NOAA Fisheries Announces Commercial Blueline Tilefish Fishery Closure

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NOAA Fisheries - New England - Mid Atlantic Bulletin

November 19, 2020

NOAA Fisheries Announces Commercial Blueline Tilefish Fishery Closure

Effective November 21, 2020

NOAA Fisheries is closing the commercial blueline tilefish fishery through the end of the fishing year, December 31, 2020.

Effective at 0001 hour on November 21, 2020 no vessel may retain or land blueline tilefish in or from the Tilefish Management Unit through December 31, 2020.

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Landings information analyzed by NOAA Fisheries projects the commercial blueline tilefish fishery will meet 100 percent of the total allowable landings for the 2020 fishing year on November 21, 2020.

For more information, please read the notice as filed in the Federal Register, and the permit holder bulletin.

Questions?

Fishermen: Contact Laura Hansen, Sustainable Fisheries, 978-281-9225

Media: Contact Jennifer Goebel, Regional Office, 978-281-9175