Updated English and Spanish Atlantic HMS Compliance Guides
NOAA Fisheries has released updated compliance guides for recreational fishing of highly migratory species in the Atlantic Ocean. These guides include detailed…
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FWC Announces Blackfin Tuna Recreational Limit
In July, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) drafted a proposal to create a recreational limit for blackfin tuna in…
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FWC Supports TBF In Opposing NMFS Initiatives
The Billfish Foundation is encouraged by the comments made by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regarding the proposed actions…
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TBF Tells NMFS NO To Harming Billfish and Sportfishing
As promised, below are TBF's final comments for the NMFS initiative that will potentially decimate billfish populations and harm the recreational fishing…
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New NMFS Initiatives Benefit Longlines and Harm Recreational Community
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing initiatives that once again ignore the recreational fishing community and do not benefit billfish…
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New Gear Restrictions May Help Billfish in the Pacific
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission recently announced new requirements for fisheries targeting tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). These new regulations…
Read moreNew Quota Adjustments for Swordfish, Albacore Tuna, and Bluefin Tuna
NOAA Fisheries announced new 2019 baseline quotas for North Atlantic albacore tuna, North and South Atlantic swordfish, and Atlantic bluefin tuna (reserve…
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Potential Changes to the NOAA HMS Fishery Management Plans
Earlier last week, NOAA Fisheries announced that they are considering changes to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan and we will…
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Closure
Just two days after the Harpoon category closure, NOAA Fisheries Highly Migratory Species Department has announced the closure of the General category…
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