NMFS Issues Regulations to Implement IATTC Decision on Fishing Restrictions in Eastern Pacific Ocean

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is implementing a decision by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to set catch limits for bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean by longline vessels and to restrict purse seine fishing during closure periods, in order to meet the United States' obligations under the 1949 Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.