[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR216.92]

[Page 56]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 216_REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE 
 
                  Subpart H_Dolphin Safe Tuna Labeling
 
Sec. 216.92  Dolphin-safe requirements for tuna harvested in the ETP 

by large purse seine vessels.

    (a) U.S. vessels. Tuna products that contain tuna harvested by U.S. 
flag purse seine vessels of greater than 400 st (362.8 mt) carrying 
capacity in the ETP may be labeled dolphin-safe only if the following 
requirements are met:
    (1) Tuna Tracking Forms containing a complete record of all the 
fishing activities on the trip, certified by the vessel Captain and the 
observer, are submitted to the Administrator, Southwest Region, at the 
end of the fishing trip during which the tuna was harvested;
    (2) The tuna is delivered for processing to a U.S. tuna processor in 
a plant located in one of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, or American Samoa 
that is in compliance with the tuna tracking and verification 
requirements of Sec. 216.93; and
    (3) The tuna or tuna products meet the dolphin-safe labeling 
standards under Sec. 216.91.
    (b) Imported tuna. (1) Yellowfin tuna or tuna products harvested in 
the ETP by vessels of greater than 400 st (362.8 mt) carrying capacity 
and presented for import into the United States may be labeled dolphin-
safe only if the yellowfin tuna was harvested by a U.S. vessel fishing 
in compliance with the requirements of the IDCP and applicable U.S. law, 
or by a vessel belonging to a nation that has obtained an affirmative 
finding under Sec. 216.24(f)(8).
    (2) Tuna or tuna products, other than yellowfin tuna, harvested in 
the ETP by purse seine vessels of greater than 400 st (362.8 mt) 
carrying capacity and presented for import into the United States may be 
labeled dolphin-safe only if:
    (i) The tuna was harvested by a U.S. vessel fishing in compliance 
with the requirements of the IDCP and applicable U.S. law, or by a 
vessel belonging to a nation that is a Party to the Agreement on the 
IDCP or has applied to become a Party and is adhering to all the 
requirements of the Agreement on the IDCP Tuna Tracking and Verification 
Plan;
    (ii) The tuna or tuna products are accompanied by a properly 
completed FCO; and
    (iii) The tuna or tuna products are accompanied by valid 
documentation signed by a representative of the appropriate IDCP member 
nation, containing the harvesting vessel names and tuna tracking form 
numbers represented in the shipment, and certifying that:
    (A) There was an IDCP approved observer on board the vessel(s) 
during the entire trip(s); and
    (B) The tuna contained in the shipment were caught according to the 
dolphin-safe labeling standards of Sec. 216.91.

[69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004]