New swordfish rules go into effect in state waters on February the 13th.
Recently, NOAA
Fisheries created a new open-access commercial swordfish fishery in federal
waters to allow more commercial swordfish harvest opportunities.
The Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission also approved several changes to state
rules, many of which will allow fishermen who participate in the new commercial
fishery to land and sell their catch in Florida
Changes in state
rules that affect the commercial harvest include designating swordfish as a
restricted species, and exempting commercial harvesters wit the proper permits
from the recreational bag and vessel limits.
The new rules
also allows the transit of swordfish through state waters when harvested in
federal waters, allows the sale of commercially caught swordfish , and closes
state waters to commercial harvest if adjacent federal waters are closed.
Wholesale
dealers purchasing swordfish will be required to possess a valid federal
Atlantic Swordfish Dealer permit.
Swordfish
management is a fishery management success story.
The species was
overfished in the 1980s and ’90s, but has since been fully rebuilt, thanks to
domestic and international conservation measures.
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