Blueline Tile Fish Fishery May be Closed to due Low Stock Abundance
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Asbury Park Press] John Oswald - May 15, 2015
The fate of the blueline tilefishery is now in the hands of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
The service is considering two requests for emergency action: one that will effectively close the fishery for recreational anglers, while the other offers an interim solution that will allow fishing to continue on a more limited basis.
The species grabbed anglers' attention in February when the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council requested that NMFS take emergency action on bluelines when it learned commercial fishing boats out of North Carolina planned on landing tilefish in New Jersey to take advantage of a no-limit ...
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