WPRFMC Managers Recommend Changes to Swordfish Longline Fishery in Light of Turtle Interactions
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Susan Chambers - June 14, 2018
Federal fishery managers recommended measures to manage sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii shallow-set longline fishery targeting swordfish this week in Hawaii.
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council recommended amending the Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) for the Western Pacific Region to establish a framework that consists of:
a) annual fleet-wide limits on the number of North Pacific loggerhead and leatherback interactions. Once either of these interaction limits is reached, the fishery ...
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