NMFS Prohibits Drift Gillnet Fishing in California/Oregon Thresher Shark/Swordfish Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is issuing an interim final rule to temporarily close the California/Oregon thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet fishery in U.S. waters off southern California from August 15 to August 31 and January 1 to January 31 to protect loggerhead sea turtles.