NOAA Fisheries is proposing to adjust the North and South Atlantic swordfish quotas for the 2011 fishing year to account for 2010 underharvests and landings.

This proposed rule incorporates International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommendations which extend the previously established baseline quotas for North and South Atlantic swordfish through the 2011 fishing year.

Without this rule, the United States would be out of compliance with ICCAT recommendations.

Comments on this proposed rule may be submitted by July 25, 2011.

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