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Highly Migratory Species Open Access Vessel Permits
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This database identifies the universe of (permitted) vessels participating in open access commercial and recreational Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS)... -
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Billfish Life History
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data represents the catch and size characteristics of fish parts that were collected for life history studies. -
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Cooperative Tagging Center (CTC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Cooperative Tagging Center (CTC) began as the Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Program (GTP) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in 1954. The GTP was... -
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Photos and Videos
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Observers are required to take photos and/or videos of all incidentally caught sea turtles, marine mammals, seabirds and unusual or rare fish. On the first 3 observed... -
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Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
All Atlantic recreational fishing tournaments that award points or prizes for the catch & release or landing of billfish, swordfish, sharks, or tunas are required... -
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The SWFSC Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program, 1963-2021
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program (CBTP) is a conventional mark-recapture research venture between National Oceanic... -
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Automated Landing Reporting System (ALRS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Anglers are required to report all recreationally caught Atlantic bluefin tuna, billfish, and swordfish to NMFS, provided the landings are not affiliated with a... -
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ROUNDSCALE SPEARFISH general morphometric data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Little information has been produced since the mid 1970s about the roundscale spearfish Tetrapturus georgii (Lowe, 1840). The most complete species description was... -
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Photos and Videos
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Observers are required to take photos and/or videos of all incidentally caught sea turtles, marine mammals, seabirds and unusual or rare fish. On the first 3 observed... -
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Recreational Billfish Survey (RBS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Catch and effort data from recreational billfish and tuna tournaments. -
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Electronic Monitoring in the Pacific Islands Longline Fisheries Data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Electronic monitoring (EM) data are collected aboard Hawaii longline vessels (shallow- and deep-set) participating in a pre-implementation voluntary program. These... -
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Circular Updates
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Circular Updates are periodic sequentially numbered instructions to debriefing staff and observers informing them of changes or additions to scientific and specimen...
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