DAILY BAG LIMITS, POSSESSION LIMITS, AND AT-SEA PROCESSING OF PACIFIC BLUEFIN TUNA IN CALIFORNIA RECREATIONAL FISHERIES

This document provides information about, and analyses of, setting recreational bag limits for Pacific bluefin tuna related management measures for 2015 and subsequent years for fisheries covered by the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS), which are developed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). No impacts with protected species of concern are anticipated.