NMFS Closes U.S. Bigeye Tuna Fishery in Western and Central Pacific Due to Allocation Limit

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean, as the fishery is expected to reach its 2017 allocation limit for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in order to comply with regulations managing this fish stock.