# Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; annual adjustment of Atlantic bluefin tuna Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas; inseason quota transfer from the Reserve category to the Longline category. · Published 2018-04-18 · Effective 2018-04-13 · 83 FR 17110
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-08125
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** atlantic hms
- **Species:** bluefin
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 17110
- **Publication date:** 2018-04-18
- **Effective date:** 2018-04-13
- **NOAA docket:** Docket Nos. 120328229-4949-02 and 150121066-5717-02
## Abstract

NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas for 2018, as it has done annually since 2015. NMFS also is transferring 44.5 metric tons (mt) of BFT quota from the Reserve category to the Longline category after considering the applicable regulatory determination criteria. NMFS has decided that the quota transferred to the Longline category will be distributed to permitted Atlantic Tunas Longline vessels with recent fishing activity, rather than to all qualified Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) shares recipients. As a result of this transfer, each associated IBQ account will receive 1,102 lb (0.5 mt) of IBQ.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/18/2018-08125/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-fisheries)
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