Operation Riptide: Highly Migratory Species Enforcement Levels The Playing Field For Law-Abiding Fishermen

NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Law Enforcement led a successful multi-state highly migratory species operation alongside New Jersey and New York state enforcement partners.

NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Law Enforcement led “Operation Riptide,” a 2-day multi-state operation targeting highly migratory species enforcement in July 2025. Agents and officers from NOAA, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and New York Department of Environmental Conservation worked together to help protect marine life and law-abiding U.S. fishermen. We conducted this operation to help improve compliance with highly migratory species regulations in the state and federal waters off of New York and New Jersey.

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