Caribbean Historical Recreational Landings and Annual Catch Limits

2013

Average Annual 2011, 2012, and 2013 Recreational Landings by Two-month Wave*

Species	Jan-Feb	Mar-Apr	May-Jun	Jul-Aug	Sep-Oct	Nov-Dec	Total Reported	Annual Catch Limit	Percent of ACL
Grouper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a
Nassau Grouper	80	0	0	147	0	0	228	0	n/a
Grouper	987	4,764	1,487	469	2,301	358	10,366	77,213	13.4%
Parrotfish	2,935	2,142	1,510	251	1,056	2,082	9,976	15,263	65.4%
Snapper Unit 1	6,330	10,650	7,887	3,484	4,080	0	32,431	95,526	34.0%
Snapper Unit 2	2,460	0	0	0	0	0	2,460	34,810	7.1%
Snapper Unit 3	4,135	7,681	19,159	2,459	2,824	14,465	50,724	83,158	61.0%
Snapper Unit 4	1,126	2,806	2,646	525	233	2,610	9,946	28,509	34.9%

*Recreational landings are reported in whole weight and only available for Puerto Rico

Average Annual 2011, 2012, and 2013 Recreational Landings by Two-month Wave*

Species	Jan-Feb	Mar-Apr	May-Jun	Jul-Aug	Sep-Oct	Nov-Dec	Total Reported	Annual Catch Limit	Percent of ACL
Angelfish	126	0	0	56	0	0	182	4,492	4.1%
Aquarium trade**	137	426	0	0	66	463	1,092	8,155	13.4%
Boxfish	659	270	187	36	150	507	1,808	4,616	39.2%
Goatfishes	0	0	46	5	88	0	140	362	38.6%
Grunts	209	625	469	47	235	557	2,142	5,028	42.6%
Jacks	4,381	10,970	8,659	5,601	4,913	4,924	39,448	51,001	77.3%
Porgies	52	156	116	24	105	782	1,236	2,577	47.9%
Squirelfish	0	18	46	77	112	128	381	3,891	9.8%
Surgeonfish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,590	0.0%
Tilefish**	0	0	39	77	62	0	178	14,642	1.2%
Triggerfish & Filefish	1,698	2,311	1,458	0	322	0	5,788	21,929	26.4%
Wrasses	67	2,041	15	25	981	0	3,128	5,050	61.9%

*Recreational landings are reported in whole weight and only available for Puerto Rico

**Aquarium trade and tilefish ACLs do not contain commercial landings, only recreational landings

Average Annual 2010 and 2011 Recreational Landings by Two-month Wave*

Species	Jan-Feb	Mar-Apr	May-Jun	Jul-Aug	Sep-Oct	Nov-Dec	Total Reported	Annual Catch Limit	Percent of ACL
Goliath Grouper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a
Nassau Grouper	0	0	0	221	0	0	221	0	n/a
Grouper	0	6,133	2,855	4,361	1,219	263	14,830	77,213	19.2%
Parrotfish	4,811	1,598	0	685	426	2,871	10,391	15,263	68.1%
Snapper Unit 1	7,548	12,021	6,916	9,031	3,715	0	39,230	95,526	41.1%
Snapper Unit 2	0	0	0	7,730	0	0	0	34,810	0.0%
Snapper Unit 3	8,852	3,662	3,300	5,567	1,652	4,864	27,896	83,158	33.5%
Snapper Unit 4	38	2,894	2,520	1,319	287	2,688	9,745	28,509	34.2%

Average Annual 2010 and 2011 Recreational Landings by Two-month Wave*

Species	Jan-Feb	Mar-Apr	May-Jun	Jul-Aug	Sep-Oct	Nov-Dec	Total Reported	Annual Catch Limit	Percent ACL
Goliath Grouper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a
Nassau Grouper	0	0	0	221	0	0	221	0	n/a
Grouper	0	6,133	2,855	4,361	1,219	263	14,830	77,213	19.2%
Parrotfish	4,811	1,598	0	685	426	2,871	10,391	15,263	68.1%
Snapper Unit 1	7,548	12,021	6,916	9,031	3,715	0	39,230	95,526	41.1%
Snapper Unit 2	0	0	0	7,730	0	0	0	34,810	0.0%
Snapper Unit 3	8,852	3,662	3,300	5,567	1,652	4,864	27,896	83,158	33.5%
Snapper Unit 4	38	2,894	2,520	1,319	287	2,688	9,745	28,509	34.2%

Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on 03/07/2019