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2024 Atlantic Swordfish Landing Updates

Commercial and recreational landings information for North Atlantic and South Atlantic swordfish is posted monthly.
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast

Proposed Rule to Set General Category Effort Controls and Clarify Related Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Regulations

NOAA Fisheries announces a proposed rule that considers changes to restricted-fishing days and the default daily retention limit. The proposed rule also would clarify the applicable regulations for General category and Highly Migratory Species Charter…
Proposed Rule
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Highly Migratory Species
Issued
05/06/2024

Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Exempted Fishing Permits for Testing Fishing Practices to Target Swordfish and Other Marketable Highly Migratory Species (HMS) in Federal Waters off the United States’ West Coast

Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for public review and comment
February 09, 2024 -
West Coast

Bycatch Reporting Amendments to Pacific Islands Fishery Ecosystem Plans

NOAA Fisheries announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council is proposing to amend the five fishery ecosystem plans for fisheries in the Pacific Islands region. If approved, the Council will amend the plans to more clearly describe how…
Proposed Rule
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Pacific Islands
Published
05/06/2024

Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Fishery

Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Fishery FISHERY: Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Bluefin Tuna. The southern area is defined as the area south of 39°18’N. lat. (off Great Egg Inlet, New Jersey),…
Temporary Rule
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Highly Migratory Species
Issued
05/06/2024

American Samoa Longline Logbook Reports 2022

Logbook summary reports for the 2022 calendar year.
February 06, 2024 - Data Set ,
Pacific Islands

Hawaii and California Longline Logbook Reports 2022

Logbook summary reports for the 2022 calendar year.
February 06, 2024 - Data Set ,
Pacific Islands

10 Projects Will Support Urban Fish Restoration around Portland, Oregon

With $3.8 million in funding from NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation, the Clackamas Partnership is removing fish passage barriers and restoring habitat to benefit threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead.
February 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
View of greater Portland, Oregon, area (Photo: Zack Frank/Adobe Stock) View of greater Portland, Oregon, area (Photo: Zack Frank/Adobe Stock)

Saving Fish for Tomorrow: Tagging Provides a New Lens on Charter Fishing

A charter fishing couple shares their experience tagging tunas and billfish, along with their hope for the future of the fishery.
January 31, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A woman in a hat and glasses on the deck of a boat holds a tuna with a red, string-like object attached near its top fin Lakelynn Devine prepares to release a yellowfin tuna with a conventional spaghetti tag (the red item sticking out near its dorsal fin) attached. Photo courtesy of Lakelynn and Blake Devine.

Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery

FISHERY: General Category Bluefin Tuna CLOSED: January 26, 2024, 11:30 pm – March 31, 2024 REASON FOR CLOSURE: Based on the best available landings information, the 58.2-mt quota for the January-March time period is projected to be…
Temporary Rule
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Highly Migratory Species
Issued
05/06/2024