Federal Managers Increase Catch Limits in Hawaii Deep-Water Bottomfish
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - June 13, 2018
The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Managment council, meeting this week on Maui, have increased the annual catch limit (ACL) for seven species of main Hawaiian Islands deep-water bottomfish species.
Known as the Deep 7, the species include hapu'upu'u (sea bass) and six snappers: opakapaka (pink snapper), onaga (longtail snapper), ehu (squirrelfish snapper), lehi (silver jaw jobfish), gindai (brigham's snapper) and kalekale (von siebold's snapper). The season for the fishery runs from September 1 to August 31 ...
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