International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Zusammenfassung

NMFS announces the year 2000 yellowfin tuna harvest limits and associated management measures for the purse seine and baitboat fisheries for yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), consistent with recommendations made by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and approved by the Department of State under the terms of the Tuna Conventions Act. The intended effect of this action is to establish allowable harvest limits for the yellowfin tuna fishery.