NMFS Extends Emergency Rule for Pelagic Longline Fishing to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has extended the expiration date of an emergency rule that aims to reduce bycatch and bycatch mortality of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles in the Atlantic bottom and pelagic longline fisheries, as required by a 2001 Biological Opinion.