{"abstract":"NMFS is closing the commercial fishery for blacktip sharks in the eastern Gulf of Mexico sub-region. This action is necessary because, as of reports received by November 16, 2018, the commercial landings of blacktip sharks in the eastern Gulf of Mexico sub-region for the 2018 fishing season have reached 97 percent of the available commercial quota. Therefore, NMFS is closing the blacktip shark fishery in the eastern Gulf of Mexico sub-region. This closure will affect anyone commercially fishing for blacktip sharks in the eastern Gulf of Mexico sub-region.","action":"Temporary rule; closure.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2018/11/27/2018-25790.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":635,"title":50}],"citation":"83 FR 60776","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The commercial fishery for blacktip sharks in the eastern Gulf of Mexico sub-region is closed effective 11:30 p.m. local time November 25, 2018, until the end of the 2018 fishing season on December 31, 2018, or until and if NMFS announces via a notice in the Federal Register that additional quota is available and the season is reopened.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 150413357-5999-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2018-25790","effective_on":"2018-11-25","end_page":60777,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2018/11/27/2018-25790.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/27/2018-25790/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-commercial-blacktip-sharks-in-the-eastern-gulf-of-mexico","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2018-25790?publication_date=2018-11-27","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2018-11-27/2018-25790/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":94,"last_updated":"2026-08-26 20:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-11-27/pdf/2018-25790.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-25790.pdf?1542834923","publication_date":"2018-11-27","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2018/11/27/2018-25790.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XG64":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XG64"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-0069","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0069","regulation_id_number":"0648-XF48","title":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2018 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Season","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2018-12-17T11:00:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":60776,"subtype":null,"title":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Blacktip Sharks in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sub-Region; Closure","toc_doc":"Commercial Blacktip Sharks in the eastern Gulf of Mexico Sub-Region; Closure","toc_subject":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:","topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":83}