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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Unknown
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Target Species
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Blue crab, catfish, and other finfish
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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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Bottlenose dolphin, Galveston Bay, East Bay, Trinity Bay
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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
Category III fishery under the MMPA due to a remote likelihood of mortalities or serious injuries to marine mammals.
Distribution
Throughout the coastal U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
Gear Description
A long horizontal main line strung out between two wooden poles, from a riverbank to midstream, or along a bank. Leaders with hooks are attached at intervals and baited. Trotlines may have as many as 100 hooks.
Management
State regulations and Chesapeake Bay Program Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan.
Historical Information
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Original Category (Year added to the LOF)
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III (2009)
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Original Number of Participants
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unknown
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Basis for Original Classification
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There were no known takes of marine mammals with this gear at time of listing.
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Past Names
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N/A
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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
| 2023 |
- Added bottlenose dolphin, Galveston Bay, East Bay, Trinity Bay
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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.