COMMERCIAL FISHING REGULATIONS FOR TROPICAL TUNA IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

Overview

ID #

13245997

Document Type

Programmatic Environmental Assessment

NOAA Office

National Marine Fisheries Service - West Coast Region

Document Status

Complete

Last Updated

12/27/2017

Summary

Under the Tuna Conventions Act, the United States is obligated to implement resolutions adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, which consists of countries fishing for tuna and tuna-like species in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). This programmatic EA evaluates the impacts of various management measures for U.S. commercial fishing for tropical tunas (skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye) in the EPO.