NMFS Reduces Yellowtail Flounder Trip Limit to 15,000 Lbs to Prevent Overfishing

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reducing the Georges Bank yellowtail flounder trip limit from unlimited to 15,000 lbs to prevent the total allowable catch from being exceeded before the end of the 2005 fishing year, and to ensure the catch is available by April 30, 2006.