MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION ADOPTS COASTAL HABITAT PROTECTION PLAN The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission unanimously adopted the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan at its meeting in Atlantic Beach Thursday. “This commission has worked with the Coastal Resources and Environmental Management commissions since 1998, when the three commissions met together, to get this plan completed,” Jimmy Johnson, […]
Marine Fisheries Commission Revises Options for Draft Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission revised their preferred management options for the draft North Carolina Southern Fishery Management Plan at their meeting on December 2, 2004, at Atlantic Beach, NC. The Commission selected the following measures concerning conservation of southern flounder: 1. […]
Current Daily Recreational Atlantic Tunas Retention Limits Effective December 8,2004 through May 31, 2005 inclusive, the daily recreational retention limit for BLUEFIN TUNA is one large school, or small medium BFT, measuring 47 to less than 73 inches curved fork length (CFL), per vessel per day/trip, plus one large medium or giant BLUEFIN TUNA, measuring […]
Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits Effective December 8,2004 through May 31, 2005 inclusive, the daily recreational retention limit for BLUEFIN TUNA is one large school, or small medium BFT, measuring 47 to less than 73 inches curved fork length (CFL), per vessel per day/trip, plus one large medium or giant […]
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial BFT Quotas and Effort Controls for 2004 For a summary of the 2004 Proposed BFT Quota Specifications notice, please go to the library. The Proposed Specs fax notice, including tables, and Environmental Assessment are now available on the HMS webpage http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial BFT Quotas and Effort Controls for […]
NOAA FISHERIES TRANSFERS BFT QUOTA AND REOPENS THE GENERAL AND ANGLING CATEGORY FISHERIES NOAA Fisheries has determined that Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota transfers from the Atlantic tunas General, Harpoon, and Incidental Longline categories to the Angling and Reserve categories in the amounts of 223.1 metric tons (mt) and 191.9 mt, respectively, are warranted. NOAA […]
Current Daily Recreational Atlantic Tunas Retention Limits Effective December 8,2004 through May 31, 2005 inclusive, the daily recreational retention limit for BLUEFIN TUNA is one large school, or small medium BFT, measuring 47 to less than 73 inches curved fork length (CFL), per vessel per day/trip, plus one large medium or giant BLUEFIN TUNA, measuring […]
Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits Effective December 8,2004 through May 31, 2005 inclusive, the daily recreational retention limit for BLUEFIN TUNA is one large school, or small medium BFT, measuring 47 to less than 73 inches curved fork length (CFL), per vessel per day/trip, plus one large medium or […]
NOAA FISHERIES TRANSFERS BFT QUOTA AND REOPENS THE GENERAL AND ANGLING CATEGORY FISHERIES NOAA Fisheries has determined that Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota transfers from the Atlantic tunas General, Harpoon, and Incidental Longline categories to the Angling and Reserve categories in the amounts of 223.1 metric tons (mt) and 191.9 mt, respectively, are warranted. NOAA […]
BFT General and Angling Category Update An announcement regarding the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Commercial and Recreational Fishery opening will be made tomorrow, Dec. 7, 2004. Updates may also be accessed on the information telephone lines by calling the following numbers: Dial 978/281-9260; press 1 for commercial or 2 for recreational; Toll-free dial 1-888/872-8862; press 4 […]
