US Issues Regulations to Restrict Use of Fish Aggregating Devices in Pacific Ocean

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued regulations to limit the use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) by US purse seine vessels in the western and central Pacific Ocean, in accordance with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act and to meet obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.