NMFS Removes Exemption for Large U.S. Longline Vessels to Fish in American Samoa LVPA

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has lifted a regulatory exemption allowing certain large U.S. longline vessels to fish in parts of the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA), in compliance with a U.S. District Court Final Judgment and Order that revoked the exemption.