Announcements of 2019 trip limit modifications and 2020 catch limit.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Species
bluefin
Publication date
2020-02-04
Effective date
2019-08-04
NOAA docket
Docket No. 180716667-9383-02
Abstract
NMFS took two inseason actions in the commercial Pacific bluefin tuna fishery in 2019. On August 4, 2019, the commercial Pacific bluefin tuna trip limit was reduced to two metric tons (mt). On August 11, the commercial Pacific bluefin tuna trip limit was increased to 15 mt. Additionally, NMFS is using this notice to announce the Pacific bluefin tuna catch limit for U.S. commercial fishing vessels for 2020, which is 356 mt.