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South
Atlantic Snapper Grouper Commercial Landings
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center has provided the following preliminary commercial landings estimates for species subject to quota monitoring in the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's area of jurisdiction which have been reported and expanded through November 15, 2009.
These landing estimates were updated November 23, 2009.
| Month |
Pounds
Gutted Weight*
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2009
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2008 |
Snowy Grouper
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Golden Tilefish**
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Red Porgy
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Gag*** |
Snowy Grouper |
Golden Tilefish** |
Red Porgy |
| January |
3,726 |
88,691 |
562 |
26,583 |
2,525 |
72,901 |
2,075 |
| February |
2,355 |
60,361 |
68 |
24,030 |
1,983 |
33,458 |
13 |
| March |
7,064 |
62,522 |
58 |
723 |
3,024 |
37,901 |
27 |
| April |
4,560 |
59,329 |
0 |
1,098 |
3,554 |
56,800 |
14 |
| May |
5,367 |
13,099 |
16,287 |
21,636 |
5,790 |
58,506 |
13,484 |
| June |
8,715 |
6,969 |
24,685 |
29,925 |
8,652 |
6,479 |
16,973 |
| July |
6,421 |
4,239 |
16,686 |
21,047 |
6,933 |
6,493 |
14,219 |
| August |
4,697 |
34 |
18,059 |
20,828 |
8,067 |
12,092 |
12,231 |
| September |
4,081 |
0 |
17,456 |
21,183 |
3,435 |
47 |
10,668 |
| October |
3,599 |
5 |
6,846 |
28,210 |
1,557 |
50 |
10,433 |
| November |
735 |
0 |
1,231 |
4,831 |
1,729 |
3,208 |
9,674 |
| December |
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482 |
0 |
5,445 |
| Total |
51,324 |
295,249 |
101,940 |
200,094 |
47,734 |
287,936 |
95,260 |
| Expanded Total*** |
52,381 |
295,754 |
109,891 |
235,710 |
50,073 |
290,815 |
114,121 |
| Quota |
84,000 |
295,000 |
127,000 |
352,940 |
84,000 |
295,000 |
127,000 |
| Percent |
62.35 |
100.25 |
86.52 |
66.78 |
59.61 |
98.58 |
89.85 |
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*The fishing year for all species is January 1 - December 31.
**Golden Tilefish information includes expanded landings calculated using actual reports by dealers plus estimates of unreported landings.
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Gag landings are estimated using landings from logbook reports.
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The Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan established a 1.5 million pound cap for the dolphin commercial fishery for both northeast and southern Atlantic regions. During January 1 through August 15, 2009, 53.57 percent of the 1.5 million-pound cap was landed (803,572 pounds)
*****See How Does NOAA Fisheries Service Track Commercial Quotas for an explanation of the Expanded Total. All percents are calculated based on the Expanded Total during the current fishing year.
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| Month |
Pounds
Gutted Weight
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Greater Amberjack*
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| 2009-2010 |
2008-2009
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| May |
126,169 |
107,867 |
| June |
63,923 |
35,253 |
| July |
36,063 |
40,048 |
| August |
51,944 |
33,620 |
| September |
63,548 |
32,086 |
| October |
43,445 |
46,043 |
| November |
8,720 |
41,880 |
| December |
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46,329 |
| January |
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62,573 |
| February |
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64,139 |
| March |
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87,477 |
| April |
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2,541 |
| Total |
393,814 |
599,863 |
| Expanded Total*** |
400,902 |
610,661 |
| Quota |
1,169,931 |
1,169,931 |
| Percent |
34.26 |
52.19 |
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| Month |
Pounds
Gutted Weight
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Black Sea Bass*
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| 2009-2010 |
2008-2009
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| June |
37,448 |
9,384 |
| July |
33,708 |
7,218 |
| August |
44,792 |
13,601 |
| September |
44,133 |
2,726 |
| October |
40,550 |
10,199 |
| November |
5,287 |
38,202 |
| December |
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43,607 |
| January |
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59,890 |
| February |
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54,405 |
| March |
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28,559 |
| April |
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19,197 |
| May |
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3,684 |
| Total |
205,920 |
290,678 |
| Expanded Total*** |
218,070 |
307,828 |
| Quota |
309,000 |
309,000 |
| Percent |
70.57 |
99.62 |
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*The fishing year for Greater Amberjack is May 1 - April 30. |
*The fishing year for Black Sea Bass is June 1 - May 31. |
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Not all data for Greater Amberjack and Black Sea Bass has been received from some states for the 2007-2008 fishing year .
***See How Does NOAA Fisheries Service Track Commercial Quotas for an explanation of the Expanded Total. All percents are calculated based on the Expanded Total.
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| Month |
Pounds
Gutted Weight |
Vermilion Snapper* |
January - June |
July - December |
2008 |
| January |
54,194 |
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50,810 |
| February |
45,335 |
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41,029 |
| March |
41,335 |
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34,992 |
| April |
65,398 |
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75,908 |
| May |
67,874 |
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83,978 |
| June |
110,339 |
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67,494 |
| July |
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125,315 |
82,735 |
| August |
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105,652 |
113,213 |
| September |
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114,900 |
93,508 |
| October |
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155 |
110,530 |
| November |
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79,236 |
| December |
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47,909 |
| Total |
384,475 |
346,022 |
881,348 |
| Expanded Total** |
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359,863 |
972,126 |
| Quota |
315,523 |
302,523 |
1,100,000 |
| Percent |
121.85 |
118.95 |
88.37 |
*Amendment 16 to the Snapper Grouper FMP divided the quota for vermilion snapper into two 6-month quotas: 315,523 pounds gutted weight (January-June) and 302,523 pounds gutted weight (July-December). If any quota remains in June, the remainder will carry over to the next 6 months and will be added to the 302,523 pounds for July-December. However, if quota remains in December, the remainder will not carry over into the next fishing year.
**See How Does NOAA Fisheries Service Track Commercial Quotas for an explanation of the Expanded Total. All percents are calculated based on the Expanded Total |
The Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan established a 1.5 million pound cap for the dolphin commercial fishery for both northeast and southern Atlantic regions. During January 1 through September 22, 2009, 70.83 percent of the 1.5 million-pound cap was landed (1,062,432 pounds).
Octocoral landings are reported twice a year with final landings reported by May of the next year; therefore, these are the total landings for both Atlantic (55 trips) and Gulf (105 trips) in federal waters for 2009, reported in number of colonies.
Wreckfish
in the South Atlantic are under a quota of 2 million pounds. However,
landings data are confidential because only a few fishers participate
in this fishery. The fishing year is April 16 through April 15 each
year.
View Previous Years for Snapper and Grouper Species
View Previous Years for Greater Amberjack and Black Sea Bass
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Source:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Quota Monitoring Program,
Miami, Florida.
For
additional information contact Catie Bruger at (727) 551-5727
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