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Swordfish - Courtesy Derke Snodgrass, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC/SFD

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Bluefin groups blame NOAA for tuna discard rap - Gloucester Daily Times

Bluefin groups blame NOAA for tuna discard rap
Gloucester Daily Times
But the association faults the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, not the longliners, who are represented by the Blue Water Fishermen's Association. "Today, with the swordfish resource completely rebuilt ... more longline vessels are ...

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Survival of the Swordfish - MarketWatch (press release)

Survival of the Swordfish
MarketWatch (press release)
But years of overfishing in the Florida Straits --- where America's swordfish nursery is located --- have depleted their population. So much so that longline fishing gear is now outlawed in the Straits and juvenile swordfish caught there measuring 47 ...

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North Carolina fishing boat brings a rarity to Cape May's Lobster House ... - Press of Atlantic City

North Carolina fishing boat brings a rarity to Cape May's Lobster House ...
Press of Atlantic City
CAPE MAY — Word was out — a transient fishing boat had hit a swordfish bonanza out in the Gulf Stream off Cape May and the North Carolina boat was coming to the Lobster House dock to unload. The 60-foot Big Eye was loaded with almost 13000 pounds of ...



Nova Southeastern studies swordfish in Florida Straits - Bizjournals.com

Nova Southeastern studies swordfish in Florida Straits
Bizjournals.com
Federal wildlife authorities are considering relaxing some restrictions on swordfish fishing practices. The restrictions were enacted in 2001 after overfishing had decimated swordfish populations. The Florida Straits, between the Keys and Cuba and ...

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Feds eye new catch rules on bluefin tuna - The Daily News of Newburyport

Feds eye new catch rules on bluefin tuna
The Daily News of Newburyport
NMFS is moving to rewrite a 13-year-old fishery management plan to reduce dead discards — which result largely from legal long-line fishing for swordfish and other kinds of tuna. There are more than 100 active long-liners stretching from Maine down to ...

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This is no fish tale - Cape Cod Times (subscription)

This is no fish tale
Cape Cod Times (subscription)
It's not nonfiction, and yet it's not quite a novel; it's more of a telling of the golden age of harpooning swordfish, which lasted roughly from 1940 to 1990, through fictional characters. For nine months out of the year, they were fishermen: hooking, ...



Montella Jr. takes after dad in massive swordfish catch - Sun-Sentinel

Sun-Sentinel

Montella Jr. takes after dad in massive swordfish catch
Sun-Sentinel
After 3 1/2 hours, the excited group had gaffed the monster swordfish and was soon celebrating the catch. Vincent Sr. is a world-renowned commercial fisherman who ran long line boats for over 20 years. His expertise has placed him on the US ...



In Print : Dueling on the water - Martha's Vineyard Times

Martha's Vineyard Times

In Print : Dueling on the water
Martha's Vineyard Times
Swordfish are vicious fighters and well-chronicled stories abound of "dead" fish attacking dories and ramming their bills through planking and into fishermen. So harpooning swordfish — a "money fish" — was a high-risk, high-reward business and Block ...



Guest post: Swordfish, certifications, and sustainable seafood - Southern Fried Science

Southern Fried Science

Guest post: Swordfish, certifications, and sustainable seafood
Southern Fried Science
In fact, the Canadian longline swordfish fishery has one of the highest bycatch:target species ratios in Canada, and the industry has lobbied hard against meaningful bycatch restrictions. In contrast, fishing for swordfish by harpoon has virtually no ...



New rules for Atlantic Bluefin discussed - Asbury Park Press

New rules for Atlantic Bluefin discussed
Asbury Park Press
That means more throwbacks in the course of their primary fishing for swordfish and yellowfin tuna. “The essential question then becomes, which sector does the discards get deducted from?” said Tom Warren of the National Marine Fisheries Service, ...

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