing 
Federal agencies to temporarily postpone the effective date for 60 days 
after January 20, 2017, of any regulations or guidance documents that 
have published in the Federal Register but not yet taken effect, for 
the purpose of ``reviewing questions of fact, law, and policy they 
raise.'' In accordance with this memorandum, this action delays the 
effective date of the final rule NMFS published on January 19, 2017, at 
82 FR 6221, until March 21, 2017.

List of Subjects

15 CFR Part 902

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

50 CFR Part 300

    Antarctica, Antarctic marine living resources, Catch documentation 
scheme, Fisheries, Fishing, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 3, 2017.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-02658 Filed 2-8-17; 8:45 am]
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