@article{,

title = {Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals and Dolphin-Safe Tuna Products },

author = {NOAA},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {Federal Register},

volume = {81},

number = {421},

pages = {3},

abstract = { The Assistant Administrator

for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant

Administrator) has issued a

determination, under the Dolphin

Protection Consumer Information Act

(DPCIA), of regular and significant

mortality and serious injury of dolphins

in gillnet fisheries harvesting tuna by

vessels flagged under the Governments

of India, Iran, Mozambique, Pakistan,

Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka,

Tanzania, the United Arab Emirates,

and Yemen. This determination triggers

additional documentation requirements

for tuna product from those fisheries

that is exported from or offered for sale

in the United States, including that such

tuna must be accompanied by a written

statement executed by an observer

participating in a national or

international program acceptable to the

Assistant Administrator, in addition to

such statement by the captain of the

vessel, that certifies that no dolphins

were killed or seriously injured in the

sets or other gear deployments in which

the tuna were caught and certain other

required information regarding dolphin

interactions and segregation of tuna.

These determinations were based on

review of scientific information and,

when available, documentary evidence

submitted by the relevant government. },

keywords = {Arabian Sea, Bycatch, Fisheries, India, Marine mammals, NIO, Observer programmes, Oman, Pakistan, reporting scheme, Tanzania, tuna fishery},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}