Announcement of 2016 Commercial Pacific bluefin tuna catch limit.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Species
tuna
Publication date
2016-01-15
Effective date
2016-02-14
Abstract
NMFS is announcing that the Pacific bluefin tuna catch limit applicable to U.S. commercial fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) in 2016 is 425 metric tons (mt). This notice is necessary to inform fishery participants of the catch limit established in a final rule published on July 8, 2015.