Amendment 13 Finalized
As of October 3, 2022, Amendment 13 for Bluefin Tuna is now complete and includes changes for commercial fishing under the Individual…
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Gulf of Mexico Restoration Plan
Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, a group of federal representatives have continued…
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Costa Rica’s Tuna Reform Law – Billfish Impacts Uncertain
As reported recently in the Tico Times, a new Costa Rican tuna law requires all purse seine vessels (none of which are owned…
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Bluefin Quota Allocation Transfer – Sept 2022
NMFS transferred 90.5 metric tons of Atlantic bluefin tuna from the Reserve Category to the General Category for the remainder of this…
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TBF Welcomes our newest Winthrop P Rockefeller Intern – Addie Spain
We would like to introduce our newest Winthrop P. Rockefeller Student Ocean intern, Adelaide Spain! She is currently a senior at the…
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New Findings on Striped Marlin Migrations
The following was released by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Group and the Large Pelagics Research Center: The most comprehensive effort to date to characterize striped…
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Estimating Pelagic Longline Bycatch
Over the years, Dr. C. Phillip Goodyear, TBF’s billfish scientist has developed “species distribution models” for highly migratory species that estimate time-varying,…
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Mahi Mahi Summer July 2022 Update
Following the implementation of Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery Management Plan in May 2022, the South Atlantic Fishery…
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Hudson Canyon Proposed for a National Marine Sanctuary Designation
Continued authorization of recreational fishing within the new Sanctuary is essential to the industry and continued great fishing opportunities for citizens throughout…
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