Comments closed June 8
Oppose Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean
- What
- NMFS is proposing to update fishing quotas for several Atlantic highly migratory species to align with 2025 binding recommendations from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. It'd implement a management procedure for North Atlantic swordfish, leave baseline quotas for swordfish and northern albacore unchanged, and raise the U.S. baseline quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna while adjusting longline bycatch allowances. Commercial and recreational fishers targeting these species in the Atlantic would be most directly affected.
- Where
- North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed June 8, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 8, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-09059 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedJune 8, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 8, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
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Affects public lands
NMFS is proposing to update fishing quotas for several Atlantic highly migratory species to align with 2025 binding recommendations from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. It'd implement a management procedure for North Atlantic swordfish, leave baseline quotas for swordfish and northern albacore unchanged, and raise the U.S. baseline quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna while adjusting longline bycatch allowances. Commercial and recreational fishers targeting these species in the Atlantic would be most directly affected.
In the agency’s own words
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 not propose to change the existing baseline quotas for North Atlantic swordfish, South Atlantic swordfish, and northern albacore, this action proposes to implement the management procedure for North Atlantic swordfish, describes the existing management procedure for northern albacore, and considers the possibili…
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