NMFS Issues Regulations to Limit U.S. Purse Seine Fishing Effort in Western Pacific

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has revised the 2014 fishing effort limit for U.S. purse seine vessels in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and on the high seas in the Western Pacific Ocean, from 2,588 to 1,828 fishing days, to comply with a conservation and management measure adopted by the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.