# Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Large Coastal Closure Notice
> **Rule** · Closure. · Published 1997-07-21 · 62 FR 38942
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-19112
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** shark
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 38942
- **Publication date:** 1997-07-21
- **NOAA docket:** I.D. 061797C
## Abstract

NMFS is closing the commercial fishery for large coastal sharks conducted by vessels with a Federal Atlantic Shark permit in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the semiannual quota for the period July 1 through December 31, 1997.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/07/21/97-19112/atlantic-shark-fisheries-large-coastal-closure-notice)
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