2020 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Specifications
Effective Date: February 27 , 2020
NOAA Fisheries has approved updated Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish specifications for the 2020 fishing year.
A full summary of information about the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan is available.
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2020 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Specifications (mt) |
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Specifications |
Mackerel |
Butterfish |
Illex |
Longfin |
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Allowable Biological Catch |
29,184 |
32,063 |
26,000 |
23,400 |
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Annual Catch Limit |
17,914 |
32,063 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Commercial Annual Catch Target (ACT) |
17,377 |
28,857 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Recreational ACT/Recreational Harvest Limit |
1,270 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Domestic Annual Harvest (DAH, or annual quota) |
17,312 |
22,752 |
24,825 |
22,932 |
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Tier 3 Mackerel Allocation (7% of DAH) |
1,212 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Butterfish Mortality Cap in longfin squid fishery |
3,884 |
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River herring/shad catch cap in the mackerel fishery |
129 |
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The longfin squid DAH is allocated into trimesters as follows:
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Trimester |
Percent |
mt |
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I (Jan-Apr) |
43 |
9,861 |
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II (May-Aug) |
17 |
3,898 |
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III (Sep-Dec) |
40 |
9,173 |
