NMFS Closes U.S. Bigeye Tuna Fishery in Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean due to reaching the 2019 allocation limit for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a requirement to manage this fish stock.