The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 5: October 1995
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Large Coastal Atlantic Shark Fisheries
Closure Notice
The National Marine Fisheries Service closed the commercial fishery
for large coastal sharks in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, including
the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, at 2300 hours local time
30 September 1995, through 31 December 1995. This action was
necessary to prevent exceeding the semiannual quota for the
period 1 July through 31 December 1995. Fishing for pelagic and
small coastal sharks could continue and the recreational fishery
was not affected by this closure.
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