Recreational (non-tournament) Billfish & Swordfish Landings

All recreationally caught billfish and swordfish that are landed outside of a registered tournament must be reported to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Recreational fishermen may report through a webpage or by calling the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Recreational Reporting Line. Webpage submissions automatically update the database; reports that are called in are manually entered by HMS staff. Data elements collected include species landed, date of landing, date of fishing trip, port of landing, vessel name, vessel permit number, fish length, fish weight, type of trip (charter/private), fishing technique, bait type, fight time, number and species of fish released.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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modified 2015-07-30T13:44:32.859000-04:00
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publisher NMFS Office Of Sustainable Fisheries (Point of Contact)
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • atlantic-ocean
  • billfish
  • caribbean-sea
  • ckan
  • doc-noaa-nmfs-national-marine-fisheries-service
  • geo
  • geoss
  • gulf-of-mexico
  • highly-migratory-species-landings-data
  • national
  • noaa
  • north-america
  • recreational-landings
  • swordfish
  • u-s-department-of-commerce
  • united-states
isopen False
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license_title License not specified
maintainer Cudney, Jennifer L
maintainer_email jennifer.cudney@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T19:15:06.615167
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T19:15:06.615171
notes All recreationally caught billfish and swordfish that are landed outside of a registered tournament must be reported to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Recreational fishermen may report through a webpage or by calling the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Recreational Reporting Line. Webpage submissions automatically update the database; reports that are called in are manually entered by HMS staff. Data elements collected include species landed, date of landing, date of fishing trip, port of landing, vessel name, vessel permit number, fish length, fish weight, type of trip (charter/private), fishing technique, bait type, fight time, number and species of fish released.
num_resources 2
num_tags 18
title Recreational (non-tournament) Billfish & Swordfish Landings