# Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Closure of Purse Seine Fishery for Bigeye Tuna
> **Rule** · Fishing restrictions; request for comments. · Published 1999-12-29 · Effective 1999-11-09 · 64 FR 72962
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-33854
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Species:** tuna
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 72962
- **Publication date:** 1999-12-29
- **Effective date:** 1999-11-09
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 991207319-9319-01
## Abstract

NMFS announces closure of the 1999 purse seine fishery for bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean through a prohibition of purse seine sets on floating objects in the eastern Pacific Ocean after midnight on November 8, 1999.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/29/99-33854/pacific-tuna-fisheries-closure-of-purse-seine-fishery-for-bigeye-tuna)
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