NOAA Fisheries recently released its final landings numbers for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna As of December 31, 2013.
U.S. fishermen landed a total of 5518 Atlantic bluefin tuna, weighing 518.3 metric tons (mt).
The following is a summary by category:
General 1801
Harpoon 121
Longline 299
Trap 0
Purse Seine 192
Angling 3105
Reserve 0
Dead discards totaled 205.8 mt. The United States accounts for dead discards annually in the quota specifications and reports them to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
According to NOAA Fisheries, the final 2012 dead discards estimate (205.8 mt) was used because 2013 dead discard estimates are not yet available.
The final 2013 Atlantic bluefin tuna specifications (78 FR 36685, June 19, 2013) adjusted the 2013 base quota and subquotas to account for 2012 underharvest and accounted for half of the estimated dead discards at the beginning of the year, with the remainder to be accounted for at year-end.
For more information, visit:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/hmsdocument_files/Tuna.htm
source: NOAA Fisheries
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