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1See Certain Expoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair 

Value Invesitgations, 89 FR 33324 (April 29, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Certain Expoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 65583 (August 12, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain 

Epoxy Resins from India’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

shall determine, and CBP shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded, we will instruct 

CBP to assess countervailing duties on 

all appropriate entries at a rate equal to 

the cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties required at the 

time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. We intend to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP for these 

companies no earlier than 35 days after 

the date of publication of this rescission 

in the Federal Register. 

For the companies remaining in the 

review, we will instruct CBP to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries at the subsidy rates calculated in 

the final results of this review. We 

intend to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 

date of publication of the final results of 

this review in the Federal Register. 

If a timely summons is filed at the 

U.S. Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce intends, upon 

publication of the final results, to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amounts shown for each of the 

respective companies listed above on 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, we 

will instruct CBP to continue to collect 

cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the most recent 

company-specific or all-others rate 

applicable to the company. These cash 

deposit instructions, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results of review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Diversification of Korea’s Economy 

VI. Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

VII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VIII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Companies for Which Commerce Is 

Rescinding This Review 

1. DCE Inc. 

2. Dong Chuel America Inc. 

3. Dong Chuel Industrial Co., Ltd. 

4. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd. 

5. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. 

6. Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd. 

7. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. 

8. Hyewon Sni Corporation (H.S.I.) 

9. JFE Shoji Trade Korea Ltd. 

10. POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd. 

11. POSCO Daewoo Corporation 

12. Soon Hong Trading Co., Ltd. 

13. Sung-A Steel Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–926] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From India: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that imports of certain epoxy 

resins (epoxy resins) from India are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is April 1, 2023, through March 

31, 2024. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Grossnickle, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3818. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 29, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On August 12, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

November 6, 2024.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://access.

trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are epoxy resins from 

India. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 


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6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 33324–25. 7See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Epoxy 

Resins from the People’s Republic of China, India, 

the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: 

Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated 

concurrently with this preliminary determination 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

8 Id. 

9Adjusted for export subsidies of 1.49 percent 

(comprised of 0.77 percent for the duty drawback 

program and 0.72 percent for the remissions of 

duties and taxes on export products program) for 

Atul and All Others. Adjusted for 91.04 percent (all 

programs) for Champion. See Certain Epoxy Resins 

from India: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 74889 (September 13, 2024), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

coverage (i.e., scope).6 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice, as well as additional 

language proposed by Commerce. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

preliminary determination, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.7 Commerce is not 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the scope in Appendix I to 

this notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2), interested parties may 

submit additional comments on the 

scope of this investigation in scope case 

briefs, which may be submitted no later 

than 30 days after the issuance of the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. 

Constructed export prices have been 

calculated in accordance with section 

772(b) of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. Furthermore, pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, 

Commerce has preliminarily relied 

upon facts otherwise available, with 

adverse inferences, for Champion 

Advanced Materials (Champion). For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that, in the 

preliminary determination, Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily determined an estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Atul Limited (Atul) that is not zero, de 

minimis or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. The estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

preliminarily determined for Champion 

is based on total facts available with an 

adverse inference. Consequently, for 

this preliminary determination, the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin calculated for Atul is the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers and 

exporters. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter or producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Adjusted cash 

deposit rate 

(percent) 9

Atul Limited .............................................................................................................................................. 12.01 10.52 

Champion Advanced Materials ................................................................................................................ * 15.68 * 0.00 

All Others ................................................................................................................................................. 12.01 10.52 

* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin as follows and as 

adjusted below: (1) the cash deposit rate 

for the exporters listed above will be 

equal to the company-specific estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

determined in this preliminary 

determination; (2) if the exporter is not 

a company identified above, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be equal to the company-specific 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for that producer of 

the subject merchandise; and (3) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

and exporters will be equal to the allothers estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin. 

Commerce normally adjusts the cash 

deposit for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

preliminarily made an affirmative 

determination for countervailable export 

subsidies, Commerce has offset the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate countervailed 

export subsidy rate. Any such adjusted 

cash deposit rate may be found in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section 

above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting estimated antidumping duty 

cash deposits unadjusted for 

countervailed export subsidies at the 

time that the provisional CVD measures 

expire. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 


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10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

12See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

14See APO and Service Final Rule. 

15See Atul’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Extend Final 

Determination,’’ dated September 16, 2024; see also 

Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request For the 

Postponement Of The Final Determinations,’’ dated 

September 19, 2024. 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information submitted by Atul that will 

be relied upon in making its final 

determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope issues may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than seven days after the date on which 

the last verification report is issued in 

this investigation.10 Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed no later than five 

days after the date for filing case 

briefs.11 Interested parties who submit 

case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 

must submit: (1) a table of contents 

listing each issue; and (2) a table of 

authorities.12

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their briefs that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.13 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).14

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants and whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On September 16 and 19, 2024, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e), Atul and 

the U.S. Epoxy Resin Producers Ad Hoc 

Coalition (the petitioner), respectively, 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.15 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is fully or partially uncured 

epoxy resins, also known as epoxide resins, 

polyepoxides, oxirane resins, ethoxyline 

resins, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol, 

(chloromethyl)oxirane, or aromatic 

diglycidyl, which are polymers or 

prepolymers containing epoxy groups (i.e., 

three-membered ring structures comprised of 

two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom). 

Epoxy resins range in physical form from low 

viscosity liquids to solids. All epoxy resins 

are covered by the scope of this investigation 

irrespective of physical form, viscosity, 

grade, purity, molecular weight, or molecular 

structure, and packaging. 

Epoxy resins may contain modifiers or 

additives, such as hardeners, curatives, 

colorants, pigments, diluents, solvents, 

thickeners, fillers, plasticizers, softeners, 

flame retardants, toughening agents, 

catalysts, Bisphenol F, and ultraviolet light 

inhibitors, so long as the modifier or additive 

has not chemically reacted so as to cure the 

epoxy resin or convert it into a different 

product no longer containing epoxy groups. 

Such epoxy resins with modifiers or 

additives are included in the scope where the 


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epoxy resin component comprises no less 

than 30 percent of the total weight of the 

product. The scope also includes blends of 

epoxy resins with different types of epoxy 

resins, with or without the inclusion of 

modifiers and additives, so long as the 

combined epoxy resin component comprises 

at least 30 percent of the total weight of the 

blend. 

Epoxy resins that enter as part of a system 

or kit with separately packaged co-reactants, 

such as hardeners or curing agents, are 

within the scope. The scope does not include 

any separately packaged co-reactants that 

would not fall within the scope if entered on 

their own. 

The scope includes merchandise matching 

the above description that has been 

processed in a third country, including by 

commingling, diluting, introducing, or 

removing modifiers or additives, or 

performing any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigations if performed 

in the subject country. 

The scope also includes epoxy resin that is 

commingled or blended with epoxy resin 

from sources not subject to this investigation. 

Only the subject component of such 

commingled products is covered by the scope 

of this investigation. 

Excluded from the scope are phenoxy 

resins, which are polymers with a weight 

greater than 11,000 Daltons, a Melt Flow 

Index (MFI) at 200 °C (392 °F) no less than 4 

grams and no greater than 70 grams per 10 

min, Glass-Transition Temperatures (Tg) no 

less than 80 °C (176 °F) and no greater than 

100 °C (212 °F), and which contain no epoxy 

groups other than at the terminal ends of the 

molecule. 

Excluded from the scope are certain paint 

and coating products, which are blends, 

mixtures, or other formulations of epoxy 

resin, curing agent, and pigment, in any form, 

packaged in one or more containers, wherein 

(1) the pigment represents a minimum of 10 

percent of the total weight of the product, (2) 

the epoxy resin represents a maximum of 80 

percent of the total weight of the product, 

and (3) the curing agent represents 5 to 40 

percent of the total weight of the product. 

Excluded from the scope are preimpregnated 

fabrics or fibers, often referred to as ‘‘prepregs,’’ which are composite materials 

consisting of fabrics or fibers (typically 

carbon or glass) impregnated with epoxy 

resin. 

This merchandise is currently classifiable 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheading 

3907.30.0000. Subject merchandise may also 

be entered under subheadings 3907.29.0000, 

3824.99.9397, 3214.10.0020, 2910.90.9100, 

2910.90.9000, 2910.90.2000, and 

1518.00.4000. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only; the written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Adjustments to Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping Margins for Export 

Subsidies in Companion Countervailing 

Duty Investigation 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE396] 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Northeast Multispecies 

Fishery; Approved Monitoring Service 

Providers 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Approval of Northeast 

multispecies monitoring service 

providers for fishing year 2025. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has approved nine 

companies to provide Northeast 

multispecies sector at-sea catch 

monitoring (ASM) and/or electronic 

catch monitoring (EM) services in 

fishing year 2025. Regulations 

implementing the Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 

require ASM and EM companies to meet 

service provider performance standards 

to be approved by NMFS to provide 

catch monitoring services to sectors. 

This action approves service providers 

that sectors may contract with for catch 

monitoring services for fishing year 

2025. 

DATES: Northeast multispecies at-sea 

and electronic monitoring service 

provider approvals are effective May 1, 

2025, through April 30, 2026. 

ADDRESSES: The list of NMFS-approved 

sector monitoring service providers is 

available at: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/resource/data/observerproviders-northeast-and-mid-atlanticprograms. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Nelson, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9334, email 

Heather.Nelson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan includes a 

requirement for industry-funded 

monitoring of catch by sector vessels. 

NMFS approves independent thirdparty service providers with which 

sectors may contract to provide ASM 

and/or EM services to their vessels. 

NMFS requires full applications for 

approval from ASM and EM companies 

that are not currently approved to be a 

service provider. Previously approved 

ASM and EM companies are not 

required to submit a full application to 

maintain their approval status if they 

continue to meet all service provider 

performance standards and submit 

required updated information annually. 

The required updated information to 

maintain approval includes an updated 

Emergency Action Plan, evidence of 

adequate insurance coverage, and, if 

applicable, any updates to staffing or 

operations. Regulations at 50 CFR 

648.11(h) describe the criteria for 

approval of ASM and EM service 

provider applications. NMFS approves 

service providers based on: (1) 

Completeness and sufficiency of 

applications; and (2) determination of 

the applicant’s ability to meet the 

performance requirements of a sector 

monitoring service provider. Once 

approved, service providers must meet 

specified performance requirements 

outlined in § 648.11(h)(5) and (6), 

including required coverage levels, in 

order to maintain eligibility. NMFS 

must notify service providers, in 

writing, if NMFS withdraws approval 

for any reason. 

Approved Monitoring Service Providers 

On September 3, 2024, NMFS 

announced an opportunity for new 

monitoring companies to apply for 

approval to provide ASM and/or EM 

services in fishing year 2025 and an 

opportunity for currently approved 

providers to submit updated 

documentation to maintain their 

approval status in fishing year 2025. 

NMFS previously approved nine 

companies to provide catch monitoring 

services to the Northeast multispecies 

sectors in fishing year 2024. Five of the 

nine approved companies provide both 

ASM and EM services: A.I.S., Inc.; East 

West Technical Services, LLC; Fathom 

Research, LLC; New England Marine 

Monitoring; and Saltwater, Inc. The 

other four approved companies provide 

EM services only: Archipelago Marine 

Research, Ltd.; Flywire Cameras; Satlink 

US, LLC; and Teem Fish Monitoring, 

Inc. 

All currently approved ASM and EM 

companies continue to meet all service 

provider performance standards, 

submitted all required documentation, 

and are therefore approved service 

providers for fishing year 2025. We did 

not receive any new ASM or EM 

provider applications. Table 1 includes 


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