Bluefish Quota & Landings Data
Updated December 12, 2022
The 2022 bluefish quota allocation for New York State is 497,193* pounds as determined by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and regulations promulgated by NOAA Fisheries. The Bluefish Quota Distribution Plan is distributed into five quota periods with the following harvest limits:
| Period | Dates | Period Quota (lbs) |
Trip Limit (lbs) |
% Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January - April | 41,469 | 1,000 | 10% |
| 2 | May - June | 186,612 | 350 | 45% |
| 3 | July - August* | 186,173 | 350 | 25% |
| 4 | September - October | 62,204 | 350 | 15% |
| 5 | November - December | 20,735 | 350 | 5% |
*Two transfers, for a total of 82,500 lbs., were added to New York State's quota, effective July 2022.
Check Commercial Harvest Limits for the current trip limit and fishery status information.
The Bluefish Quota Distribution Plan may be modified by NYSDEC subject to the following criteria:
- Trip limits are established to distribute quota allocation over each period and to prevent closures if possible. Consequently, initial period trip limits may be set at modest levels.
- Any unused allocation from Periods 1, 2,3 or 4 will roll over to the next period. Currently, the Fishery Management Plan does not allow for one year's unused quota to be rolled over to the next year.
- If a period's quota is projected to be exceeded, that period will be closed until the next period in order to preserve quota for subsequent periods.
- DEC may adjust this quota distribution plan if the level of harvest is different from what was projected to ensure maximum utilization of the bluefish resource and prevent the allocation from being surpassed.
- Underharvest from Period 5 will not be rolled over into the next year in accordance with the terms of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Bluefish.
- The final quota allocation is subject to change by adjustments made by NOAA Fisheries.
Bluefish Weekly Landings Summary
| Week | Dates | Trip Limit | Recent Landings |
Cumulative Landings |
Total Remaining Quota |
% Quota Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/1-1/7 | 1000 daily | 0 | 0 | 497,193 | 0% |
| 2 | 1/8-1/14 | 1000 daily | 0 | 0 | 497,193 | 0% |
| 3 | 1/15-1/21 | 1000 daily | 6 | 6 | 497,187 | 0% |
| 4 | 1/22-1/28 | 1000 daily | 0 | 6 | 497,187 | 0% |
| 5 | 1/29-2/4 | 1000 daily | 36 | 42 | 497,151 | 0% |
| 6 | 2/5-2/11 | 1000 daily | 0 | 42 | 497,151 | 0% |
| 7 | 2/12-2/18 | 1000 daily | 0 | 42 | 497,151 | 0% |
| 8 | 2/19-2/25 | 1000 daily | 181 | 223 | 496,970 | 0% |
| 9 | 2/26-3/4 | 1000 daily | 3,250 | 3,473 | 493,720 | 1% |
| 10 | 3/5-3/11 | 1000 daily | 0 | 24,054 | 473,139 | 5% |
| 11 | 3/12-3/18 | 1000 daily | 0 | 24,054 |
473,139 |
5% |
| 12 | 3/19-3/25 | 1000 daily | 0 | 24,054 | 473,139 | 5% |
| 13 | 3/26-4/1 | 1000 daily | 0 | 24,054 | 473,139 | 5% |
| 14 | 4/2-4/8 | 1000 daily | 11 | 24,065 | 473,128 | 5% |
| 15 | 4/9-4/15 | 1000 daily | 0 | 24,065 | 473,128 | 5% |
| 16 | 4/16-4/22 | 1000 daily | 18 | 24,083 | 473,110 | 5% |
| 17 | 4/23-4/29 | 1000 daily | 0 | 24,083 | 473,110 | 5% |
| 18 | 4/30-5/6 | 350 daily | 610 | 24,693 | 472,500 | 5% |
| 19 | 5/7-5/13 | 350 daily | 6,903 | 31,596 | 465,597 | 6% |
| 20 | 5/14-5/20 | 350 daily | 17,034 | 48,630 | 488,563 | 10% |
| 21 | 5/21-5/27 | 350 daily | 47,717 | 96,347 | 400,846 | 19% |
| 22 | 5/28-6/3 | 350 daily | 45,746 | 142,093 | 355,100 | 29% |
| 23 | 6/4-6/10 | 350 daily | 38,118 | 180,211 | 316,982 | 36% |
| 24 | 6/11-6/17 | 350 daily | 18,369 | 198,580 | 298,613 | 40% |
| 25 | 6/18-6/24 | 350 daily | 24,777 | 223,357 | 273,836 | 45% |
| 26 | 6/25-7/1 | 350 daily | 8,556 | 231,913 | 265,280 | 47% |
| 27 | 7/2-7/8 | 350 daily | 6,708 | 238,621 | 258,572 | 48% |
| 28 | 7/9-7/15 | 350 daily | 4,634 | 243,255 | 253,938 | 49% |
| 29 | 7/16-7/22 | 350 daily | 6,452 | 249,707 | 247,486 | 50% |
| 30 | 7/23-7/29 | 500 daily | 3,372 | 253,079 | 244,114 | 51% |
| 31 | 7/30-8/5 | 500 daily | 10,360 | 263,439 | 233,754 | 53% |
| 32 | 8/6-8/12 | 500 daily | 3,914 | 267,353 | 229,840 | 54% |
| 33 | 8/13-8/19 | 500 daily | 3,573 | 270,926 | 226,267 | 54% |
| 34 | 8/20-8/26 | 500 daily | 1,767 | 272,693 | 224,500 | 55% |
| 35 | 8/27-9/2 | 500 daily | 6,154 | 278,874 | 218,346 | 56% |
| 36 | 9/3-9/9 | 500 daily | 8,264 | 287,111 | 210,082 | 58% |
| 37 | 9/10-9/16 | 500 daily | 2,379 | 289,490 | 207,703 | 58% |
| 38 | 9/17-9/23 | 500 daily | 5,317 | 294,807 | 202,386 | 59% |
| 39 | 9/24-9/30 | 500 daily | 3,002 | 297,809 | 199,384 | 60% |
| 40 | 10/1-10/7 | 500 daily | 530 | 298,339 | 198,854 | 60% |
| 41 | 10/8-10/14 | 500 daily | 3,467 | 301,806 | 195,387 | 61% |
| 42 | 10/15-10/21 | 500 daily | 3,323 | 305,129 | 192,064 | 61% |
| 43 | 10/22-10/28 | 500 daily | 1,395 | 306,524 | 190,669 | 62% |
| 44 | 10/29-11/4 | 500 daily | 4,162 | 310,686 | 186,507 | 62% |
| 45 | 11/5-11/11 | 4,000 daily | 5,526 | 316,686 | 180,981 | 64% |
| 46 | 11/12-11/18 | 4,000 daily | 18,077 | 334,289 | 162,904 | 67% |
| 47 | 11/19-11/25 | 4,000 daily | 9,346 | 343,635 | 153,558 | 69% |
Keep track of weekly commercial landings by visiting NOAA Fisheries Quota Monitoring (link leaves DEC website).
