# Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries; Regulatory Adjustments
> **Rule** · Final rule; technical amendment. · Published 1999-07-13 · Effective 1999-07-01 · 64 FR 37700
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-17597
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** atlantic hms
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 37700
- **Publication date:** 1999-07-13
- **Effective date:** 1999-07-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 981216308-9180-03
## Abstract

NMFS is amending the final consolidated regulations governing the Atlantic HMS fisheries to clarify the applicability of recreational retention limits to persons aboard charter/headboat vessels; to set Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quotas for the period beginning January 1, 1999, and ending May 31, 1999; to clarify the requirements for embarking observers aboard shark gillnet vessels; to reestablish certain enforcement provisions inadvertently edited from the consolidated HMS regulations; to clarify transfer provisions for limited access permits; to correct the baseline reference point for limited access fishery vessel upgrades; to clarify references to the management unit and jurisdictional areas for species under regulation by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); to correct the effective dates of the restriction on length of pelagic longlines; to correct cross references; and to remove the interim provisions that were not intended to remain in effect beyond June 30, 1999.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/07/13/99-17597/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-hms-fisheries-regulatory-adjustments)
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