# Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Quota Adjustment
> **Rule** · Quota adjustment. · Published 1997-05-14 · Effective 1997-07-01 · 62 FR 26428
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-12620
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** shark
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 26428
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-14
- **Effective date:** 1997-07-01
- **NOAA docket:** I.D. 050197B
## Abstract

NMFS announces that the catch of large coastal sharks in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico was 958 metric tons (mt) during the first semiannual 1997 season. Because of the overharvest of this category quota, the second semiannual 1997 quota is adjusted accordingly.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/14/97-12620/atlantic-shark-fisheries-quota-adjustment)
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