Atlantic Tuna Fisheries and Atlantic Swordfish Fishery; Offshore Resource Management Corporation Petition

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NMFS hereby announces denial of the petition for rulemaking submitted by the Offshore Resource Management Corporation (ORMC). ORMC petitioned NMFS to amend the tuna regulations to make pair trawling an authorized gear type for non-bluefin tunas and amend the swordfish regulations to increase the swordfish bycatch limit for the pair trawl fishery.