NMFS Closes Purse Seine Fishery in ELAPS to Meet Conservation and Management Obligations

Summary

The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing the purse seine fishery in the ELAPS due to reaching the 2019 fishing effort limit, in line with the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean's conservation and management measures. This decision satisfies the US obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.