# Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Inseason Action to Close the Commercial Porbeagle Shark Fishery
> **Rule** · Fishery closures. · Published 2008-11-18 · Effective 2008-11-18 · 73 FR 68361
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-27327
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** atlantic hms
- **Species:** shark
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 68361
- **Publication date:** 2008-11-18
- **Effective date:** 2008-11-18
## Abstract

NMFS is closing the commercial fishery for porbeagle sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. This action is necessary because the porbeagle shark quotas for the 2008 fishing season have reached or are projected to have reached at least 80 percent of the available quota.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/11/18/E8-27327/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-inseason-action-to-close-the-commercial-porbeagle-shark-fishery)
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