Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Recreational Fishery Adjustments

NMFS reopens the Angling category fishery for school, large school, and small medium Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) for all areas. The Angling category fishery for school, large school, and small medium ABT will open beginning June 13, 1997. The Angling category fishery for large school and small medium ABT will close on June 27, 1997 at 11:30 p.m. local time in the southern area (Delaware and states south) only. The northern Angling category fishery for large school and small medium ABT, and the Angling category fishery for school ABT in all areas, will remain open until further notice. The daily catch limit for the reopening remains at one ABT per vessel. This action is being taken to extend scientific data collection on ABT and to further domestic management objectives for the Atlantic tuna fisheries, while preventing overharvest of the regional Angling category subquotas.