i
Environmental Assessment: Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories
-
2019
Details:
-
Alternative Title:Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories (RIN 0648-XG925)
-
Personal Author:
-
Corporate Authors:
-
NOAA Program & Office:
-
Description:The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will establish bigeye tuna territorial catch and allocation limits for each U.S. participating territory in the western and central Pacific Ocean, as recommended annually by the Council, for years 2019 through 2023, pursuant to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Pacific Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Pelagics FEP). NMFS would authorize each U.S. territory to allocate and transfer bigeye tuna limits to a U.S. longline fishing vessel(s) permitted under the Pelagics FEP and identified in a specified fishing agreement applicable to the territory. Criteria for a specified fishing agreement and the process for attributing longline-caught bigeye tuna made by vessels of the U.S. participating territories and U.S. vessels identified in an approved specified fishing agreement are codified in 50 CFR 665.819. Catch and allocation limits would be in effect until the end of the relevant fishing year.
-
Keywords:
-
Document Type:
-
Place as Subject:
-
Rights Information:Public Domain
-
Compliance:Submitted
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type: