NMFS Establishes Catch Limits for Bigeye Tuna in U.S. Longline Fisheries in Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued regulations to set catch limits for bigeye tuna in U.S. pelagic longline fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean for 2009, 2010, and 2011, in accordance with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act and to meet international obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.