White Marlin Stock Assessment Update
The June 2019 assessment of white marlin’s relative abundance remaining in the water offered mixed results, “overfishing” had stopped, but the authorized…
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Latest Bluefin Tuna In season Adjustment
The National Marine Fisheries Service is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category daily retention limit from three large medium or…
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Help Keep Pelagic Longlines OUT of Closed Zones
The U.S. pelagic longline closed zones and gear restricted areas were established to reduce bycatch of juvenile swordfish by protecting nursery grounds,…
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna In-Season Adjustment
Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Northern Area Trophy Fishery to Close June 27, 2019 Notice - NOAA Fisheries has determined that the subquota…
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Atlantic bluefin tuna inseason adjustment
Based on the best available landings information, NOAA Fisheries has determined that the subquota of 1.8 mt for the Angling category northern…
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Swordfish General Commercial Permit Retention Limit Adjustment
NOAA Fisheries just announced an inseason change to the Swordfish General Commercial permit retention limits in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico,…
Read moreNew Exempted Fishing Permits for Longlines off US West Coast
Exempted Fishing Permits were issued by the Pacific Fishery Management Council on April 29, 2019 to two vessels to fish off the U.S.…
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More Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Allocation for Anglers?
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently released an Options Paper to amend the current Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) strategy, implemented to…
Read moreNMFS Discussing New Ways to Allow Commercial Fishing Vessels Inside Closed Zones
NEEDS ALL ANGLERS ATTENTION – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) launched a new and very comprehensive process for evaluating the success…
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