Fishermen aboard vessels with an Atlantic Tunas General or Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permit may not retain, possess, or land large medium or giant Atlantic bluefin tuna after 11:30 p.m., February 27, 2021.
Commercial fisheries for the linked aggregated large coastal shark (LCS) and hammerhead shark management groups in the western Gulf of Mexico subregion will close at 11:30 p.m. local time on March 8, 2021.
Based on a review and update of best available landings information, NOAA Fisheries is revising its accounting for Atlantic blue marlin, white marlin, and roundscale spearfish landings for 2020.
NOAA Fisheries is requesting nominations to fill 10 of the seats on the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) for three-year appointments.
NOAA Fisheries will issue exempted fishing permits, scientific research permits, display permits, and shark research fishery permits for the research and collection of Atlantic highly migratory species in 2021.