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FISHING CALENDAR

Fisheries
Regulations, NOAA Fisheries
Summary Federal
Fishing Regulations
Guidelines
for PR and USVI
DNER, PR
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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
Division
of Fish and Wildlife Bureau Of Fisheries
Caribbean
Fishing Seasons and Closures
Closed
Area Coordinates
Commercial
Landings
Recreational
Landings and Annual Catch Limits
Status
of Fishery Stocks
Contact
the Caribbean Branch
NOAA
Policy
Directive System (PDS)
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
HMS
- Highly Migratory Species,
NMFS, NOAA
Federal
Register
NOAA
supports Strombus gigas conservation measures
CITES

Common
Names of Fishes in Puerto Rico/Nombres Vulgares de Peces en Puerto Rico
BOOK
" The Queen conch life story"
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SOPP's
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Caribbean Fishery Management Council
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Regulations
Guidelines for Spiny Lobster Fishing in
the U.S. Caribbean EEZ, Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands
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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.
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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
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spiny
lobster Panulirus argus
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Fishery Management
Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Environmental Impact Statement
and Regulatory Impact Review
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Size
Limit
The minimum carapace length should be 3.5
inches.
Lobsters must remain whole for landing at
shoreside.
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Gear
Restrictions
Spears, hooks or any other piercing devices
are prohibited. Use of poisons or explosives are
prohibited.
Buoy, boat and trap identification and
marking according to regulations are required.
Self-destruct panel and door fastenings on
traps are required.
Pulling of another person's legally marked
traps or pots without owner's permission is illegal, except
by authorized officers.
The
use of gill and trammel nets are PROHIBITED
in the EEZ. It
is required that traps have one escape panel, which could be the
door. It
is required at least one buoy that floats on the surface for all
traps/pots fished individually for all fishing vessels that fish
for or possess Caribbean spiny lobster in or from the EEZ. It
is required at least one buoy at each end of trap lines linking
traps/pots for all fishing vessels that fish for of possess
Caribbean spiny lobster in or from the EEZ.
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Amendment
4 - pdf
Prohibit any person from importing spiny lobster less than 5 ounces tail
weight .
If
imported into Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, prohibit importing
spiny lobster less than 6.0 ounces tail weight.
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Remarks
Egg-bearing ("berried") female
lobsters may not be retained aboard the vessel. Berried
female lobsters may be kept in pots or traps until the eggs
are shed.
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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.
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