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South
Atlantic Snapper Grouper Landings
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center has provided the following preliminary landings estimates for species in the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's area of
jurisdiction subject to quota management through April 30, 2008. Comparative data for 2007 are final landings through April 30, 2007.
| Month |
Pounds
Gutted Weight*
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2008
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2007 |
Snowy Grouper
|
Golden Tilefish
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Vermilion Snapper
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Red Porgy
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Snowy Grouper** |
Golden Tilefish |
Vermilion Snapper |
Red Porgy |
| January |
2,525 |
72,901 |
49,109 |
2075 |
1,909 |
33,954 |
42,128 |
443 |
| February |
1,718 |
33,458 |
39,055 |
13 |
2,104 |
50,548 |
40,104 |
208 |
| March |
2,066 |
35,424 |
33,377 |
27 |
10,779 |
48,719 |
44,366 |
0 |
| April |
1,747 |
34,635 |
44,041 |
12 |
11,350 |
57,731 |
41,983 |
0 |
| May |
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8,952 |
19,289 |
57,532 |
9,624 |
| June |
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11,296 |
3,707 |
62,954 |
14,481 |
| July |
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6,250 |
8,088 |
94,072 |
11,688 |
| August |
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6,379 |
29,780 |
102,161 |
11,886 |
| September |
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2,836 |
33,815 |
102,131 |
10,418 |
| October |
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2,393 |
0 |
144,324 |
9,454 |
| November |
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1,265 |
0 |
88,311 |
7,915 |
| December |
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|
1,697 |
13 |
70,334 |
10,692 |
| Total |
8,056 |
176,418 |
165,584 |
2,127 |
67,213 |
285,646 |
890,404 |
86,813 |
| Expanded Total*** |
9,982 |
192,119 |
217,743 |
2,706 |
72,052 |
299,357 |
998,143 |
96,102 |
| Quota |
84,000 |
295,000 |
1,100,000 |
127,000 |
118,000 |
295,000 |
1,100,000 |
127,000 |
| Percent |
11.88 |
65.12 |
19.79 |
2.13 |
61.06 |
101.47 |
90.74 |
75.67 |
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*The fishing year for all species is January 1 - December 31.
**During
December 2007, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center received dealer
reported landings data from one South Atlantic state, which had not
provided any data for 2006 or 2007. Dealer reported landings are
included in the Accumulated Landings System (ALS), which is considered
to be the official database for commercial landings information.
Examination of these data revealed some dealers from the state in
question handling snowy grouper had not been requested to provide data
through the quota monitoring system. Furthermore, it was discovered one
dealer responsible for landings in another state was not reporting to
the quota monitoring system. As a result, the quota monitoring system
was underestimating snowy grouper landings in 2007. Projection of ALS
data indicated there was a good chance the snowy grouper quota was met
by the end of December 2007.
Comparison of ALS with landings obtained from the quota monitoring
system indicated landings of vermilion snapper, golden tilefish, black
sea bass, red porgy, and greater amberjack were being tracked
accurately. The additional dealers have been added and the quota
monitoring system is now correctly tracking landings of snowy grouper. Landings for 2007 will be updated when data becomes available.
***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
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Greater Amberjack*
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2007-2008
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2006-2007
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| May |
123,325 |
104,361 |
| June |
46,572 |
23,691 |
| July |
27,713 |
23,402 |
| August |
23,043 |
15,719 |
| September |
32,291 |
16,928 |
| October |
25,477 |
17,790 |
| November |
27,101 |
25,075 |
| December |
34,843 |
10,718 |
| January |
15,518 |
29,717 |
| February |
65,757 |
32,529 |
| March |
59,875 |
83,099 |
| April |
55 |
1,090 |
| Total |
481,575 |
384,124 |
| Expanded Total** |
495,060 |
400,258 |
| Quota |
1,169,931 |
1,169,931 |
| Percent |
42.31 |
34.21 |
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| Month |
Pounds
Gutted Weight
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Black Sea Bass*
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2007-2008
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2006-2007
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| June |
7,253 |
22,170 |
| July |
5,028 |
1,155 |
| August |
3,389 |
12,035 |
| September |
2,673 |
6,306 |
| October |
5,067 |
21,511 |
| November |
21,601 |
36,105 |
| December |
39,944 |
51,105 |
| January |
52,322 |
25,612 |
| February |
35,062 |
55,054 |
| March |
9,379 |
39,716 |
| April |
5,703 |
14,931 |
| May |
|
9,297 |
| Total |
187,427 |
295,001 |
| Expanded Total** |
207,669 |
315,130 |
| Quota |
423,000 |
477,000 |
| Percent |
49.09 |
61.1 |
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*The fishing year for Greater Amberjack is May 1 - April 20. |
*The fishing year for Black Sea Bass is June 1 - May 31. |
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***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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The
Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan established a 1.5 million-pound
cap for the dolphin commercial fishery. Landings are reported twice
each year for the entire fishery from Florida to Connecticut. During
January 1 through December 31, 2007, 62.43 percent of the 1.5
million-pound quota was landed (936,497 pounds).
Octocoral
landings are reported twice a year with final landings reported by May
of the next year. Total landings in federal waters for 2006 were 48,271
colonies, which is 96.5 percent of the 50,000-colony quota.
Wreckfish
in the South Atlantic are under a quota of 2 million pounds. However,
landings data are confidential beacause only a few fishers participate
in this fishery. The fishing year is April 16 through April 15 each
year. |
Source:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Quota Monitoring Program,
Miami, Florida.
For
additional information contact Susan
Gerhart at (727) 551-5602
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