{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce (all federally managed fisheries)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"National Marine Fisheries Service (Assistant Administrator for Fisheries)","authority":"16 U.S.C. 1855(c)(1)","instrument":"Temporary rule; emergency action, \u0027Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic\u0027, 85 Fed. Reg. 17285 (Mar. 27, 2020), RIN 0648-BJ70, Docket No. 200321-0084","title":"Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"2020-09-23 (extended by 85 Fed. Reg. 59199 to Mar. 26, 2021, then by 86 Fed. Reg. 16307 to Mar. 26, 2022)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-09-23","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["NMFS regional administrators and science center directors","fishing vessels, motherships, first receivers and processing facilities subject to mandatory observer coverage","observer providers and observers"],"clause":"SUMMARY: NMFS issues this temporary rule (\u0027emergency action\u0027) to provide it with authority to waive observer coverage [and some training and other program requirements]... NMFS is taking this action to address public health concerns [related to COVID-19 for] fishermen, observers, and other persons involved with such monitoring programs, while safeguarding the ability [of fisheries to continue operating]... DATES: Effective March 24, 2020 through September 23, 2020.... Many fisheries across the Nation are subject to mandatory observer coverage requirements that prohibit a vessel from fishing unless it carries one or more observers or at-sea monitors.... Such waivers will be communicated in writing or electronic format. At any time, if the circumstances for a waiver are no longer applicable, NMFS will [rescind] that waiver.","enforcement":"16 U.S.C. 1857-1859 (prohibited acts; civil penalties and permit sanctions); fishing without required observer coverage remains prohibited except where NMFS waives coverage under this rule","functions":["DR fishing vessels and routes (vessels legally barred from fishing without observers unless waived)","SC observer providers (federally contracted observer companies stood down or waived)","PK first receivers and processing facilities (shoreside observer placements)","WF observers and crews (quarantine, travel and training restrictions recited)","CB seafood supply chain"],"notes":"The rule recites that observer regulations \u0027prohibit a vessel from fishing unless it carries one or more observers or at-sea monitors\u0027 and that travel restrictions and public-health measures prevented deployment; the waiver authority is what kept the fleet legally able to sail. The regional waivers themselves (e.g., Northeast and Alaska bulletins of March-July 2020) were issued under this rule and are not separately saved.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-27/pdf/2020-06426.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":227184,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065","citation":"National Marine Fisheries Service (Assistant Administrator for Fisheries), Temporary rule; emergency action, \u0027Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic\u0027, 85 Fed. Reg. 17285 (Mar. 27, 2020), RIN 0648-BJ70, Docket No. 200321-0084 (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065)","stateName":"","related":[]}