New England/Mid-Atlantic Results
All Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournaments Selected for Reporting
Beginning on January 1, 2019, all Atlantic HMS tournament operators are required to submit an HMS tournament catch summary report within seven days after tournament fishing has ended.
NOAA Fisheries uses the data to estimate the total…
Effective
04/28/2024
Adjustment of Swordfish General Commercial Permit Retention Limit
The Swordfish General Commercial permit retention limits in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean regions has been adjusted according to the table below.
The default Swordfish General Commercial permit retention limit of…
Effective
04/28/2024
Adjustment to the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category January 2019 Quota
Nineteen and a half metric tons of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota have been transferred from the 28.9-mt General category December 2019 subquota to the January 2019 subquota period (from January 1 through March 31, 2019 or until the…
Effective
04/28/2024
Adjustment to the Bluefin Tuna General Category January 2019
Twenty-six metric tons of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota has been transferred from the Reserve category to the General category January 2019 period (from January 1 through March 31, 2019 or until the available subquota for this period is…
Effective
04/28/2024
Bluefin Tuna Purse Seine Reallocation and Quota Transfer
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas for 2019 have been adjusted. NOAA Fisheries is also transferring 25 metric tons (mt) of BFT quota from the Reserve category to the General category January 2019 period …
Effective
04/28/2024
Pelagic Longline Bluefin Tuna Area-Based and Weak Hook Management Measures
NOAA Fisheries has adjusted regulatory measures put in place to manage bluefin tuna bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery for Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS), specifically addressing the Northeastern United States Closed Area, the Cape…
Effective
04/28/2024
Closure of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Fishery for the January Subquota Time Period
The General category bluefin tuna fishery will close effective 11:30 p.m., February 28, 2019, until it reopens on June 1, 2019.
Although it is called the “January” subquota, the regulations allow the General category bluefin tuna fishery…
Effective
04/28/2024
Monkfish Fishery: 2019 Specifications
We are implementing specifications for the 2019 monkfish fishery. This action is necessary to ensure allowable monkfish harvest levels that will prevent overfishing and allow harvesting of optimum yield. This action is intended to establish the…
Effective
04/28/2024
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations From 1997-2015
NOAA Fisheries developed regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to address the increased incidental mortality and serious injury of three stocks of large whales (North Atlantic right, humpback, and fin) in commercial…
Issued
04/28/2024