NOAA Extends Recreational Gulf of Maine Cod and Haddock Seasons
NOAA Fisheries Enacts Final Interim Rule Extending Recreational Gulf of Maine Cod and Haddock Seasons
On August 13, 2020 NOAA Fisheries enacted a READ MORE
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM BLUEFIN TUNA FISH DEALERS
We have been asked by the Northeast high-volume bluefin tuna fish dealers to post the following urgent message:
Message for Commercial Handgear Bluefin Tuna Fishermen
July 15, 2020
The restaurant industry and the wholesale fish business in the U.S., in Japan and throughout the world has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a huge problem for all U.S. fishermen and fish dealers for the foreseeable future for every species of fish including bluefin tu...
Guidelines for marine activities during coronavirus stay at home advisory
We are in unprecedented times with the Covid-19 virus as we head into the 2020 fishing season in the Northeast United States. As fisheries start to open for the season, and restrictions in place across the country, there will be widespread impacts to recreational, commercial and for hire fisheries.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs today released guidelines for marine waterway related activities during the...
US Bluefin Fishery closed until December 1st
Please note the following updates from NMFS
The General category is closed and will re-open on December 1, 2019.
As of October 21, 2019, preliminary commercial landings for the 2019 fishing year are as follows:
The General category has landed 178.1 mt of the 172.2 mt October adjusted subquota; 225.8 mt of the 207.3 mt September adjusted subquota, 277.1 mt of the 277.9 mt June-August adjusted subquota, and 108.9 mt of the 100 mt January-March adjusted...
7 Sinking Stickbait Techniques for Tuna
“The only constant is change” -Heraclitus 500 B.C
The tuna fishery on Cape Cod like many other locations changes year over year. Only a few years ago there were large surface feeds with the fish staying on top, allowing anglers to effectively use a variety of floating stick-baits. For the past few years there have been less surface feeds, as the fish stay down deeper, due to higher pressure on the fishery, and changes in feeding habits. The need to g...