U.S. Purse Seine Vessels Prohibited from Fishing on FADs in Western Pacific

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced a closure of the 2017 Purse Seine FAD Fishery due to reaching the limit on FAD sets, in line with the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, to which the U.S. is a Contracting Party.