International trade · 01/12/2011

NMFS Withdraws Temporary Rule for U.S. Bigeye Tuna Longline Fishery in Western and Central Pacific Ocean

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has withdrawn a temporary rule that would have closed the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean due to the fishery reaching its 2011 catch limit, as it no longer expects the fishery to reach the limit by the specified date.