NMFS Boosts East Coast Butterfish Quota to 22,530 tons
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] - March 24, 2015 -
PORTLAND, Maine, Federal fishing regulators say fishermen can catch more butterfish in 2015 because the condition of the fish stock is improving.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration officials say they are increasing the butterfish quota from 3,200 metric tons in 2014 to 22,530 metric tons in 2015. The little round fish sometimes appears on restaurant menus and are also popular tuna bait.
Fishermen caught 1,333 metric tons of butterfish up and down the East Coast in 2013, the most recent year for which federal statistics are available.
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