All Blog Posts Tagged 'Quota' (2)

HMS/NOAA's bluefin tuna landings report to June 30th shows more bluefin were caught last year, 707 in 2009 versus 472 this year so far. That's a 66% decrease. I have heard reports that the quantities are still there, but the bigger fish are showing less. I will try and dig up more on this report and get…

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Here are the 2009 Bluefin tuna landings as reported by HMS / NMFS. Note that the Angling category went way over quota landing 565.9 metric tons on a quota of 260.6 metric tons. Most of the overage occurred in the large school - small medium sized fish which are 60lb to less than 235lb tuna. This matches up with the size of the fish in two large cohorts we are seeing off the Carolinas in the Winter and North along the Mid Atlantic and North East states in summer. Any feedback on these numbers… Continue