Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Inseason Action to Close the Commercial Porbeagle Shark Fishery
catch-limit · atlantic hms · shark · Published 2008-11-18 · Effective 2008-11-18 · 73 FR 68361
Document
Document number
E8-27327
Federal Register citation
73 FR 68361
Type
Rule
Action
Fishery closures.
Category
catch-limit
Region
atlantic hms
Species
shark
Publication date
2008-11-18
Effective date
2008-11-18
Abstract
NMFS is closing the commercial fishery for porbeagle sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. This action is necessary because the porbeagle shark quotas for the 2008 fishing season have reached or are projected to have reached at least 80 percent of the available quota.