{"id":58331,"date":"2024-11-20T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=58331"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:20:30","slug":"news-2024-11-20-closure-of-the-2024-atlantic-cobia-commercial-fishery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2024-11-20-closure-of-the-2024-atlantic-cobia-commercial-fishery\/","title":{"rendered":"Closure of the 2024 Atlantic Cobia Commercial Fishery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/two-people-wearing-overalls-and-gloves-standing-on-boat-while-holding-up-cobia-fish.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/two-people-wearing-overalls-and-gloves-standing-on-boat-while-holding-up-cobia-fish-1024x363.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58332\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-people-wearing-overalls-and-gloves-standing-on-boat-while-holding-up-cobia-fish-1024x363.png 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-people-wearing-overalls-and-gloves-standing-on-boat-while-holding-up-cobia-fish-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-people-wearing-overalls-and-gloves-standing-on-boat-while-holding-up-cobia-fish-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-people-wearing-overalls-and-gloves-standing-on-boat-while-holding-up-cobia-fish.png 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has determined as of November 18, 2024, the total reported commercial landings of Atlantic cobia in 2024 from non-de minimis states (New York, PRFC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina) meets the commercial trigger level. As a result, the Atlantic cobia commercial fishery in all state waters in the management unit (north of the Georgia-Florida state border) will be closed. Based upon this information and pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:25-18.12(o),&nbsp;<strong>the New Jersey Atlantic cobia commercial fishery will be closed as of 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, December 18, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, December 18, 2024, no vessel shall land or possess, nor shall any dealer accept any Atlantic cobia through 11:59 p.m. December 31, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 season will open on Wednesday, January 1 with a possession limit of no more than two cobia per person and no more than six cobia per vessel in any one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact the Bureau of Marine Fisheries at <a href=\"tel:609-748-2020\">(609) 748-2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has determined as of November 18, 2024, the total reported commercial landings of Atlantic cobia in 2024 from non-de minimis states (New York, PRFC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina) meets the commercial trigger level. As a result, the Atlantic cobia commercial fishery in all state waters in the management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":58333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-commercial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}