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Reduced Fishing Season Lengths for the Recreational Harvest of Wrasses in Federal Waters around Puerto Rico for the 2017 Fishing Year

April 14, 2017

FB17-022 Caribbean Fishery Bulletin; For More Information, Contact: María del Mar López, 727-824-5305, maria.lopez@noaa.gov  

What/When:

  • Recreational harvest of wrasses, including hogfish, puddingwife, and Spanish hogfish, in federal waters of Puerto Rico, will close on April 19, 2017. Recreational harvest will reopen at 12:01 a.m. (local time) on January 1, 2018.

Why This Closure is Happening:

  • The recreational annual catch limit for wrasses is 5,050 lb.  Based on the average of the three most recent years of available recreational landings data, from the 2013-2015 fishing years, NOAA Fisheries has determined that the recreational annual catch limit for wrasses has been exceeded. 
  • As a result, accountability measures are applied, reducing the length of the 2017 recreational fishing season for wrasses; recreational harvest of this species group will close in federal waters of Puerto Rico at the date and time specified above. 
  • This closure is necessary to protect the recreational wrasses fishery by limiting landings to the recreational annual catch limit.

During the Closure:

  • All recreational harvest of federally managed wrasse species is closed, and the recreational bag and possession limits for this species group in or from the Puerto Rico exclusive economic zone is zero.

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Reducción en la duración de la temporada de pesca recreativa de los peces lábridos en aguas federales alrededor de Puerto Rico para el año 2017

Boletín Pesquerías del Sudeste

FB17-022 SP

FECHA BOLETÍN DE PESCA: 22 de abril de 2017    

Contacto: María del Mar López, 727-824-5305, maria.lopez@noaa.gov  

QUÉ/CUÁNDO:

  • La pesca recreativa de peces lábridos, incluyendo capitán, capitán de piedras y loro capitán, se cerrará a las 12:01 am, hora local, el 19 de abril de 2017. La pesca recreativa de estas especies se reabrirá a las 12:01 a.m. (hora local) del 1 de enero de 2018.

 POR QUÉ OCURRE ESTE CIERRE:

  • El límite anual de captura para la pesca recreativa de peces lábridos en aguas federales de Puerto Rico es de 5,050 libras. El Servicio Nacional de Pesquerías Marinas (NOAA Fisheries) ha determinado que el límite anual de captura de este grupo de especies fue sobrepasado basado en los desembarcos promedios durante los años 2013 al 2015. 
  • Como resultado, se activan las medidas de responsabilidad para reducir la temporada de pesca recreativa de 2017 para este grupo de especies, cerrando la pesca recreativa de peces lábridos en las aguas federales de Puerto Rico en la fecha y hora especificada anteriormente. 
  • Este cierre es necesario para proteger la pesca recreativa de peces lábridos, limitando los desembarques al límite anual de captura recreacional.

 DURANTE LOS CIERRES:

  • La cuota de captura y posesión para la pesca recreativa de peces lábridos será cero. 

NOAA Fisheries Southeast is pleased to announce the introduction of our Text Message Alert Program.  The program will allow you to sign up to receive important fishery related alerts via text message. Text alerts you may receive include immediate fishery openings and closures, and any significant changes to fishing regulations that happen quickly.

How to opt-in:

Sign up for related alerts for one or more of the following groups. Standard message & data rates may apply. You may opt-out at any time.

  • Gulf of Mexico Recreational Fisheries: Text GULFRECFISH to 888777
  • Gulf of Mexico Commercial Fisheries: Text GULFCOMMFISH to 888777
  • South Atlantic Recreational Fisheries: Text SATLRECFISH to 888777
  • South Atlantic Commercial Fisheries: Text SATLCOMMFISH to 888777
  • Caribbean Fisheries: Text CARIBFISH to 888777

Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on March 18, 2019