Landings Updates Available: Bluefin, BAYS, Sharks, Swordfish, and Billfish

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NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

August 25, 2020

New Landings Updates Available Online

Landings updates are announced once a month. View updates as they become available at the links below. You can also navigate to species-specific landings data through our main landings page.

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

January 1–June 30

This update provides preliminary landings through June 30, 2020, for the bluefin tuna fisheries. The numbers are subject to change and should not be considered useful for real-time catch monitoring purposes.

Contact Brad McHale at 978-281-9260 with questions.

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Commercial Atlantic Shark

January 1–August 14

This update provides preliminary landings estimates as of August 14, 2020, for the Atlantic shark commercial fisheries. The estimates include landings by state-only permitted vessels, federally permitted vessels, and shark research fishery participants.

Contact the HMS Management Division at 301-427-8503 with questions.

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Commercial Atlantic Bigeye, Albacore, Skipjack, and Yellowfin Tunas

January 1–July 31

This update provides preliminary landings estimates through July 31, 2020, for the bigeye, northern albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack tunas commercial fisheries. These estimates are subject to late reporting and do not include discards.

Contact the HMS Management Division at 978-281-9260 with questions.

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Atlantic Swordfish

January 1–July 31

This update provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas through July 31, 2020, for the Atlantic swordfish fisheries. These estimates are subject to late reporting and do not include discards.

Contact Steve Durkee at 202-670-6637 with questions.

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Recreational Atlantic Billfish

2nd Quarter 2020 Fishing Year

This update provides preliminary landings for January 1–June 30, 2020, in numbers of fish for Atlantic blue and white marlin, roundscale spearfish, and western Atlantic sailfish.

Contact Jennifer Cudney at 727-824-5399 with questions.

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Fishery Bulletins and Notices

Visit NOAA Fisheries' Rules & Regulations directory to learn more about recent federal management actions affecting Atlantic highly migratory species.

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