NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; NORTH ATLANTIC SWORDFISH, SOUTH ATLANTIC SWORDFISH, NORTH ATLANTIC ALBACORE, AND ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA QUOTAS

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; North Atlantic Swordfish, South Atlantic Swordfish, North Atlantic Albacore, and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 7 by Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: NMFS is proposing to implement recent binding recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) on quotas for North Atlantic swordfish, South Atlantic swordfish, North Atlantic albacore tuna (northern albacore), and Atlantic bluefin tuna. While this action does no...