NOAA Fisheries seeks comments on defining the boundary coordinates of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument area and reflecting the prohibition on commercial fishing in the regulations.
This bulletin summarizes the federal permit requirements for owners/operators of commercial and party/charter vessels that possess Atlantic mackerel as bait in federal waters.
NOAA Fisheries is reducing per-trip catch limits to reduce the likelihood of overfishing and to reduce catch until the 2024 specifications are implemented, effective October 12, 2023.
This action decreases the possession and trip limits for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod for Northeast multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2023 fishing year, through April 30, 2024.
NOAA Fisheries has approved federal measures for the lobster fishery that complement the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.