Federal Fisheries Council Votes to Close West Coast Sardine Fishery Next Season - Oceana USA

Victory | April 13, 2015

Federal Fisheries Council Votes to Close West Coast Sardine Fishery Next Season

The Pacific Fishery Management Council  voted yesterday to close the directed Pacific sardine fishery off the U.S. West Coast for the 2015-16 fishing year starting July 1. Oceana requests the Council take immediate emergency action to close the Pacific sardine fishery for the remainder of the current season, which is scheduled to end June 30. With approximately two thousand tons of unmet catch left in this season’s quota, the Council will consider emergency action for the current season later this week.