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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*
2009
2008
Snowy Grouper
Golden Tilefish**
Red Porgy
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         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

*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.

*** Gag landings are estimated using landings from logbook reports.

**** 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.

 

 
Month Pounds Gutted Weight
Greater Amberjack*
2009-2010 2008-2009
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   46,329
January   62,573
February   64,139
March   87,477
April   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
Month Pounds Gutted Weight
Black Sea Bass*
2009-2010 2008-2009
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   43,607
January   59,890
February   54,405
March   28,559
April   19,197
May   3,684
Total 205,920 290,678
Expanded Total*** 218,070 307,828
Quota 309,000 309,000
Percent 70.57 99.62
 

*The fishing year for Greater Amberjack is May 1 - April 30.

*The fishing year for Black Sea Bass is June 1 - May 31.

 

** 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.

 

 
Month
Pounds Gutted Weight
Vermilion Snapper*
January - June
July - December
2008
January 54,194   50,810
February 45,335   41,029
March 41,335   34,992
April 65,398   75,908
May 67,874   83,978
June 110,339   67,494
July   125,315 82,735
August   105,652 113,213
September   114,900 93,508
October   155 110,530
November     79,236
December     47,909
Total 384,475 346,022 881,348
Expanded Total**   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

Source: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Quota Monitoring Program, Miami, Florida.

For additional information contact Catie Bruger at (727) 551-5727

 


 

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