Tilefish Reporting/Permitting for Recreational Anglers

[Lido-Gambler]

Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting from the Greater Atlantic Region

Reminder: If you own or operate a private recreational vessel and target blueline or golden tilefish from Virginia northward, you must have a GARFO issued private recreational tilefish permit and submit an electronic vessel trip report (eVTR) within 24 hours of completing a trip. These requirements extend to for-hire or commercial vessels when fishing in a private recreational capacity even if HMS species were also targeted.
https://apps-garfo.fisheries.noaa.go...ce=govdelivery

Recreational Tilefish Permit
If you don’t have a 2024 Private Recreational Tilefish Permit for your vessel, visit the NOAA Fisheries’ Fish Online website to apply for a permit.
Electronic Vessel Trip Reports (eVTR)
Trips on which Blueline or Golden Tilefish are targeted and in which no other species were caught may use the eFin Logbook application.
If you catch species other than Blueline or Golden Tilefish on a trip, you should use any of the other GARFO approved eVTR reporting applications.
Note: Trips for tilefish and HMS species can be submitted on one report for those using SAFIS eTRIPS.
Submit key information after each trip such as:
Number of anglers
Time spent fishing
Number of tilefish kept/discarded
Note for trips targeting tilefish and HMS species:
For private trips that include both tilefish and HMS, those should be reported separately with eFIN and HMS.
For those who also have a commercial or for-hire permit, SAFIS eTRIPS can be used to submit one report for all species on a private recreational eVTR.
Submit reports within 24 hours of returning from any trip on which tilefish were targeted, even if none were caught or kept.
https://www.harborlightsoftware.com/efin-logbook

Visit the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting page to learn more.
https://www.mafmc.org/rec-tilefish-e...ce=govdelivery

Questions?
Media: Contact GARFO Public Affairs at nmfs.gar.pa@noaa.gov

[Gerry Zagorski]

I hope this doesn't go the same way all the other fisheries they manage went.

[Broad Bill]

Opposing argument is maybe this could replace MRIP which is a complete disaster with something more accurate and quantifiable. Recreational anglers could also underreport discard percentages just as commercials do now on their vessel trip reports. At least it would even the playing field. Flip side to that thought is NMFS would probably fudge the numbers anyway if it contradicted historical landings, discard and fishing effort statistics if it didn't favor the commercial sector or support the narrative they want.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Broad Bill

Opposing argument is maybe this could replace MRIP which is a complete disaster with something more accurate and quantifiable. Recreational anglers could also underreport discard percentages just as commercials do now on their vessel trip reports. At least it would even the playing field. Flip side to that thought is NMFS would probably fudge the numbers anyway if it contradicted historical landings, discard and fishing effort statistics if it didn't favor commercial harvest or support the narrative they want.

I hope it helps but everything they get involved in seems to go the wrong way...

[Broad Bill]

Could not agree more, just playing devil's advocate.

[Jigman13]

My dad's shaking his fist and cursing up a storm from the heavens!