Consideration All Bluefin Tuna Recreational and Business Fishermen!!
NMFS proposes to Re-allocate all Consumer Group BFT Quota Shares for 2011 Fishing Time. The Pelagic Longline Group to be awarded 28% of US quota whilst Common Category diminished to 39% to carry on Dead Discards at Sea. All other groups like Angling, Harpoon and Reserve To Be Gutted for LONGLINE BOATS to Keep on Discards!!! Examine On!
1. New proposed 2011 NMFS Quota Rule will deduct 160 metric tons of U.S. Complete Allowable Catch and Use this Quota to Cover Estimated Longline Discards in 2011. This tonnage could improve and offer NMFS with precedent to take even a lot more quota to enable for Greater Dead Discards. In addition, NMFS proposes to let 69.5 mt landings quota for longlines.
2. This transfer to Longliners will outcome in Lowered Bag Limits, Shorter Regional Fishing Seasons, Early Closures and tremendous monetary losses for General and Angling and Harpoon fisheries.
3. Incorporating insult to our injury this yr, NMFS is presently making it possible for the LONGLINE fleet to carry on a repeat of this process and the unacceptable injury on all other recreational and commercial traditional fishermen from Maine to Texas for the 2012 fishing time as well, with only minimum adjustments to the longline bag limits and zero proposals to efficiently curtail their fishing time.
four. The NOAA proposal that the Common, Harpoon, Angling and Purse Seine categories carry the burden of longline discards would end result in the lowest ever before starting up quotas in 2011 for the General, Harpoon, Purse Seine and Reserve groups considering that these Standard and Historical Catch Share Groups have been initiated in 1981.
five. The new 2011 quotas will outcome in the longline category obtaining an increase in U.S. quota from eight.1% to about 28% of the quota. NOAA has been aware of this impending crisis and extreme dead discard for many a long time and has completed practically nothing to boost NOAA awareness of genuine time longline discards and lessen or finish the longline fishery in season. Closure of a category has been the sacred rule NOAA has followed for all other categories when a group exhausts its historical share.
six. In the curiosity of due approach and ample public consideration and airing of the NOAA proposed non resolution to the longline discard crisis, the American Bluefin Tuna Association has already insisted that the comment period of time be extended for 45 days and that numerous added regional public hearings be scheduled. At a minimal, public hearings ought to be held in Portland, ME, Boston, MA, Hyannis, MA, Lengthy Island, NY, Miami, FL and New Orleans, LA.. THIS DISCARD CRISIS CAN NO Longer BE SWEPT Underneath THE RUG!!
The American Bluefin Tuna Association desires your assist to avoid NOAA from allowing their SCANDALOUS &amp OUTRAGEOUS prepare to go forward. Subsequent are the NAMES, Electronic mail ADDRESSES OF Accountable NOAA OFFICIALS WHO CAN Avoid THIS TRAVESTY FROM Going ANY Additionally AND Preserve YOUR Correct TO YOUR SHARE OF THE U.S. TAC IN 2011 and 2012. Make sure you compose the NOAA leadership. Also, open the attachment and stick to the recommendations to submit your created comment on the &quotproposed rule&quot and see public meeting timetable. Do not allow NOAA forget who you are!

TO Preserve YOUR Correct TO FISH FOR THE Impressive BLUEFIN TUNA Speak to YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, FISHING BUDDIES, SHARE THIS ALERT ON Web sites AND MAIL TO YOUR Handle Publications.

If you have any questions or want much more thorough info, please feel free of charge to speak to the ABTA at information@theabta.com Bear in mind, NOAA Secured Resources is also operating to checklist bluefin tuna as an Endangered Species despite proof bluefin are rebuilt in the West Atlantic.
NOAA Contacts

Eric Schwaab
301-713-2239, ext. 195
Eric.schwaab@noaa.gov

Margaret Spring
NOAA Chief of Employees
202-482-3436Margaret.spring@noaa.gov

Samuel Rauch
Deputy ***. Administrator for Regulatory Programs
301-713-2239, ext. 193
Samuel.rauch@noaa.gov

Russell Smith
Deputy. Asst. Secretary for Int’l Fisheries
202-482-5682Russell.smith@noaa.gov

Margo Schulze-Haugen
Chief, HMS Division
301-713-2347, ext. 108
margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Sarah McLaughlin
Fishery Management Specialist
978-281-9260Sarah.McLaughlin@noaa.gov

Emily Menashes
Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
301-713-2334Emily.menashes@noaa.gov