catch-limit · atlantic hms · shark · Published 2006-12-14 · 71 FR 75122
Document
Document number
06-9667
Federal Register citation
71 FR 75122
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule and temporary rule for emergency action; request for comments on temporary rule for emergency action.
Category
catch-limit
Region
atlantic hms
Species
shark
Publication date
2006-12-14
NOAA docket
Docket No. 060925247-6323-02
Abstract
This combined final and temporary rule for emergency action establishes the 2007 first trimester season quotas for large coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks and publishes the opening and closing dates for the LCS fishery based on adjustments to the trimester quotas. The final rule also opens the existing mid-Atlantic shark closed area in July 2007, pending available quota. This combined rule is needed to address over- and underharvests that occurred in the Atlantic shark fishery in the first trimester of 2006.