NMFS Concludes Bottomfish Fishery Has Minimal Impacts on Oceanic Whitetip Sharks
Hawai‘i’s bottomfish fishery does not jeopardize the continued existence of oceanic whitetip sharks (OWTs) listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
That was the conclusion that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reached in its final biological opinion (BiOp) issued on August 26th. The BiOp is an outcome of a
