NOAA Closes Recreational Fishery for Black Sea Bass for Six Months Due to Overharvest

Please register or login

Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.

Benefits of registering include

  • Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
  • A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
  • You can make this box go away

Joining is quick and easy. Log in or Register now!

njdiver1

Contributor
Messages
478
Reaction score
61
Location
jersey shore
NOAA announced today the temporarily closure of the black sea bass recreational fishery in federal waters north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., for 180 days in response to recent landings data that showed recreational fishermen may catch more than double their annual quota by the end of the year. The closure will commence on Monday, October 5, 2009.

Landings data and scientific analyses show recreational fishermen have reached their quota and could exceed their 1.14 million pound harvest limit by as much as 84 to 225 percent if the recreational fishery is not closed.

An independent body of federal and university scientists recently determined that the black sea bass stock has been rebuilt. However, both the scientists and the Science and Statistical Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have cautioned against increasing fishing of this stock for several reasons, including the complex and poorly understood reproductive cycle, and limited information on life span and important habitats for this species. The Council recommends catch limits for black sea bass in federal waters.

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_rele...913/index.html
 
NOAA announced today the temporarily closure of the black sea bass recreational fishery in federal waters north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., for 180 days in response to recent landings data that showed recreational fishermen may catch more than double their annual quota by the end of the year. The closure will commence on Monday, October 5, 2009.

Landings data and scientific analyses show recreational fishermen have reached their quota and could exceed their 1.14 million pound harvest limit by as much as 84 to 225 percent if the recreational fishery is not closed.

An independent body of federal and university scientists recently determined that the black sea bass stock has been rebuilt. However, both the scientists and the Science and Statistical Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have cautioned against increasing fishing of this stock for several reasons, including the complex and poorly understood reproductive cycle, and limited information on life span and important habitats for this species. The Council recommends catch limits for black sea bass in federal waters.

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_rele...913/index.html

I wonder why they are making an announcement on a Sunday for a Monday closing. Who authorized the overtime. Couldn't it wait until Monday. Is the fishery in that dire of a condition that the announcement couldn't wait until a weekday.
 
I wonder why they are making an announcement on a Sunday for a Monday closing. Who authorized the overtime. Couldn't it wait until Monday. Is the fishery in that dire of a condition that the announcement couldn't wait until a weekday.

Maybe there is a requirement of a 24 hour minimum notice?

If you scheduled a fishing trip for Monday at 0400 hrs (or 0001 for that matter) you better know in advance that certain fish is off limits.
 
Whew... "glad" this is the black sea bass of the East Coast rather than the protected West Coast species formerly known as the black sea bass but given the preferred name of giant sea bass to avoid confusion between the two.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

Back
Top Bottom