Notice to Longline
Fishermen
June 30, 2006
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) announces that the 2006 longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area (area east of 150° W longitude) will be closed
from July 6 through December 31, 2006.
NMFS is closing the U.S. longline fishery for
bigeye tuna because the bigeye tuna catch in the Convention Area has reached the 150
metric ton limit for the year.
For more information, call 808-944-2271. |
