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Posted 2/12/2008 6:24:44 PM


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I was renewing my HMS Permit today in preparation for my trip to Venice this weekend and praying for a miraculous change in the WX forecast when I noticed that the rules had changed for Tuna according to the NMFS website.  Did I read it correctly that after February 9, 2008 you cannot keep BFT caught in the Gulf? Has that always been the case? Not that I would ever have to worry about that,  but was just curious.

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Posted 2/12/2008 10:29:51 PM


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Radio Check!

Anybody out there?

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Posted 2/12/2008 11:24:51 PM


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I am pulling this from memory and would suggest researching it more but I believe that Bluefin only span in the Gulf of Mexico and one other place. This is why they are off limits during a certain time of the year in the Gulf. I think it's like from January until June or July but am not real sure.

I do remember a few years back when a boat caught a big ass bluefin in a tourney but they couldn't bring it in because they were just a few days out from it being the season for bluefin.

I will do some research and see if I can back this up...

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The other area is the Eastern Mediterranean...


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Posted 2/13/2008 6:08:55 AM


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Yes, that is what the NMFS website said, that the Gulf was their spawning area and that they could not be "targeted" in that area.  I just wanted to make sure that "not targeted" meant the same thing as "not thrown in the fish box" if you happened to catch one by shear dumb luck, which would likely be the only scenario available to me.

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Posted 2/13/2008 12:13:12 PM


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there is a season but i don't know when it is. i watched a boat weigh in one that weighed 829#. it was june of '06 at OB marina and it is the current alabama state record.

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Posted 2/13/2008 12:42:10 PM


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NMFS Adjusts Recreational Bluefin Tuna Retention Limits

In the 2008 final BFT specifications and effort controls, which took effect on January 30, 2008, NMFS set the recreational daily vessel/trip retention limits to one school BFT (measuring 27 to <47 inches curved fork length) and two large school/small medium BFT. NMFS indicated in that action that an Angling category adjustment may be necessary once complete LPS estimates for the 2007 fishing year were available. In an effort to limit large school/small medium BFT landings to the available subquota (183.4 mt) for 2008, NMFS is reducing the daily retention limit of large school/small medium BFT. Effective February 10, 2008, through December 31, 2008, the Angling category daily vessel/trip retention limit will be one school BFT (27 to <47 inches) and one large school/small medium BFT (47 to <73 inches). This limit applies to vessels permitted in the HMS Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling category and the HMS Charter/Headboat category (when fishing recreationally). This action does not change the annual Angling category retention limit of one large medium/giant BFT (73 inches or greater) per vessel. NMFS will continue to monitor the BFT fishery closely through dealer landing reports, the Automated Landings Reporting System, state harvest tagging programs in North Carolina and Maryland, and the LPS. Depending on the level of fishing effort, NMFS may determine that additional retention limit adjustments are necessary prior to December 31, 2008. Closures or subsequent adjustments to the daily retention limits, if any, will be published in the Federal Register. In addition, fishermen may call the Atlantic Tunas Information Line at (888) 872-8862 or (978) 281-9260, or access the internet at www.hmspermits.gov, for updates on quota monitoring and retention limit adjustments.

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Posted 2/13/2008 1:11:07 PM


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The next news item on that page is the one that I had a question about:

Recreational Atlantic Tunas Retention Limits

The recreational daily bluefin tuna (BFT) retention for limit for HMS Angling and HMS Charter/Headboat vessels (while fishing recreationally) is 1 BFT/vessel/day/trip, measuring 27 to less than 47”, and 2 BFT/vessel/day/trip, measuring 47 to less than 73" CFL. This limit is in place until February 9, 2008. Effective February 10, 2008, through December 31, 2008, the retention limit will be 1 school BFT and one large school/small medium BFT. HMS Angling and HMS Charter/Heaboats are also eligible to retain 1 BFT (73 inches or greater) per vessel per year as a “trophy” fish for the boat. These BFT retention limits are effective for all areas, except for the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico is designated as a spawning grounds for BFT and therefore NMFS does not allow vessels, commercial or recreational, to target BFT while fishing in this area. The recreational yellowfin tuna daily retention limit is 3 yellowfin/person. The minimum size for yellowfin and bigeye tuna is 27" curved fork length. There are no recreational limits for bigeye, skipjack or albacore tunas.



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