2019 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Landings Updates
These notices are a courtesy to Atlantic tuna fishery interests to keep you informed about the fishery. Official notice of federal fishery actions is made through a filing with the Office of the Federal Register.
These reports should not be considered useful for real-time catch monitoring purposes. It only includes landings reported to NOAA Fisheries to date. The numbers are considered preliminary and are subject to change. Catch statistics from previous months are available below or by contacting Brad McHale at 978-281-9260.
January 1 - December 31
Total Landings
Posted April 28, 2020
Quota Category |
Landings—Number of Fish |
Landings—Weight (mt) |
2019 Base Quota (mt) |
2019 Adjusted Quota2 (mt) |
% Base Quota Taken |
% Adjusted Quota Taken |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General |
4703 |
814.5 |
555.7 |
819.9 |
146.6 |
99.3 |
Harpoon |
737 |
102.4 |
46.0 |
91.0 |
222.6 |
112.5 |
Longline (incl NED) |
445 |
86.3 |
188.6 |
188.6 |
45.8 |
45.8 |
NED |
36 |
9.6 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
38.4 |
38.4 |
Atlantic (non-NED) |
402 |
74.7 |
106.3 |
106.3 |
70.3 |
70.3 |
Gulf |
7 |
2.1 |
57.3 |
57.3 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
Trap |
1 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
Purse seine |
0 |
0 |
219.5 |
55.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Angling |
6,520 |
181.8 |
232.4 |
232.4 |
78.2 |
78.2 |
School |
4,259 |
71.0 |
127.3 |
127.3 |
55.8 |
55.8 |
Lg Sch/Sm med |
2,195 |
95.0 |
99.8 |
99.8 |
95.2 |
95.2 |
Trophy |
66 |
15.8 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
298.1 |
298.1 |
Reserve |
0 |
0 |
29.5 |
12.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Total (landings only) |
12,406 |
1185.3 |
1,272.9 |
1,400.2 |
93.1 |
84.7 |
Total (landings + dead discards)1 |
1199.9 |
1,272.9 |
1,400.2 |
94.3 |
85.7 |
Commercial Landings
Posted February 2, 2020
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
4,703 |
381.6 |
814.1 |
819.9 |
4,287 |
403.4 |
784.3 |
Handline |
29 |
405.9 |
5.4 |
|
8 |
351.8 |
1.3 |
Harpoon |
125 |
279.8 |
15.9 |
|
99 |
382.9 |
17.2 |
Rod and reel |
4,549 |
384.3 |
792.9 |
|
4,180 |
404.0 |
765.9 |
Harpoon |
737 |
306.3 |
102.4 |
91.0 |
153 |
382.7 |
26.5 |
Longline (incl NED) |
445 |
428.3 |
86.3 |
188.6 |
467 |
415.4 |
88.0 |
Trap |
1 |
591.3 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
12.1 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
5,886 |
375.8 |
1,003.1 |
1,167.8 |
4,907 |
403.9 |
898.8 |
January 1 - November 30
Posted January 9, 2020
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
4,588 |
380.2 |
791.3 |
819.9 |
4,217 |
402.4 |
769.7 |
Handline |
29 |
405.8 |
5.4 |
|
7 |
304.0 |
0.1 |
Harpoon |
125 |
279.8 |
15.9 |
|
99 |
382.9 |
17.2 |
Rod and reel |
4,434 |
382.9 |
770.1 |
|
4,111 |
403.1 |
751.6 |
Harpoon |
737 |
306.3 |
102.4 |
91.0 |
153 |
382.7 |
26.5 |
Longline (incl NED) |
440 |
428.0 |
85.3 |
188.6 |
459 |
415.1 |
86.4 |
Trap |
1 |
591.3 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
12.1 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
5,766 |
374.5 |
979.3 |
1,167.8 |
4,829 |
403.0 |
882.6 |
January 1 - October 31
Posted November 14
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
4,587 |
380.2 |
791.0 |
766.7 |
4,039 |
400.9 |
734.4 |
Handline |
49 |
436.3 |
9.7 |
|
7 |
304.0 |
1.0 |
Harpoon |
129 |
282.1 |
16.5 |
|
99 |
382.9 |
17.2 |
Rod and reel |
4,409 |
382.4 |
764.8 |
|
3,933 |
401.5 |
716.3 |
Harpoon |
737 |
306.3 |
102.4 |
91.0 |
153 |
382.7 |
26.6 |
Longline (incl NED) |
432 |
426.8 |
83.5 |
188.6 |
448 |
414.7 |
84.3 |
Trap |
1 |
591.3 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
65.3 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
5,757 |
374.3 |
977.2 |
1,167.8 |
4,640 |
401.6 |
845.3 |
January 1 - September 30
Posted November 6, 2019
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
3,576 |
377.6 |
612.3 |
666.7 |
3,472 |
397.1 |
625.5 |
Handline |
31 |
399.9 |
5.6 |
|
5 |
325.4 |
0.7 |
Harpoon |
129 |
282.1 |
16.5 |
|
99 |
382.9 |
17.2 |
Rod and reel |
3,416 |
381.0 |
590.2 |
|
3,368 |
397.7 |
607.5 |
Harpoon |
737 |
306.3 |
102.4 |
91.0 |
153 |
382.7 |
26.6 |
Longline (incl NED) |
410 |
417.3 |
77.5 |
188.6 |
445 |
413.5 |
83.5 |
Trap |
1 |
591.3 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
165.3 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
4,724 |
370.0 |
792.5 |
1,167.8 |
4,020 |
398.4 |
735.5 |
January 1 - August 31
Posted October 1
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
2,258 |
376.8 |
385.8 |
606.7 |
2,151 |
396.9 |
387.2 |
Handline |
29 |
399.6 |
5.3 |
|
3 |
315.2 |
0.4 |
Harpoon |
128 |
282.2 |
16.4 |
|
98 |
384.1 |
17.1 |
Rod and Reel |
2,101 |
382.2 |
364.1 |
|
2,050 |
396.6 |
369.7 |
Harpoon |
737 |
306.3 |
102.4 |
91.0 |
153 |
382.7 |
26.6 |
Longline (incl NED) |
396 |
413.5 |
74.2 |
188.6 |
444 |
413.1 |
83.2 |
Trap |
1 |
591.3 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse Seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
98.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
3,392 |
365.8 |
526.6 |
1,040.5 |
2,748 |
398.7 |
497.0 |
January 1 - July 31
Posted August 28
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
1,770 |
376.2 |
302.0 |
606.7 |
1,071 |
393.5 |
190.7 |
Handline |
32 |
398.6 |
5.8 |
|
0 |
- |
- |
Harpoon |
123 |
280.3 |
15.6 |
|
92 |
381.3 |
15.9 |
Rod and Reel |
1,615 |
383.1 |
280.6 |
|
979 |
394.7 |
174.8 |
Harpoon |
560 |
295.4 |
75.0 |
76.0 |
153 |
382.7 |
26.6 |
Longline (incl NED) |
388 |
415.4 |
73.1 |
188.6 |
439 |
413.9 |
82.4 |
Trap |
1 |
591.3 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse Seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
113.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
2,719 |
365.2 |
450.4 |
1,040.5 |
1,663 |
397.9 |
300.1 |
January 1 - June 30
Posted July 29
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
760 |
404.6 |
139.5 |
606.7 |
373 |
396.6 |
67.1 |
Handline |
30 |
403.2 |
5.5 |
|
1 |
407.5 |
0.2 |
Harpoon |
41 |
302.8 |
5.6 |
|
29 |
419.5 |
5.5 |
Rod and reel |
689 |
410.7 |
128.3 |
|
343 |
394.6 |
61.4 |
Harpoon |
97 |
315.0 |
13.8 |
46.0 |
51 |
458.8 |
10.6 |
Longline (incl NED) |
269 |
441.0 |
53.7 |
188.6 |
363 |
420.4 |
69.2 |
Trap |
0 |
- |
- |
1.2 |
0 |
- |
- |
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
143.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
1,126 |
405.5 |
207.0 |
1,040.5 |
787 |
411.6 |
146.9 |
January 1 - May 31
Posted June 26
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
564 |
425.6 |
108.9 |
606.7 |
330 |
396.2 |
59.3 |
Handline |
20 |
438.7 |
4.0 |
|
|
||
Harpoon |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
|
|||
Rod and reel |
544 |
425.1 |
104.9 |
|
330 |
396.2 |
59.3 |
Harpoon |
46.0 |
||||||
Longline (incl NED) |
201 |
453.4 |
41.3 |
188.6 |
220 |
441.7 |
44.1 |
Trap |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
1.2 |
- |
|
|
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
143.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
765 |
432.9 |
150.2 |
1040.5 |
550 |
414.4 |
103.4 |
January 1 - April 30
Posted June 3
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
564 |
425.6 |
108.9 |
606.7 |
330 |
396.2 |
59.3 |
Handline |
20 |
438.7 |
4.0 |
|
|
||
Harpoon |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
|
|||
Rod and reel |
544 |
425.1 |
104.9 |
|
330 |
396.2 |
59.3 |
Harpoon |
46.0 |
||||||
Longline (incl NED) |
138 |
451.0 |
28.2 |
188.6 |
152 |
478.9 |
33.0 |
Trap |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
1.2 |
- |
|
|
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
143.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
702 |
430.6 |
137.1 |
1040.5 |
482 |
422.3 |
92.3 |
January 1 - March 31
Posted April 24
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
564 |
425.6 |
108.9 |
606.7 |
330 |
396.2 |
59.3 |
Handline |
20 |
438.7 |
4.0 |
|
|
||
Harpoon |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
|
|||
Rod and reel |
544 |
425.1 |
104.9 |
|
330 |
396.2 |
59.3 |
Harpoon |
46.0 |
||||||
Longline (incl NED) |
104 |
469.8 |
22.2 |
188.6 |
130 |
481.9 |
28.4 |
Trap |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
1.2 |
- |
|
|
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
143.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
668 |
432.5 |
131.0 |
1040.5 |
460 |
420.4 |
87.7 |
January 1 - February 28
Posted March 15
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Adjusted Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
564 |
425.2 |
108.7 |
606.7 |
302 |
394.6 |
54.1 |
Handline |
20 |
438.7 |
3.9 |
|
|
||
Harpoon |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
|
|||
Rod and reel |
544 |
424.7 |
104.8 |
|
302 |
394.6 |
54.1 |
Harpoon |
46.0 |
||||||
Longline (incl NED) |
65 |
493.9 |
14.6 |
188.6 |
102 |
491.2 |
22.7 |
Trap |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
1.2 |
- |
|
|
Purse seine |
|
|
55.0 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
143.0 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
629 |
432.2 |
123.3 |
1040.5 |
404 |
419.0 |
76.8 |
January 1 - 31
Posted March 7
Quota Category |
Current Year 2019 |
Previous Year 2018 |
|||||
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
Base Quota |
Count of Fish |
Avg. Weight (lb) |
Gross Weight (mt) |
|
General |
97 |
456.7 |
21.1 |
555.7 |
19 |
352.2 |
3.0 |
Handline |
3 |
511.7 |
1.7 |
|
- |
- |
- |
Harpoon |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
|
- |
- |
- |
Rod and reel |
94 |
454.9 |
19.4 |
|
19 |
352.2 |
3.0 |
Harpoon |
46.0 |
||||||
Longline (incl NED) |
31 |
523.4 |
7.4 |
188.6 |
36 |
459.2 |
7.5 |
Trap |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
Purse seine |
|
|
219.5 |
|
|||
Reserve |
|
29.5 |
|
||||
Total (landings only) |
128 |
472.8 |
28.5 |
1040.5 |
55 |
422.3 |
10.5 |
Inseason Transfers
Effective Date |
Added (mt) |
To |
Subtracted (mt) |
From |
Publication Date |
FR Citation |
Action |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/01/2019 | 53.2 | General | 53.2 | Reserve | 11/19/1986 | 84 FR 63812 | Inseason transfer |
10/01/2019 | 100 | General | 100 | Reserve | 10/03/2019 | 84 FR 52806 | Inseason transfer |
09/11/2019 |
60 |
General |
60 |
Reserve |
09/16/2019 |
84 FR 48566 |
Inseason transfer |
09/10/2019 |
127.3 |
Reserve |
NA |
NA |
09/10/2019 |
84 FR 47440 |
2018 underharvest carryover |
08/01/2019 |
15 |
Harpoon |
15 |
Reserve |
08/06/2019 |
84 FR 38143 |
Inseason transfer |
07/18/2019 |
30 |
Harpoon |
30 |
Reserve |
07/23/2019 |
84 FR 35340 |
Inseason transfer |
02/25/2019 |
25 |
General |
25 |
Reserve |
02/28/2019 |
84 FR 6701 |
Inseason transfer and annual adjustment |
164.5 |
Reserve |
164.5 |
Purse Seine |
||||
02/08/2019 |
26 |
General |
26 |
Reserve |
02/13/2019 |
84 FR 3724 |
Inseason transfer |
01/01/2019 |
19.5 |
General (Jan–Mar) |
19.5 |
General (Dec) |
12/28/2018 |
83 FR 67140 |
Inseason transfer |