NMFS Adjusts Loligo Squid Specifications and Reopens Commercial Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has increased the annual catch limits for Loligo squid, including allowable biological catch, initial optimum yield, and domestic annual harvest, from 13,000 metric tons to 15,000 metric tons, and reopened the Period III directed Loligo squid commercial fishery until October 26, 2000, at 12:01 AM.