We approved Framework Adjustment 59 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and are announcing final quotas for fishing year 2020. These quotas replace those that were in effect at the beginning of the fishing year. The common pool possession limits announced for May 1, 2020, are not changed by this action.
More detailed information can be found in the Framework 59 final rule.
Fishing Year 2020 Catch Limits
Framework 59 sets or adjusts the 2020-2022 catch limits for 19 of the 20 groundfish stocks. The U.S./Canada quotas are shown in Table 1. The 2020 annual catch limits (ACL) are listed in Table 2. Sector annual catch entitlements (ACE) are shown in Table 3.
Sector and common pool allocations are based on the final fishing year 2020 rosters. After we finalize fishing year 2019 catch information, we will subtract any sector or common pool overages in an adjustment action, if necessary.
| Quota | Eastern GB Cod | Eastern GB Haddock | GB Yellowtail Flounder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Shared Quota | 650 | 30,000 | 162 |
| U.S. Quota | 188.5 (29%) | 16,200 (54%) | 120 (74%) |
| Canadian Quota | 461.5 (71%) | 13,800 (46%) | 42 (26%) |
| Stock | Total ACL | Groundfish sub-ACL | Final Sector sub-ACL | Final Common Pool sub-ACL | Recreational sub-ACL | Midwater Trawl Fishery | Scallop Fishery | Small-Mesh Fisheries | State Waters sub- component | Other sub-component |
| A to H | A+B+C | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
| GB Cod | 1,234 | 1,073 | 1,041 | 31 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 142 |
| GOM Cod | 523 | 468 | 267 | 9 | 193 | - | - | - | 48 | 7 |
| GB Haddock | 124,969 | 121,864 | 119,410 | 2,454 | - | 2,447 | - | - | 0 | 658 |
| GOM Haddock | 18,580 | 18,267 | 11,754 | 303 | 6,210 | 183 | - | - | 65 | 65 |
| GB Yellowtail Flounder | 116 | 95 | 92 | 3 | - | - | 18.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | 4 |
| CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder | 787 | 688 | 656 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 41 |
| American Plaice | 3,000 | 2,937 | 2,859 | 78 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 32 |
| Witch Flounder | 1,414 | 1,310 | 1,275 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 59 |
| GB Winter Flounder | 545 | 522 | 502 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 22 |
| GOM Winter Flounder | 432 | 287 | 272 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 139 | 7 |
| SNE/MA Winter Flounder | 699 | 539 | 475 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 124 |
| Redfish | 11,351 | 11,231 | 11,085 | 147 | - | - | - | - | 60 | 60 |
| White Hake | 2,041 | 2,019 | 1,995 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| Pollock | 26,184 | 23,989 | 23,752 | 236 | - | - | - | - | 1,098 | 1,098 |
| N. Windowpane Flounder | 55 | 38 | na | 38 | - | - | 12 | - | 1 | 5 |
| S. Windowpane Flounder | 412 | 48 | na | 48 | - | - | 143 | - | 26 | 196 |
| Ocean Pout | 120 | 92 | na | 92 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 27 |
| Atlantic Halibut | 102 | 77 | na | 77 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 4 |
| Atlantic Wolffish | 84 | 82 | na | 82 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
na: not allocated to sectors. ACL = annual catch limit, GB = Georges Bank, GOM = Gulf of Maine, SNE/MA = Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic, CC/GOM = Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine, N = northern, S = southern.
| Sector Name | GB Cod East | GB Cod West | GOM Cod | GB Haddock East | GB Haddock West | GOM Haddock | GB Yellowtail Flounder | SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder | CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder | Plaice | Witch Flounder | GB Winter Flounder | GOM Winter Flounder | SNE/MA Winter Flounder | Redfish | White Hake | Pollock |
| Fixed Gear Sector | 52 | 244 | 4 | 685 | 4,469 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 80 | 14 | 141 | 47 | 1,790 |
| Maine Coast Community Sector | 10 | 45 | 72 | 1,121 | 7,311 | 2,391 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 795 | 280 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 2,125 | 588 | 6,676 |
| Maine Permit Bank | 49 | 231 | 20 | 1,331 | 8,680 | 807 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 657 | 258 | 2,879 |
| Mooncusser Sector | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 103 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 204 | 74 | 896 |
| NEFS 2 | 27 | 127 | 163 | 3,817 | 24,897 | 5,974 | 4 | 1 | 381 | 721 | 421 | 37 | 155 | 50 | 3,825 | 417 | 7,844 |
| NEFS 4 | 31 | 144 | 68 | 2,078 | 13,552 | 2,359 | 5 | 1 | 97 | 616 | 256 | 8 | 47 | 12 | 1,652 | 368 | 3,631 |
| NEFS 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 291 | 1,900 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| NEFS 6 | 13 | 62 | 19 | 1,281 | 8,354 | 1,171 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 297 | 175 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 1,687 | 201 | 1,940 |
| NEFS 7 | 12 | 56 | 5 | 838 | 5,467 | 482 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 195 | 61 | 91 | 2 | 35 | 637 | 95 | 903 |
| NEFS 8 | 35 | 163 | 7 | 2,766 | 18,038 | 193 | 36 | 2 | 99 | 211 | 106 | 275 | 31 | 115 | 226 | 48 | 637 |
| NEFS 10 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 412 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 70 | 59 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 83 | 29 | 404 |
| NEFS 11 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 12 | 81 | 763 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 110 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 481 | 200 | 4,710 |
| NEFS 12 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 218 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 56 | 13 | 410 |
| NEFS 13 | 49 | 230 | 5 | 7,314 | 47,707 | 258 | 73 | 8 | 99 | 552 | 267 | 200 | 14 | 186 | 1,086 | 99 | 1,399 |
| New Hampshire Permit Bank | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 59 |
| Sustainable Harvest Sector 1 | 9 | 44 | 18 | 810 | 5,284 | 1,016 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 347 | 112 | 65 | 21 | 9 | 741 | 197 | 1,422 |
| Sustainable Harvest Sector 2 | 10 | 48 | 29 | 443 | 2,889 | 824 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 219 | 86 | 42 | 27 | 41 | 769 | 265 | 3,306 |
| Sustainable Harvest Sector 3 | 97 | 455 | 55 | 12,096 | 78,895 | 8,702 | 46 | 4 | 229 | 1,949 | 804 | 340 | 30 | 362 | 10,060 | 1,491 | 13,436 |
| Common Pool | 12 | 57 | 19 | 719 | 4,692 | 668 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 172 | 78 | 46 | 32 | 140 | 324 | 54 | 521 |
| Sector Total | 403 | 1,892 | 588 | 34,996 | 228,257 | 25,914 | 203 | 27 | 1,447 | 6,304 | 2,810 | 1,106 | 600 | 1,048 | 24,437 | 4,398 | 52,365 |
# Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds. In some cases, this table shows an allocation of 0, but that sector may be allocated a small amount of that stock in tens or hundreds pounds.
^ The data in the table represent the total allocations to each sector.
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