# 2025-00716: Implementation of Provisions of the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

2025-00716, Implementation of Provisions of the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-16, effective 2025-01-16 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00716
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00716
- Title: Implementation of Provisions of the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-16
- Effective: 2025-01-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service is officially pulling back a 2022 plan to crack down on illegal fishing because new laws changed the game. This affects fishermen, seafood businesses, and anyone involved in Pacific fisheries, as the rules around illegal fishing are being updated but won’t be finalized under this Administration. Stay tuned for fresh rules that match the latest laws, with no immediate cost changes announced.

## Abstract

NMFS formally withdraws a proposed rule on the Implementation of Provisions of the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 and the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, which was published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2022. This proposed rule would have implemented certain provisions of the two acts and amended the definition of illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing in the regulations that implement the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act). After the proposed rule was issued, Congress amended the Moratorium Protection Act by the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA). NMFS has been developing a revised proposed rule in light of the NDAA to conform to the statutory changes, but does not have sufficient time to finalize the rule in this Administration.

## Effects PRIA read

- 2022 Illegal-Fishing Rule Withdrawn: mixed, low. If you fish commercially or run a seafood business, the National Marine Fisheries Service is withdrawing the proposed rule it published on July 8, 2022, and the withdrawal is effective January 16, 2025. The July 2022 proposal would have implemented the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, D…

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## Sources
- [2025-00716 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00716/implementation-of-provisions-of-the-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-enforcement-act-of)
- [2025-00716 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00716.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00716 (as of 2026-06-11).