catch-limit · atlantic hms · swordfish · Published 2003-03-24 · Effective 2003-03-24 · 68 FR 14167
Document
Document number
03-6957
Federal Register citation
68 FR 14167
Type
Rule
Action
Adjustment of annual catch quotas.
Category
catch-limit
Region
atlantic hms
Species
swordfish
Publication date
2003-03-24
Effective date
2003-03-24
NOAA docket
I.D. 082902A
Abstract
NMFS adjusts the 2002 fishing year directed fishery, incidental catch, and reserve category quotas for North Atlantic swordfish to account for underharvests from the 2000 and 2001 fishing years. The 2002 South Atlantic swordfish quota remains at 289.0 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw). This action is consistent with the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks (FMP) and the provisions for swordfish quota adjustments.