Black Sea Bass Quota & Landings Data
Updated May 9, 2022
The black sea bass quota allocation is 633,413 pounds as determined by the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and regulations promulgated by NOAA Fisheries. The Black Sea Bass Quota Distribution plan is distributed into five quota periods with the following harvest limits:
| Period | Date(s) | Quota (lbs.) | Trip Limit (lbs.) |
% Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January - April | 63,341 | 150 daily/ 500 weekly |
10% |
| 2 | May - June | 253,365 | 150 daily | 40% |
| 3 | July - August | 158,353 | 150 daily | 25% |
| 4 | September - October | 126,683 | 150 daily | 20% |
| 5 | November - December | 31,671 | 150 daily | 5% |
Check Commercial Harvest Limits for the current trip limit and fishery status information.
The Black Sea Bass 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.
- Overharvest or underharvest from Period 1 will be deducted from or added to Period 5.
- Overharvest or underharvest from Periods 2 through 4 will be deducted from or rolled into 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.
- The final quota allocation is subject to change by adjustments made by NOAA Fisheries.
- Visit Special Harvest Programs for details on the weekly harvest program for black sea bass.
Black Sea Bass Landings Summary
| Week | Dates | Trip Limit | Recent Landings |
Cumulative Landings |
Remaining Annual Quota |
Quota Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/1-1/7 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 0 | 210 | 633,203 | 0% |
| 2 | 1/8-1/14 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 1,281 | 1,491 | 631,922 | 0% |
| 3 | 1/15-1/21 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 2,922 | 4,413 | 629,000 | 1% |
| 4 | 1/22-1/28 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 1,473 | 5,886 | 627,527 | 1% |
| 5 | 1/29-2/4 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 2,007 | 7,893 | 625,520 | 1% |
| 6 | 2/5-2/11 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 4,156 | 12,049 | 621,364 | 2% |
| 7 | 2/12-2/18 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 2,633 | 14,682 | 618,731 | 2% |
| 8 | 2/19-2/25 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 3,778 | 18,460 | 614,953 | 3% |
| 19 | 2/26-3/4 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 3,127 | 21,587 | 611,826 | 3% |
| 10 | 3/5-3/11 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 5,180 | 26,767 | 606,646 | 4% |
| 11 | 3/12-3/18 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 2,447 | 29,214 | 604,199 | 5% |
| 12 | 3/19-3/25 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 4,181 | 33,395 | 600,018 | 5% |
| 13 | 3/26-4/1 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 7,597 | 40,992 | 592,421 | 6% |
| 14 | 4/2-4/8 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 5,098 | 46,090 | 587,323 | 7% |
| 15 | 4/9-4/15 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 6,619 | 52,709 | 580,704 | 8% |
| 16 | 4/16-4/22 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 8,189 | 60,898 | 572,515 | 10% |
| 17 | 4/23-4/29 | 150 daily/500 weekly | 5,242 | 66,140 | 567,273 | 10% |
Keep track of weekly commercial landings by visiting NOAA Fisheries Quota Monitoring (leaves DEC website).
