|
Video
about the CFMC, Windows
users, Quicktime
media. Disclaimer
Video
- Navassa Island DPV Survey,
November 2004, Disclaimer
Do you
have a comment or want to convey a message to the CFMC?
Frequently Asked Questions?
GUIA
DE ESPECIES MARINAS REGLAMENTADAS - Puerto Rico (NO ORNAMENTALES) (in Spanish only) Guia
parte A Guia
parte B
Summary Federal
Fishing Regulations
Guidelines
for PR and USVI
DNER, PR
-
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Fishing Regulations
DPNR,
USVI - Department of Planning and Natural Resources, USVI
USVI Fishing Regulations
Magnuson-Stevens
Act - amended 2007
Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendment - Reauthorization Act 1/31/07 Draft (link
to NOAA, NMFS)
50 CFR
PART
622
- Fisheries Regulations, NOAA Fisheries
Federal
Register
NOAA
supports Strombus gigas conservation measures
CITES
Recreational Rules
for HMS
Common
Names of Fishes in Puerto Rico/Nombres Vulgares de Peces en Puerto Rico
BOOK
" The Queen conch life story"
Holidays
and Administrative Leave
- taken from CFMC
SOPP's
CFMC
SOPP's
Updated: August 05, 2010 11:24 AM
If you find a broken link,
unresponsive page, or if you have any comments regarding this site,
please contact L.
M. Montalvo.
This is a publication of the
Caribbean Fishery Management Council
National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), US Department of Commerce
268 Muñoz Rivera Ave.,
Suite 1108
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1920
Tel.: (787) 766-5926
Fax: (787) 766-6239
Copyright © 1999-2010 CFMC
All rights reserved.
|
| |
|
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
|
|
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.
|
|
