NMFS Adjusts Commercial Salmon Fishery Off U.S.-Canada Border Due to Exceeding Quota

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced an inseason adjustment to the commercial salmon fishery off the U.S.-Canada border, closing it from June 17 to June 26, 2006, and then reopening it from June 27 to June 30, 2006, with a 20-Chinook salmon limit per vessel. This action was taken to prevent the fishery from exceeding its quota of 22,450 Chinook salmon for May and June.