# Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and General Category Effort Controls
> **Rule** · Final initial 2002 quota specifications and General category effort controls. · Published 2002-10-01 · Effective 2002-10-01 · 67 FR 61537
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-24946
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** atlantic hms
- **Species:** bluefin
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 61537
- **Publication date:** 2002-10-01
- **Effective date:** 2002-10-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 020612146-2211-02
## Abstract

NMFS announces the final initial specifications for the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery to set BFT quotas and General category effort controls for the fishing year beginning June 1, 2002. The final initial quota specifications and effort controls are necessary to implement the 1998 recommendation of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which established a rebuilding program for Western Atlantic BFT and is required by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), and to achieve domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/10/01/02-24946/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-quota-specifications-and-general-category)
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