Commercial Non-Sandbar Large Coastal Shark Fisheries Closure

50 CFR Part 635
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Inseason Action to Close the
Commercial Non-Sandbar Large Coastal Shark Fisheries in the Shark Research Fishery and Atlantic Region

NMFS is closing the commercial fisheries for non-sandbar large coastal sharks (LCS) in both the shark research fishery and Atlantic region. This action is necessary because NMFS estimated that these fisheries have reached or exceeded 80 percent of the available quota.

DATES: The commercial non-sandbar LCS fisheries in both the shark research fishery and the Atlantic region are closed effective 11:30 p.m. local time July 1, 2009, until the effective date of the final 2010 shark season specifications in which NMFS will publish a separate document in the Federal Register.

Read the entire notice in the Federal Register here.