catch-limit · atlantic hms · bluefin · Published 2017-03-02 · Effective 2017-02-28 · 82 FR 12296
Document
Document number
2017-04141
Federal Register citation
82 FR 12296
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; annual adjustment of Atlantic bluefin tuna Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas; inseason quota transfer from the Reserve category to the Longline category.
Category
catch-limit
Region
atlantic hms
Species
bluefin
Publication date
2017-03-02
Effective date
2017-02-28
NOAA docket
Docket Nos. 120328229-4949-02 and 150121066-5717-02
Abstract
NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas for 2017, as it does annually. NMFS is also transferring inseason 45 metric tons (mt) of BFT quota from the Reserve category to the Longline category. This action is based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments. NMFS has decided that the transfer to the Longline category will be distributed to permitted Atlantic Tunas Longline vessels with recent fishing activity, rather than to all qualified Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) shares recipients. As a result of this transfer, the associated IBQ accounts will each receive 1,102 lb (0.5 mt) of IBQ.