NMFS Closes U.S. Longline Fishery for Bigeye Tuna in Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has closed the U.S. longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the Convention Area of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean until the end of 2004, following the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission's (IATTC) recommendations and in compliance with the Tuna Conventions Act, to prevent overfishing and conserve bigeye tuna stock.