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and that are identified as overfished, the

development of rebuilding programs

must be consistent with section 304(f) of

the Magnuson-Stevens Act. NMFS will

work cooperatively with Councils,

Commissions, and states in these

determinations and development of

management measures.

NMFS believes that the final NPOA

demonstrates strong U.S. leadership on

this important international shark

conservation issue. The United States

has already several FMPs that regulate

directed and incidental catches of

sharks as well as bycatch of sharks, and

other FMPs under consideration or

development. Additionally, the United

States is likely to be one of the first

COFI members to complete an NPOA for

sharks, will urge other members to

develop and implement NPOAs, as

appropriate, and will pursue shark

conservation and management in other

international fisheries management fora.

NMFS acknowledges that assessing

shark conservation and management

needs and effectiveness is costly, and

that the final NPOA includes ambitious

objectives and goals. Additional funding

needs for implementing the final NPOA

need to be addressed by the individual

management entities. In the past, NMFS

did not have the resources to monitor all

sharks caught in all U.S. fisheries and

effective implementation of the final

NPOA may require additional funding.

NMFS will use the final NPOA as

guidance in its strategic planning and

budget processes.

Comment 2: The NPOA fails to

include a bycatch reduction strategy

with goals and timeframes.

Response: In addition to the NPOA’s

policy guidance on actions and time

frames outlined above, the United States

participates in international fishery

agreements to reduce or minimize

bycatch, including the IPOA and the

United Nations Food and Agriculture

Organization Code of Conduct for

Responsible Fisheries.

NMFS believes that directed,

incidental or bycatch shark fisheries

constitute unique situations that require

development of fishery-specific shark

conservation and management

measures. It is not necessary to state

explicit conservation and management

standards for individual fisheries or for

the nation as a whole as these are

identified in the IPOA, NPOA, and

Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Comment 3: The NPOA should call

for adoption of the precautionary

approach and development of

precautionary FMPs for all

elasmobranch fisheries, regardless of

overfishing.

Response: NMFS agrees that the

precautionary approach should be

adopted in the conservation and

management measures and development

of FMPs. NMFS believes that the

National Standards Guidelines for the

Magnuson-Stevens Act and this NPOA

for sharks include this policy guidance.

However, NMFS believes that each

fishery represents unique situations that

should be addressed on a fisheryspecific basis and that development of

precautionary FMPs should be prepared

by the responsible management entity.

Comment 4: NMFS should identify

overarching outreach priorities and

develop an identification guide for the

Atlantic and Pacific regions.

Response: NMFS agrees that public

outreach on the identification of sharks,

as well as the need for shark

conservation and management, are high

priorities. Towards that end, NMFS is

developing an identification guide for

sharks of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of

Mexico, and Caribbean Sea, with

anticipated completion in early 2001.

Comment 5: All management entities

should be required to produce reports

on all shark catches in all fisheries every

2 years.

Response: NMFS agrees that regular

assessment and reporting of shark

catches in all fisheries is appropriate

and would enhance biennial reporting

to COFI on implementation of the

NPOA. Accordingly, the final NPOA

includes policy guidance on time frames

for reporting, and NMFS will work

cooperatively with Councils,

Commissions, and States on generating

the relevant reports.

Comment 6: The NPOA should

include a comprehensive overview of

health and status of all elasmobranch

populations, research and data needs,

and current management.

Response: NMFS believes that the

final NPOA includes a brief, yet

complete, review of Atlantic and Pacific

shark stock status, fishery descriptions,

research and management needs, and

current management. NMFS refers

interested constituents to the NMFS

annual Report to Congress on Status of

Fisheries of the United States (see http:/

/www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/reports.html)

and the relevant FMPs for more

comprehensive information on specific

species and/or fisheries.

Comment 7: The NPOA should

include a specific section on threatened

species, including Endangered Species

Act candidates and American Fisheries

Society stocks at risk.

Response: NMFS agrees and has

modified the final NPOA.

Comment 8: The NPOA should

elaborate more on progress in

international and regional organizations

such as the Asian Pacific Economic

Cooperation Forum, the Northwest

Atlantic Fisheries Organization, and the

Convention on the International Trade

in Endangered Species of Flora and

Fauna.

Response: NMFS agrees and has

modified the format of the final NPOA.

Changes From Draft NPOA

NMFS made a number of changes in

the final NPOA pursuant to public

comments that were submitted on the

draft NPOA. The final NPOA provides

policy guidance and time frames for

NMFS, Council, Commission, and state

action to conduct initial assessments of

shark catches and fisheries within two

years of completion of the NPOA and to

develop fishery-specific management

measures, as appropriate, within 4

years. The sections describing

international science and management

initiatives and guidance on adopting the

precautionary approach and protecting

vulnerable species are expanded.

Electronic Access

The final version of the NPOA is now

available on the NMFS website (http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov). Hard copies of the

document are available upon request

(see ADDRESSES).

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801

et seq.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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