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USCG LMR Enforcement Report April to June 2011 Current/Upcoming Closures  Closed Areas :  Hind Bank Marine Conservation District (Year Round) S of STT.

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1 USCG LMR Enforcement Report April to June 2011 Current/Upcoming Closures  Closed Areas :  Hind Bank Marine Conservation District (Year Round) S of STT  Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area (01Mar – 30Jun) S of STX *All fishing prohibited  Snapper/Grouper Regulations :  Lane and Mutton Snapper Prohibited (01Apr-30Jun)  Goliath and Nassau Grouper (prohibited year round)  Queen Conch Regulations:  Closed in Caribbean EEZ (01Jul-30Sep)  Within 0.5 NM of Desecheo, Mona and Monito : Both fishing and anchoring are prohibited  Bajo de Sico, Mona Pass : No anchoring

2 USCG LMR Enforcement Report April to June 2011  Total LMR Boarding’s: 15  CG Aux Air Patrol: Flew 106.1 hrs in support of LE/LMR Missions Operations completed:  On June 9 th, DRNA and Station SJ completed a joint op in the area of Salinas (S PR). This op focused on fishing vessel documentation/registration as well as the illegal discharge of waste within state waters.  On June 10, Station SJ conducted LMR boarding's on the west coast of PR in conjunction with CGC Farallon and Civil Air Patrol flying overhead. They completed 07 fisheries boarding’s and 01 recreational boating safety (RBS) boarding. No fishing violations were found.  On June 11-12, CGC Cushing patrolled out east in the area of the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District and the Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area with CG Aux Air providing air support. Only 01 LMR/Fishery boarding was completed with no fishing violations found. International LMR enforcement:  In April, the CGC Farallon conducted an LMR boarding on the F/V Mr Jessi, a Dominican F/V located in Bahamian waters. The action was conducted with a Royal Bahamian Defense Force (RBDF) ship rider on board, under CGC Mohawk TACON at the time of transit from St. Petersburg to San Juan.. No USCG violations were issued and the case was later handed off to Bahamian officials for disposition.

3 USCG FY11 LMR GOALS ActualGoal 42 Red Hind Spawning Area operations (Dec & Mar) 12 Red Hind Marine Conservation District operations (Year Round) 11 Mutton Snapper Spawning Area operation (Mar – Jun) 22 Joint Enforcement Agency (JEA) operations targeting commercial and recreational fishing vessels. (Year Round) 01 Queen Conch operation, targeting vessels illegally harvesting during the closed season (Sep) 11 Additional queen conch operation, targeting undersized Queen Conch and bag/trip limits (Oct – Jun) 01 Reef Fish operation, targeting compliance with permits, size and bag/trip limits. 01 Highly Migratory Species (HMS) operation, targeting vessels fishing prior to season openings, shark finning prohibitions, VMS/Permit requirements and retention of prohibited species. 63100 Total number of LMR boardings


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