Looks like the conservationists have been hard at work on the East Coast. Several new rules are going to take effect in mid-January that incorporate restrictions on fin harvesting (aka Finning) in the waters from Florida to Maine. Fourteen different kinds of sharks are now on the limited catch list. Some of the sharks that will now be protected from fin harvesting as a result of these new rules include the sandbar, silky and Caribbean sharpnose sharks from state waters.
What are some of the restrictions?
– One fish per person/two fish per vessel
-54-inch fork length minimum size limit for most sharks in Florida waters (except Atlantic sharpnose, blacknose, bonnethead, finetooth and blacktip sharks and smooth dogfish)
Silky Sharks are one of the types of sharks protected under the new measures due to overexploitation
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