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2017 Atlantic Swordfish Landings Updates
These notices are a courtesy to Atlantic swordfish fishery interests to keep you informed about the fishery. Official notice of federal fishery actions is made through filing such notice with the Office of the Federal Register. Catch statistics from previous months are available below or by contacting Steve Durkee at (202) 670-6637.
NOAA Fisheries estimates landings using commercial dealer reports and reports by anglers in the HMS Non-Tournament Recreational Swordfish and Billfish Landings Database and the Recreational Billfish Survey. Please note that these estimates are subject to late reporting and do not include discards. Totals are reported in metric tons dressed weight (1 metric ton is equal to 2,204.6 pounds).
January 1 - December 31
Posted January 17, 2018
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of December 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 439.1 | 33.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
29.2% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
511.9 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 461.9 | 35.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
30.7% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
534.7 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 12.6 | 11.3% (300 mt dw) |
11.3% (300 mt dw) |
12.5 |
| Recreational Landings | 21.3 | 19.8 | |||
| Total | 935.0 | 31.8% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
28.3% (3,309.4 mt dw) |
1,079.0 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 |
January 1 - November 30
Posted December 11, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of November 30, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 438.9 | 33.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
29.2% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
466.3 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 375.4 | 28.5% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
24.9% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
465.1 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 10.9 | 10.4% (300 mt dw) |
10.4% (300 mt dw) |
11.5 |
| Recreational Landings | 20.3 | 18.5 | |||
| Total | 845.6 | 28.8% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
25.6% (3,309.4 mt dw) |
961.4 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 |
January 1 - October 31
Posted November 9, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of October 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 438.9 | 33.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
29.2% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
465.7 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 305.3 | 23.2% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
20.3% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
379.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 9.5 | 9.6% (300 mt dw) |
9.6% (300 mt dw) |
9.5 |
| Recreational Landings | 19.4 | 15.6 | |||
| Total | 773.1 | 26.3% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
23.4% (3,309.4 mt dw) |
869.8 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 |
January 1 - September 30
Posted October 12, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of September 30, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 442.3 | 33.5% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
29.4% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
466.8 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 202.1 | 15.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
13.4% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
303.3 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 7.2 | 8.2% (300 mt dw) |
8.2% (300 mt dw) |
8.7 |
| Recreational Landings | 17.4 | 13.3 | |||
| Total | 669.0 | 22.8% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
20.2% (3,309.4 mt dw) |
792.1 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - August 31
Posted September 15, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of August 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 440.5 | 33.4% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
29.3% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
467.6 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 95.9 | 7.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
6.4% (1,504.7 mt dw) |
154.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 4.0 | 6.5% (300 mt dw) |
6.5% (300 mt dw) |
8.4 |
| Recreational Landings | 15.5 | 11.0 | |||
| Total | 555.9 | 18.9% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
16.8% (3,309.4 mt dw) |
641.1 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - July 31
Posted August 16, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of July 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 439.0 | 33.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 467.6 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 39.4 | 3.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 67.9 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 4.0 | 5.9% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 7.6 |
| Recreational Landings | 13.7 | 9.2 | |||
| Total | 496.1 | 16.9% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 552.3 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - June 30
Posted July 13, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of June 30, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 409.5 | 31.1% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 462.8 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 0.0 | 0.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 2.8 | 4.5% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 6.6 |
| Recreational Landings | 10.6 | 6.7 | |||
| Total | 422.9 | 14.4% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 476.2 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - May 31
Posted June 23, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of May 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 346.4*** | 26.3% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 410.1 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 0.0 | 0.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 2.8 | 3.5% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 5.7 |
| Recreational Landings | 7.7 | 5.1 | |||
| Total | 356.9 | 12.1% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 420.9 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
*** The landings estimates have been revised due to the discovery and removal of duplicate records. The cause has been rectified.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - April 30
Posted May 17, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of April 30, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 271.2 | 20.6% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 268.2 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 |
0.0 |
0.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 2.3 | 2.2% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 5.5 |
| Recreational Landings | 4.3 | 3.2 | |||
| Total | 277.8 | 9.5% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 276.9 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - March 31
Posted April 10, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of March 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 187.7 | 14.2% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 193.9 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 0.0 | 0.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 2.1 | 1.7% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 2.7 |
| Recreational Landings | 3.1 | 1.3 | |||
| Total | 192.9 | 6.6% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 198.0 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - February 28
Posted March 13, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of February 28, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 130.4 | 9.93% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 125.1 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 0.0 | 0.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 2.1 | 1.3% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 2.2 |
| Recreational Landings | 1.9 | 0.5 | |||
| Total | 134.4 | 4.6% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 127.8 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
January 1 - January 31
Posted February 15, 2017
The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of January 31, 2017, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries for the 2017 fishing year.
North Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery* | Jan 1 - June 30 | 59.3 | 4.5% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 71.7 |
| July 1 - Dec 31 | 0.0 | 0.0% (1,318.8 mt dw) |
N/A | 0.0 | |
| Incidental Fishery** | Commercial Landings | 1.4 | 0.9% (300 mt dw) |
N/A | 1.6 |
| Recreational Landings | 1.2 | 0.4 | |||
| Total | 61.8 | 2.1% (2,937.6 mt dw) |
N/A | 73.7 |
* Annual directed quota split equally into two 6 month seasons (baseline: 1,318.8 mt dw per season); contains landings reported by vessels with a directed swordfish limited access permit, handgear swordfish limited access permit, swordfish general commercial permit, HMS commercial Caribbean small boat permit, or HMS charter/headboat permit (when on a non for-hire trip).
** Recreational landings (HMS angling permit or HMS charter/headboat permit when on a for-hire trip) and commercial landings by incidental swordfish limited access and incidental HMS squid trawl permit holders count toward the annual incidental quota.
South Atlantic Swordfish
|
2017 Landings (mt dw) |
Percent Baseline Quota Taken |
Percent Adjusted Quota Taken |
Landings for Same Period |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Fishery (Annual Quota) |
0.0 |
0.0% (75.2 mt dw) |
0.0% (75.1 mt dw) |
0.0 |
Blacktip sharks. Credit: iStock.
Releasing a sandbar shark on a shark survey.
