Recreational Bluefish Possession Limit Will Be Reduced On May 15 To Comply With ASMFC/MAFMC Management Action

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Bluefish we caught this evening at Cape Henlopen State Park in the ocean surf. (2017)

PRESS RELEASE … (May 13, 2020) … Notice is hereby given that DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin has signed Secretary’s Order No. 2020-F-0015 approving Final Regulation, pursuant to 7 Del. C. §903(e)(2)a.1, to Amend 7 DE Admin. Code 3516: Bluefish.

The Order, which becomes effective at 11 a.m. on May 15, 2020, reduces the bluefish daily possession limit for recreational anglers to 3 fish for private boat anglers and shore-based anglers, and to 5 fish for anglers on for-hire charter or head boats.

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The order brings Delaware into compliance with the joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission/Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council December 2019 management action adopting these possession limits for federal waters and requiring states to adopt these possession limits for state waters. This action is expected to result in an approximate 25% decrease in recreational harvest from 2019 levels. It was taken in response to the findings of the 2019 Bluefish operational stock assessment.

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