NMFS will publish a Proposed Rule tomorrow, June 22, 2012, to implement the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommendation 11-08, which prohibits retaining, transshipping, or landing silky sharks caught in association with ICCAT fisheries.
For more information, please see the attached document, or our website at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/breakingnews/index.htm