NOAA publishes final rule on IUU Fishing

NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule to define the term "illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing", as required by section 403 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. For purposes of the Act, this final rule defines "illegal, unreported, or unregulated'' fishing as:
(A) fishing activities that violate conservation and management measures required under an international fishery management agreement to which the United States is a party, including catch limits or quotas, capacity restrictions, and bycatch reduction requirements; (B) overfishing of fish stocks shared by the United States, for which there are no applicable international conservation or management measures or in areas with no applicable international fishery management organization or agreement, that has adverse impacts on such stocks; or (C) fishing activity that has an adverse impact on seamounts, hydrothermal vents, and cold water corals located beyond national jurisdiction, for which there are no applicable conservation or management measures or in areas with no applicable international fishery management organization or agreement.