NMFS Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for 2017 Fishing Limits in Purse Seine Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is requesting public comments on a proposed rule that would establish a limit of 1,828 fishing days for U.S. purse seine vessels in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and on the high seas in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean for calendar year 2017, in order to meet the obligations of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act.