News & Announcements

This action extends the rule that implements the 2022 commercial catch limit of 4,963 mt for Atlantic mackerel permit holders through January 13, 2023.

NOAA Fisheries Announces Fishing Year 2022 Audit Model Electronic Monitoring Program Video Footage Review Rate for Groundfish Sectors

The 2022 cost recovery fees for the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individual Transferable Quota Fisheries are $1.05 per surfclam cage tag and $0.55 per ocean quahog cage tag.

NOAA Fisheries announces final 2022 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fishery management measures.

This notice would initiate NOAA Fisheries evaluation of Amendment 22 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan.

NOAA Fisheries is releasing a draft Action Plan to reduce Atlantic sturgeon bycatch in gillnet fisheries by 2024. The Action Plan includes an information review and recommendations to the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils.

The Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Scallop Management Area is closed to all federally permitted Limited Access General Category (LAGC) vessels effective 0001hr on May 26, 2022.

This final rule reaffirms the previously approved 2022 fishing year quotas in the chub mackerel, longfin squid, Illex squid, and butterfish fisheries, as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

The inshore midwater trawl restricted area is presently not in effect.

This action implements possession and trip limits for the Northeast multispecies common pool fishery for the 2022 fishing year and other measures.