Effective on May 1, 2024, this action implements possession and trip limits for the Northeast multispecies common pool fishery for fishing year 2024 and other measures.
This final rule allocates initial annual catch entitlements to sectors based on preliminary 2024 sector rosters and 2024 catch limits set by Framework Adjustment 65 or default specifications.
NOAA Fisheries announces a preliminary at-sea monitoring coverage target for fishing year 2024 of 100 percent of all groundfish sector trips subject to the at-sea monitoring program.
This action prohibits possession of Gulf of Maine cod by common pool vessels through the end of fishing year. This action also closes the Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area to common pool vessels for Trimester 3 of fishing year 2023.
NOAA Fisheries approved Framework Adjustment 65 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and is announcing final quotas for fishing year 2023. This action also approves and implements emergency measures for Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock.
This final rule approves fishing years 2023-24 operations plans for 15 groundfish sectors, grants 18 regulatory exemptions, and allocates preliminary fishing year 2023 annual catch entitlements.
This action closes the White Hake Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area to Northeast multispecies common pool vessels fishing with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear, except for Handgear A and B permitted vessels.