NMFS Amends Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Landings Quota Regulations

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has amended the regulations governing the Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries to remove a 250 metric ton limit on allocating Atlantic bluefin tuna landings quota to the Purse Seine category, allowing for 18.6% of the total landings quota to be allocated to the United States.