Fisheries Management Info

2024 Fishing Year Northern Gulf of Maine Sea Scallop Possession Limit and Total Allowable Landings

New measures for Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) scallop vessels and a summary of how they may affect fishing plans and activities for the 2024 fishing year. Effective April 1, 2024.

March 22, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Northern Gulf of Maine 2024 Scallop Management Map

2024 Golden and Blueline Tilefish Fishery Specifications

NOAA Fisheries announces the final 2024 quota specifications for the golden tilefish and blueline tilefish fisheries north of the Virginia/North Carolina border. This rule also shifts the recreational season for blueline tilefish by two weeks.

March 19, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Clarification of Paper Logbook Requirements for Southeast Commercial Fishing Permit Holders

FB24-014: Southeast Fishery Bulletin; For more information, contact: Southeast Fisheries Science Center Commercial Fisheries Monitoring Branch, (305) 361-4581

March 07, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

Adjusted 2024 Atlantic Herring Specifications

NOAA Fisheries is implementing an action adjusts the 2024 harvest specifications for the herring fishery. This action is effective on March 4, 2024.

March 01, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Proposed Rule to Implement 2024 and 2025 Summer Flounder and Scup and 2024 Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures

NOAA Fisheries is seeking comments on proposed 2024 and 2025 summer flounder and scup and 2024 black sea bass recreational fishery management measures.

February 23, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces Preliminary 2024 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Target for Groundfish Sector Fishery

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.

February 20, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Implements the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

Final rule to reflect the prohibition of commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

February 15, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Approved At-Sea Monitoring and Electronic Monitoring Providers for Groundfish Sectors

NOAA Fisheries is announcing approved at-sea monitoring and electronic monitoring providers for fishing year 2024.

February 09, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Federal Lobster Permit Holders: Lobster Trap Tag Ordering Instructions

If you intend to fish for lobsters in federal waters with trap gear during the 2024 fishing year, you must renew your federal lobster permit and order lobster trap tags. You are encouraged to renew your Federal permit and apply for trap tags as soon as possible so that your tags can be authorized, manufactured, and mailed ahead of planned fishing activity.

February 08, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Final Rule to Implement 2024 Monkfish Fishing Year Quotas

Effective May 1, 2024

February 08, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

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