catch-limit · atlantic hms · bluefin · Published 2019-02-28 · Effective 2019-02-25 · 84 FR 6701
Document
Document number
2019-03554
Federal Register citation
84 FR 6701
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 General category.
Category
catch-limit
Region
atlantic hms
Species
bluefin
Publication date
2019-02-28
Effective date
2019-02-25
NOAA docket
Docket Nos. 120328229-4949-02 and 180117042-8884-02
Abstract
NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas for 2019, as it has done annually since 2015. NMFS also is transferring 25 metric tons (mt) of BFT quota from the Reserve category to the General category January 2019 period (from January 1 through March 31, 2019, or until the available subquota for this period is reached, whichever comes first). The transfer to the General category is based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments and applies to Atlantic tunas General category (commercial) permitted vessels and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permitted vessels with a commercial sale endorsement when fishing commercially for BFT.