The 2025 cost recovery fees for the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individual Transferable Quota Fisheries are $1.39 per surfclam cage tag and $0.92 per ocean quahog cage tag.
This emergency action implements interim measures for the Northeast Multispecies FMP for fishing year 2025. This action sets ACLs for groundfish stocks, approves sector operations plans and ACEs, and sets common pool TACs and possession limits.
Commercial fishing is no longer prohibited from 50–200 nautical miles around Johnston Atoll and Wake and Jarvis islands, pursuant to a new Presidential Proclamation.
The Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area is closed to all federally permitted Limited Access General Category vessels effective 0001 hr on April 28, 2025.