The commercial harvest of greater
amberjack in Gulf of Mexico federal waters will close on June 9th.
NOAA Fisheries has determined the 2016
greater amberjack commercial quota of 338 thousand pounds will be
caught by that date.
The closure is a little earlier than
usual this year because fishermen caught more than the quota last
year and that overage was deducted from this year's quota.
This closure is necessary to protect
the greater amberjack population.
The population is considered overfished
which means the population is too low and is also undergoing
overfishing which means too many are being caught each year.
The fishery will reopen on January the
1st.
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