NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: PACIFIC ISLAND FISHERIES; COMMERCIAL FISHING IN THE PACIFIC REMOTE ISLANDS MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT EXPANSION

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Pacific Island Fisheries; Commercial Fishing in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 9 by Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: NMFS proposes to amend regulations that prohibit commercial fishing in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion (PRIMNM Expansion), which comprises waters of the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between 50 to 200 nautical miles (nmi; 93 to 370 kilometers (km)) around Johnston Atoll and Wake and Jarvis Islands. This ac...