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Plan, Regulatory Impact Review, Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis, and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Atlantic
Swordfish." Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, South
Carolina, February.
The fishery management plan for swordfish in the south Atlantic region.
The fishery is in or near a state of growth overfishing. Domestic landings
are controlled by a variable season closure (VSC). Foreign fishing is
prohibited and a bycatch in the foreign tuna fishery is restricted. Permits
to fish are required and observer coverage of a sample of boats is made
mandatory.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (1988). "Fishery Management
Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact
Review, and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the
Atlantic Billfishes." 1 Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston,
South Carolina, March.
The proposed action will result in management of the billfish fishery in
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico,
Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic, and New England Councils. The species regulated are
the sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus; the white marlin, Tetrapturus albidus;
the blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, and the longbill spearfish, Tetrapturus
pfluegeri. The objectives are to : 1) maintain the highest availability of
billfishes to the U.S. recreational fishery; 2) optimize the social and
economic benefits to the nation by reserving the billfish resource for its
traditional use which on the continental U.S. is almost entirely a
recreational fishery. In the Caribbean, the fishery is both a recreational
and small scale handline fishery where billfishes are used as food; 3)
increase understanding of the condition of the billfish stocks and the bill
fish fishery. Optimum yield for billfishes is the greatest number of billfish
that can be caught by the recreational fishery in the EEZ, consistent with the
provisions of this fishery management plan, considering the biological
limitations of the stock and the unavoidable incidental catches in other
fisheries. Management measures proposed include a prohibition on the sale of
billfish; a prohibition on possession by commercial longline and drift net
vessels; minimum size limits; reporting requirements; permits for foreign
vessels; and time and area restrictions on foreigners with a bycatch of
billfish. The management actions will be implemented under the Magnuson
Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1901, et seq.).
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (1989). "Amendment #1 to the
Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Swordfish." Draft, 1
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, South Carolina, December.
The fishery management plan (FMP) for Atlantic swordfish was approved on
August 22, 1985. The FMP contained measures designed to cap the harvest of
fish less than 50 pounds dressed weight at the 1980 level by implementing
time/area closures (Variable Season Closures [VSC]). The closures were never
implemented and on December 31, 1987 the VSC provision expired. Currently,
the FMP contains only data collection provisions. This amendment will
implement management measures designed to rebuild the spawning stock to a
level that will reduce the likelihood of recruitment failure.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (1990). "Amendment 1 to the
Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Swordfish." 1 Southpark
Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, South Carolina, October, 101 pp.
The objectives of this amendment are to manage the western North
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