The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently announced that recreational spot shrimp fishing in Puget Sound will open Saturday, May 14, 2016.
Shellfish managers are delaying the popular shrimp fishery until May 14 due to the extremely low tides that are expected during the first week in May.
Low tides will render many boat ramps around Puget Sound unusable for several hours and create poor shrimping conditions, according to WDFW.
Traditionally, the first Saturday in May marks the start of the season throughout Puget Sound.
For the latest information on sport shrimp seasons, visit WDFW’s website at wdfw.wa.gov.
source: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Sunday, January 24, 2016
Monday, October 19, 2015
2015 South Carolina Shrimp-baiting Season
The 2015 South Carolina shrimp-baiting season is expected to be a productive one. After a strong spring spawn and a season of good environmental conditions, DNR biologists are optimistic about the fall shrimp season.
“Our crustacean monitoring trips this summer have indicated good numbers of white shrimp in estuarine waters,” said Mel Bell, director of DNR’s Office of Fisheries Management.
South Carolina's 2015 shrimp-baiting season opened on Friday, Sept. 11 and will remain open until noon Tuesday, Nov. 10 in South Carolina waters.
Recreational shrimpers who purchase a shrimp-baiting license can legally cast their nets for shrimp over bait during this season.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) opens the shrimp-baiting season annually on the last Friday on or before Sept. 15 each year. The shrimp-baiting season lasts 60 days.
Post-season mail surveys conducted every year since 1988 indicate that recent total catches have been less than 1 million pounds per season (heads on) after peaking at more than 3.6 million pounds in 1997. Despite the decline in total catch, catch per trip has remained relatively stable, averaging about 20-22 quarts per trip since 2001.
The stable catch-per-trip suggests that shrimp abundance has remained relatively good, but fewer licenses and shrimping trips are resulting in a lower overall harvest. DNR biologists recommend that in general, shrimpers should target areas closer to the ocean to avoid smaller shrimp.
Recreational and commercial shrimpers are encouraged to report catches of tiger shrimp in South Carolina to DNR at tigershrimp@dnr.sc.gov. If possible, reports should include a photograph of the animal along with location and date of capture. Specimens less than 5 inches in length are of particular interest and should be kept frozen prior to donation.
source: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
“Our crustacean monitoring trips this summer have indicated good numbers of white shrimp in estuarine waters,” said Mel Bell, director of DNR’s Office of Fisheries Management.
South Carolina's 2015 shrimp-baiting season opened on Friday, Sept. 11 and will remain open until noon Tuesday, Nov. 10 in South Carolina waters.
Recreational shrimpers who purchase a shrimp-baiting license can legally cast their nets for shrimp over bait during this season.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) opens the shrimp-baiting season annually on the last Friday on or before Sept. 15 each year. The shrimp-baiting season lasts 60 days.
Post-season mail surveys conducted every year since 1988 indicate that recent total catches have been less than 1 million pounds per season (heads on) after peaking at more than 3.6 million pounds in 1997. Despite the decline in total catch, catch per trip has remained relatively stable, averaging about 20-22 quarts per trip since 2001.
The stable catch-per-trip suggests that shrimp abundance has remained relatively good, but fewer licenses and shrimping trips are resulting in a lower overall harvest. DNR biologists recommend that in general, shrimpers should target areas closer to the ocean to avoid smaller shrimp.
Recreational and commercial shrimpers are encouraged to report catches of tiger shrimp in South Carolina to DNR at tigershrimp@dnr.sc.gov. If possible, reports should include a photograph of the animal along with location and date of capture. Specimens less than 5 inches in length are of particular interest and should be kept frozen prior to donation.
source: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Monday, July 13, 2015
2015 North Carolina Coastal Fish Stock Status Report
Five North Carolina coastal fish species have been reclassified as viable by the 2015 Stock Status Report by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
The report also reclassified the status of three other species and removed one species from the report. Reclassifications are based on updated information through 2014.
The division annually classifies the status of important marine finfish, shellfish, shrimp and crabs as viable, recovering, concern, depleted or unknown. The classifications serve as a barometer of the overall health of the state’s fishery resources, and they are used to prioritize development of state fishery management plans.
Atlantic menhaden moved from concern to viable based on a Southeast Data, Assessment and Review 2015 benchmark stock assessment that indicates that Atlantic menhaden are neither overfished nor experiencing overfishing.
Black drum moved from unknown to viable based on a 2015 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Black Drum Stock Assessment that determined that the stock is not overfished and not experiencing overfishing.
Kingfishes moved from unknown to viable based on positive trends in biological data, as a regional stock assessment is not currently available.
King mackerel moved from concern to viable based on the 2014 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council stock assessment that indicates the South Atlantic king mackerel stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.
Spotted seatrout moved from depleted to viable based on a 2014 N.C. Spotted Seatrout Stock Assessment that indicates the North Carolina and Virginia stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.
Black sea bass north of Hatteras moved from recovering to concern due to the lack of a recent approved stock assessment and recent low landings in North Carolina waters. The stock was declared rebuilt in 2009 based on the 2008 National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center stock assessment for U.S. waters north of Cape Hatteras. Due to unique life history characteristics and other data concerns, the 2011 and 2012 assessments were not accepted for determining stock status.
Southern flounder was moved from depleted to concern due to the lack of a recent approved stock assessment. A 2014 stock assessment of southern flounder in North Carolina waters could not be used to determine stock status because the southern flounder stock mixes throughout the South Atlantic (North Carolina to Florida). However, concerns exist about the sustainability of current harvest levels because of a coast-wide decline in juvenile and adult abundance.
Gag moved from concern to recovering based on a 2014 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council regional stock assessment that found the stock from North Carolina to Florida was experiencing overfishing, but was not overfished. The National Marine Fisheries Service removed the stock from the overfishing list in December 2014 after determining that harvest levels in 2012 and 2013 indicated overfishing was no longer occurring.
Monkfish was removed from the N.C. Stock Status Report due to the limited fishery in North Carolina. In 2014, commercial landings of monkfish were low and there were no reported recreational landings.
Definitions for each stock status category can be found at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/stock-status-categories-and-definitions.
The complete 2015 Stock Status Report can be found on the division’s website at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/stock-status-reports.
source: North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
The report also reclassified the status of three other species and removed one species from the report. Reclassifications are based on updated information through 2014.
The division annually classifies the status of important marine finfish, shellfish, shrimp and crabs as viable, recovering, concern, depleted or unknown. The classifications serve as a barometer of the overall health of the state’s fishery resources, and they are used to prioritize development of state fishery management plans.
Atlantic menhaden moved from concern to viable based on a Southeast Data, Assessment and Review 2015 benchmark stock assessment that indicates that Atlantic menhaden are neither overfished nor experiencing overfishing.
Black drum moved from unknown to viable based on a 2015 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Black Drum Stock Assessment that determined that the stock is not overfished and not experiencing overfishing.
Kingfishes moved from unknown to viable based on positive trends in biological data, as a regional stock assessment is not currently available.
King mackerel moved from concern to viable based on the 2014 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council stock assessment that indicates the South Atlantic king mackerel stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.
Spotted seatrout moved from depleted to viable based on a 2014 N.C. Spotted Seatrout Stock Assessment that indicates the North Carolina and Virginia stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.
Black sea bass north of Hatteras moved from recovering to concern due to the lack of a recent approved stock assessment and recent low landings in North Carolina waters. The stock was declared rebuilt in 2009 based on the 2008 National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center stock assessment for U.S. waters north of Cape Hatteras. Due to unique life history characteristics and other data concerns, the 2011 and 2012 assessments were not accepted for determining stock status.
Southern flounder was moved from depleted to concern due to the lack of a recent approved stock assessment. A 2014 stock assessment of southern flounder in North Carolina waters could not be used to determine stock status because the southern flounder stock mixes throughout the South Atlantic (North Carolina to Florida). However, concerns exist about the sustainability of current harvest levels because of a coast-wide decline in juvenile and adult abundance.
Gag moved from concern to recovering based on a 2014 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council regional stock assessment that found the stock from North Carolina to Florida was experiencing overfishing, but was not overfished. The National Marine Fisheries Service removed the stock from the overfishing list in December 2014 after determining that harvest levels in 2012 and 2013 indicated overfishing was no longer occurring.
Monkfish was removed from the N.C. Stock Status Report due to the limited fishery in North Carolina. In 2014, commercial landings of monkfish were low and there were no reported recreational landings.
Definitions for each stock status category can be found at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/stock-status-categories-and-definitions.
The complete 2015 Stock Status Report can be found on the division’s website at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/stock-status-reports.
source: North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
Friday, October 11, 2013
South Carolina Anglers Asked to Report Tiger Shrimp Catches
Recreational and commercial fishers are encouraged to report catches of Asian tiger shrimp in South Carolina to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at tigershrimp@dnr.sc.gov, if possible including a photograph of the animal(s). Reports should include as much of the following information as possible:
* Reporter name
* Collector name (if different from reporter name)
* Date of capture
* Method of capture (e.g., commercial trawl, cast net)Tiger shrimp
* Location of capture (as much detail as possible)
* Depth of capture
* Length of tiger shrimp
* Weight of tiger shrimp
* Male or female (if known)
The Asian tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) was first reported in South Carolina waters in 1988. Researchers with DNR continue to monitor the abundance and distribution of the species.
Researchers are also interested in receiving tiger shrimp specimens. Specimens less than 5 inches in length are of particular interest to the DNR.
If donated, tiger shrimp should be kept frozen until arrangements can be made for their collection for future analysis by DNR personnel. Donors are also welcome to deliver tiger shrimp live to the DNR Marine Resources Research Institute at Fort Johnson or the Waddell Mariculture Center in Bluffton, SC, after making prior arrangements with DNR researchers by e-mail (tigershrimp@dnr.sc.gov) or phone (843) 953-9840.
source: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
* Reporter name
* Collector name (if different from reporter name)
* Date of capture
* Method of capture (e.g., commercial trawl, cast net)Tiger shrimp
* Location of capture (as much detail as possible)
* Depth of capture
* Length of tiger shrimp
* Weight of tiger shrimp
* Male or female (if known)
The Asian tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) was first reported in South Carolina waters in 1988. Researchers with DNR continue to monitor the abundance and distribution of the species.
Researchers are also interested in receiving tiger shrimp specimens. Specimens less than 5 inches in length are of particular interest to the DNR.
If donated, tiger shrimp should be kept frozen until arrangements can be made for their collection for future analysis by DNR personnel. Donors are also welcome to deliver tiger shrimp live to the DNR Marine Resources Research Institute at Fort Johnson or the Waddell Mariculture Center in Bluffton, SC, after making prior arrangements with DNR researchers by e-mail (tigershrimp@dnr.sc.gov) or phone (843) 953-9840.
source: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Saturday, August 7, 2010
2010 ASFMC Atlatic Croaker Stock Assessment
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Details of the stock assessment note that Atlantic croaker are a major bycatch in South Atlantic shrimp trawls. Most croaker caught in this fishery are less than 1 year old, too small to be marketed, and thus are discarded. Croaker are one of the largest components of the shrimp trawl catch; some studies found that shrimp trawls caught more croaker than shrimp.
There are no continuous monitoring programs to account for these discards. This is a problem because the best available estimates of these landings are, in some years, as large or larger than reported landings.
Because of the high degree of uncertainty in the amount of shrimp trawl discards, the estimated values of stock size and fishing mortality are not considered reliable. The Review Panel stressed the importance of developing valid estimates of shrimp trawl discards to improve the certainty of future stock assessment results.
The issue of croaker bycatch in the South Atlantic shrimp fishery is an example of inter-relationships that exist in fish and seafood habitats. Not only are shrimp and croaker linked, but so are fishermen as issues like this affect a wide range of stakeholders.
Because of the high degree of uncertainty in the amount of shrimp trawl discards, the estimated values of stock size and fishing mortality are not considered reliable. The Review Panel stressed the importance of developing valid estimates of shrimp trawl discards to improve the certainty of future stock assessment results.
The issue of croaker bycatch in the South Atlantic shrimp fishery is an example of inter-relationships that exist in fish and seafood habitats. Not only are shrimp and croaker linked, but so are fishermen as issues like this affect a wide range of stakeholders.
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