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- Navassa Island DPV Survey,
November 2004
Bulletin - Notice
of New Observer Program for the South Atlantic Shrimp Fishery
Bulletin - Seasonal
Prohibition on the possession of mutton and lane snapper in Caribbean
Federal waters begins at 12:01 AM local time, April 1,
2008
Bulletin
- Seasonal
Prohibition from February 1, 2008 to April 30 of
each year
Fishing Regulations
Guidelines
summary
RECREATIONAL
FISHERS WORKSHOP
- presentations
Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendment - Reauthorization Act 1/31/07
Draft
50 CFR
PART
622
Federal
Register
DNER, PR
-
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Fishing Regulations
and amendments
Guide for recreational
fishers, to request a copy "Guia informativa para la pesca
Recreativa en Puerto Rico"
Guide
to Regulations and Biology for Law Enforcement Officers in
Puerto Rico
Attention! Pleasure Boat Operators
- Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Pescadores
de Puerto Rico -
Obligaciones y Beneficios
Contributivos
DPNR,
USVI - Department of Planning and Natural Resources, USVI
USVI
Fisher Info. Booklet
- pdf - July 2004
Grammanik
Bank Closure
Common
Names of Fishes in Puerto Rico/Nombres Vulgares de Peces en Puerto Rico
NOAA
supports Strombus gigas conservation measures
BOOK
" The Queen conch life story"
CITES Notification to the Parties
Recreational Rules
for HMS
New
Fishing Regulations for Atlantic Sharks (December, 2003)
Updated:
May 20, 2008 01:40 PM
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U.S. Caribbean
EEZ (U.S.V.I.), St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John Area Closures |
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A
Final Rule for the SFA, Comprehensive Amendment to the Fishery Management Plans of the
U.S. Caribbean, was approved on October 28, 2005, for new rules/regulations
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
50 CFR
PART
622
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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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Graphic
for illustration purposes only. Click on image to enlarge.
Graphics source:
Frederick
Kyle, NMFS, Office of Law Enforcement, St. Petersburg, Fl.
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Area
Closures and/or Seasonal Closures
Red Hind-Lang Bank, Mutton Snapper, Hind Bank (MCD), Grammanik
Bank
Graphics source:
Frederick
Kyle, NMFS, Office of Law Enforcement, St. Petersburg, Fl.
Fishing pots, traps, bottom longlines, gillnets
or trammel nets is PROHIBITED year-round in
the closed areas specified below.*
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RED HIND Spawning aggregation
LANG
BANK - St. Croix, USVI
(no-take closure to all
species from December 1 through February 28, each
year)
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MUTTON SNAPPER Spawning
aggregation -
St.
Croix, USVI (no-take closure to all species from April 1 through
June 30, each year)
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HIND BANK
MCD RESERVE
St. Thomas, USVI
(year-round
closure, no-take and no
anchoring)
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| Point |
Latitude |
Longitude |
| A |
17°50.2'N |
64°27.9'W |
| B |
17°50.1'N |
64°26.1'W |
| C |
17°49.2'N |
64°25.8'W |
| D |
17°48.6'N |
64°25.8'W |
| E |
17°48.1'N |
64°26.1'W |
| F |
17°47.5'N |
64°26.9'W |
| A |
17°50.2'N |
64°27.9'W |
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| Point |
Latitude |
Longitude |
| A |
17°37.8'N |
64°53.0'W |
| B |
17°39.0'N |
64°53.0'W |
| C |
17°39.0'N |
64°50.5'W |
| D |
17°38.1'N |
64°50.5'W |
| E |
17°37.8'N |
64°52.5'W |
| A |
17°37.8'N |
64°53.0'W |
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| Point |
Latitude |
Longitude |
| A |
18°13.2'N |
65°06.0'W |
| B |
18°13.2'N |
64°59.0'W |
| C |
18°11.8'N |
64°59.0'W |
| D |
18°10.7'N |
65°06.0'W |
| A |
18°13.2'N |
65°06.0'W |
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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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