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Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish FMP Concerning Bajo de Cico Seasonal Closure

Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish FMP Concerning Bajo de Cico Seasonal Closure. Caribbean Fishery Management Council August 13 2008 St. Croix, USVI. Fishery Management at Bajo de Cico. Red hind area seasonal closure (1996 both jurisdictions) No bottom tending gear year-round (2005)

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Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish FMP Concerning Bajo de Cico Seasonal Closure

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  1. Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish FMP Concerning Bajo de Cico Seasonal Closure Caribbean Fishery Management Council August 13 2008 St. Croix, USVI

  2. Fishery Management at Bajo de Cico • Red hind area seasonal closure (1996 both jurisdictions) • No bottom tending gear year-round (2005) • Shared area compatibility (2007) • No filleting of fish at sea • No Nassau harvest (1990 EEZ; PR 2004) • No fishing December-February each year

  3. SEASONAL AREA CLOSURES No bottom longlines, pots, traps, gillnets, trammel nets allowed year-round Bajo de Cico Abrir La Sierra

  4. Purpose and Need • Potential spawning aggregations of groupers and snappers other than red hind • Nassau grouper in increasing numbers (rebuilding population) • Pristine habitat (EFH, HAPC year round closure to protect functionality of area as spawning site) • Yellowfin grouper reported (rebuilding population Grouper Unit 4)

  5. ISSUES • Use of traps in the area (no enforcement) • Potential harvest of Nassau grouper and other vulnerable species spawning at other times

  6. Management ALternatives • Action 1: Extend the closed season for Bajo de Cico • Alternative 1: No Action • Alternative 2: Extend closure from 3 to 6 months (prohibit all fishing)* • Alternative 3: Year round closure (prohibit all fishing)* *Allow fishing for pelagics and HMS

  7. On going mapping

  8. Commercial fishers and news people at the R/V Foster

  9. Media Event and Log • http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/usvi_nps/details.html • (February 27 2008) Media-Fishers Day • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23407930/ • http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/29/news/CB-GEN-Puerto-Rico-Seafloor-Mapping.php

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