Current Classification on the List of Fisheries
Category
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III
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Estimated Number of Participants
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40
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Target Species
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Spiny lobster
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Applicable Take Reduction Plans
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N/A
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Observer Coverage
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N/A
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Marine Mammal Species/Stocks Killed or Injured
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None documented
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^ Number of participants estimates are based on state and federal fisheries permit data. The estimated number of participants is expressed in terms of the number of active participants in the fishery, when possible. If this information is not available, the estimated number of vessels or persons licensed for a particular fishery is provided. If no recent information is available on the number of participants, then the number from the most recent LOF is used. NOAA Fisheries acknowledges that, in some cases, these estimations may be inflating actual effort.
*Observer coverage levels include the latest information reported in the most current final Stock Assessment Report (SAR).
1 Indicates the stock or species is driving the classification of the fishery.
Basis for Current Classification
No known species are incidentally killed/injured in this fishery.
Distribution
The marine waters extending from the shores of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the Virgin Islands, to the outer limits of the U.S. fishery conservation zone.
Gear Description
Wooden, plastic, or metal traps are used by commercial fisherman. A buoy is either attached to each trap or a string of traps are set along a trap line with each end of the line marked with a buoy. Traps are weighted with cement and have a degradable escape panel.
Management
This fishery is managed under the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan under the Caribbean Fishery Management Council and the NOAA Fisheries.
Historical Information
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Original Category (Year added to the LOF)
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III (2001)
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Original Number of Participants
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>197
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Basis for Original Classification
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Created by splitting the "Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean spiny lobster trap/pot" into this fishery and the "Florida trap pot". No known species are incidentally killed/injured in this fishery.
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Past Names
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Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean spiny lobster trap/pot, 2001
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Species/stocks historically documented as killed or injured (but not currently on the list)
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N/A
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Timeline of Changes
| 2021 |
- Estimated number of participants updated from >197 to 40.
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Oceanic whitetip shark. Hawaiʻi longline fishermen use leaders to connect weighed branch lines and baited hooks. A new rule prohibits steel wire leaders in the Hawaiʻi deep-set longline fishery, starting May 31, 2022. The rule aims to increase the survival of hooked oceanic whitetip sharks caught as bycatch in the Pacific Islands region. Credit: Andy Mann
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.
Recreational fisherman with red snapper.