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  • April 2022 New Fire Extinguisher Requirements for Recreation Boats

    April 2022 New Fire Extinguisher Requirements for Recreation Boats

    Vessels model year 2018 or newer must ...

  • New Recreational/Commercial Shark Fishing Requirements for 2018

    New Recreational/Commercial Shark Fishing Requirements for 2018

    NOAA Fisheries reminds Highly Migratory Species (HMS) vessels that the remaining new recreational and commercial measures implementing Amendment 5b to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) become effective January 1, 2018. Amendment 5b implemented a range of management measures to end overfishing and rebuild overfished dusky sharks. Other measures for Amendment 5b became effective June 5, 2017. For more details on all of these measures, and to view the associated outreach materials, please refer to the Amendment 5b website:

  • Bluefin Tuna Reporting Requirements

    Bluefin Tuna Reporting Requirements

    RFA is reminding all private anglers and charter/headboats who fishing for under HMS Angling and Charter/Headboat permits that they are required to report the catch of landed and dead discarded bluefin tuna within 24 hours of landing or the end of each trip. NOAA Fisheries implemented this reporting require three years to comply with the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommendations that contracting parties must report both landings and dead discards.