NOAA’s Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Management Division recently announced that the 2016 Atlantic Tunas and Atlantic HMS Permitting System is now operational. NOAA is issuing vessel open access permits to those fishing commercially for Atlantic Tunas and Swordfish, recreationally … Continued
NOAA tide tables for 2016 are now available. Produced for 150 years, NOAA tide tables are used by both commercial and recreational mariners for safe navigation. Printed tide tables provide users with tide and tidal current predictions in an easy-to-read … Continued
NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) is raising awareness of the federal regulations governing striped bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and increasing targeted enforcement efforts in the Mid Atlantic region. During the months of November through February, NOAA … Continued
photo credit: Joe Mello, NEFSC/NOAA Researchers captured and tagged more than 2,800 sharks while conducting the 2015 Coastal Shark Survey, the most in the survey’s 29-year history. The survey began in 1986 and is conducted every two to three years. … Continued
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel Meeting September 9-10, 2015 Sheraton Silver Spring Hotel 8777 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 NOAA Fisheries intends to hold a meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) on September … Continued
NOAA Fisheries recently updated the Fish Stock Sustainability Index (FSSI) to reflect the status of stocks as of June 30, 2015. The index tracks the performance of 199 key fish stocks important to U.S. commercial and recreational fisheries. NOAA Fisheries … Continued
NOAA Fisheries recently announced that the agency will transition from a telephone survey to a mail survey to gather data on fishing trips (effort) of Atlantic and Gulf Coast saltwater recreational anglers. The major change during the transition will involve … Continued
The National Ocean Service (NOS) recently announced that the agency has moved and expanded the function of its “critcorr” website. The new “Nautical Chart Updates” website allows the mariner to update their nautical charts from one database that includes information … Continued
NOAA Fisheries will hold a 3-day Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in March 2015. The meeting is open to the public. The AP meeting and webinar will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on … Continued
NOAA Fisheries recently released preliminary estimates of 2014 recreational billfish landings (January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014) for Atlantic blue and white marlin, roundscale spearfish, and western Atlantic sailfish. 2013 recreational billfish landings data (final) was also released, for … Continued