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Regulations Guidelines for Reef Fish Fishing in the U.S. Caribbean EEZ, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Important notice:

For details, readers should contact the Council, or refer to the comprehensive amendment or the final rule. Any discrepancies between this documents, bulletin and the final rule as published in the Federal Register will be resolved in favor of the Federal Register.

* See SFA - Comprehensive Amendment to the Fishery Management Plans of the U.S. Caribbean

Southeast Regional Office - SFA, public bulletin

FINAL RULE - Federal Register/Vol. 70, No. 208/ Friday, October 28, 2005/ Rules and Regulations

Most recent regulations 50 CFR PART 622

Among other rulings the final rule :

  • Prohibits the filleting of fish in the EEZ and require that fish captured or possessed in the EEZ be landed with heads and fins intact, with minor exceptions.

  • Requires gill nets used to fish for bait fish in the EEZ to be tended at all times.

  • Closes the Grammanik Bank to fishing for or possession of any species of fish, except highly migratory species, from February 1 through April 30 of each year.

  • Requires an anchor retrieval system for all vessels that fish for or possess Caribbean reef fish species in or from the EEZ.

Fishery Management  Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Regulatory Impact Review for the Shallow Water Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

Shallow Water Reef Fish

red, black, tiger, yellowfin, and yellowedge grouper   

 

black, blackfin, vermilion and silk snapper   

mutton snapper Lutjanus analis and lane snapper   

mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis 

yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus   

yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus

red hind  Epinephelus gutatus   


Image from NOAA Collection

Nassau grouper  Epinephelus striatus   

Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus

Goliath grouper  Epinephelus itajara   

Goliath grouper - by P Humann

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Paul Humann

Disclaimer

The present Guide has the purpose of providing appropriate information to fishers about regulations and helping in the recovery of the stocks and the sustainable use of marine fishery resources in the Caribbean.

This Guide is for general information purposes.  Fishery Regulations are subject to changes. 

For more information on fishery regulations you may visit the Federal Register.