The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council has announced that the Commercial Harvest of Greater
Amberjack in Federal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Will Not Reopen
this year.
Generally the season would open on June
1st, but regulator say that will now be pushed back to
January 1st, 2019.
Commercial fishermen are allowed about
277 thousand pounds of greater amberjack every year.
The latest report for greater amberjack
landings through March 15th indicates that the annual quota has
already been exceeded.
The closure is needed to protect the
greater amberjack population which is considered overfished and
undergoing overfishing.
During the closure, any person aboard a
vessel with a federal commercial vessel permit for Gulf reef fish
must comply with the closure regardless of where the fish are
harvested.
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