🦈2025 Commercial Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Sharks Adjusted
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2025 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Year
Summary
In this action, NMFS adjusts the base annual commercial quotas for the 2025 Atlantic shark commercial fishing year as allowable based on underharvests from the 2024 fishing year. The 2025 Atlantic shark commercial fishing year opened on January 1, 2025 under the base annual commercial quotas and default commercial retention limits. This action is necessary to provide additional fishing opportunities for commercial shark fishermen to harvest optimum yield from the Atlantic shark fisheries.
Agencies
- Commerce Department
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Business Impact
$$$ - High
The regulation outlines adjustments to commercial quotas for the Atlantic shark fishing in 2025, impacting businesses engaged in fishing. Compliance with the new quotas and understanding carryover rules for underharvests are critical for financial planning and operational management.