NMFS Closes Commercial Fishing for Pacific Bluefin Tuna in Eastern Pacific Ocean

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing commercial fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean due to expected catch limit depletion by the effective date of this action, as mandated by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution C-13-02 implemented by the final rule on May 16, 2014.