NOAA Fisheries Announces a Final Rule for North and South Atlantic Swordfish Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule to implement North and South Atlantic swordfish quota recommendations from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). This rule includes the following actions: • Increases the United States North Atlantic swordfish quota to 2,937 mt dressed weight (dw) in 2004 and 2005; • Allows 150.4 mt dw of the North Atlantic swordfish catch limit to be harvested from an area between 5 degrees North latitude and 5 degrees South latitude; • Transfers 18.8 mt dw of North Atlantic swordfish quota to Canada in 2004, and 2005; and, • Establishes for the United States a 75.2 mt dw South Atlantic swordfish quota in 2004 and 2005 and 90.2 mt dw in 2006. For more information, contact
NOAA Fisheries Announces a Final Rule for North and South Atlantic Swordfish Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule to implement North and South Atlantic swordfish quota recommendations from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). This rule includes the following actions:
• Increases the United States North Atlantic swordfish quota to 2,937 mt dressed weight (dw) in 2004 and 2005;
• Allows 150.4 mt dw of the North Atlantic swordfish catch limit to be harvested from an area between 5 degrees North latitude and 5 degrees South latitude;
• Transfers 18.8 mt dw of North Atlantic swordfish quota to Canada in 2004, and 2005; and,
• Establishes for the United States a 75.2 mt dw South Atlantic swordfish quota in 2004 and 2005 and 90.2 mt dw in 2006.
For more information, contact
ch***********@no**.gov. Copies of the final rule, environmental assessment, and regulatory impact review are available upon request from the Highly Migratory Species Management Division (phone: 301-713-2347). The information is also available on the HMS website under Breaking News.