Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

NMFS adjusts the October-December subquota for the coastwide General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery by transferring 10.0 metric tons (mt) from the Longline North subcategory quota, 15.0 mt from the Angling category (10.0 mt from the school size class North and 5.0 mt from the school size class South subcategories), 15.0 mt from the Harpoon category, 65.0 mt from the Reserve category, and 10.0 mt from the General category New York Bight set-aside for a revised coastwide General category subquota of approximately 386.7 mt for October-December. NMFS reopens the coastwide BFT General category until the adjusted October-December subquota has been filled. These actions are being taken to allow for maximum utilization of the U.S. BFT landings quota while maintaining a fair distribution of fishing opportunities, preventing overharvest of the adjusted subquotas for the affected fishing categories, helping to achieve optimum yield in the General category fishery, and allowing the collection of a broad range of data for stock monitoring purposes, consistent with the objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks (HMS FMP).