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Highly Migratory Species Electronic Dealer Reporting System

Published by NMFS Office Of Sustainable Fisheries | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 15, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-03-28T19:09:19.000+00:00

Electronic dealer reporting for highly migratory species (HMS) dealers was instituted to expedite dealer reporting of federally-managed HMS, including swordfish, BAYS (bigeye, albacore, yellowfin and skipjack) tunas, and sharks. All purchases of HMS from a federally permitted dealer are reported electronically and fed to the eDealer database. Data are used for inseason monitoring of HMS quotas, provides collaboration of fishing vessel trips, information for international reporting for The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and domestic management of HMS.

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Complete Metadata

describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22027
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22027
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/osf/dmp/pdf/22027.pdf" ]
rights	otherRestrictions, restricted
temporal	2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00