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Adjustments to Fishing Year 2020 Specifications for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

Today we are announcing, through a final rule, the amount of allocation each sector may carry over from the 2019 to 2020 fishing year, which ends April 30, 2021. This rule also corrects minor errors published in Framework Adjustment 59.
March 25, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Historic Shipwreck Avoidance on Stellwagen Bank

NOAA Fisheries, in conjunction with NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, requests that vessels avoid shipwreck sites on southern Stellwagen Bank.
March 24, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery: Default Management Measures for Fishing Year 2021

The following information describes default measures that will be implemented April 1, 2021, until Framework Adjustment 33 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan is implemented (if approved).
March 24, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Final Rule to Implement 2021 Monkfish Fishing Year Quotas

Effective May 1, 2021
March 11, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels: Possession and Trip Limit Increases for Remainder of Fishing Year 2020 for the Common Pool Fishery

Effective March 11, 2021, NOAA Fisheries increases common pool possession and trip limits for Georges Bank Cod, Gulf of Maine Cod, Gulf of Maine haddock, Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder, American plaice, and witch flounder.
March 10, 2021 -
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 years 2021 and 2022.
February 03, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces 2021 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Levels for Groundfish Sector Fishery

NOAA Fisheries announces that for fishing year 2021, the total target at-sea monitoring coverage level is 40 percent of all groundfish sector trips subject to the at-sea monitoring program.
January 26, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Draft Biological Opinion on 10 Fishery Management Plans Released

Draft Biological Opinion on 10 Fishery Management Plans in the Greater Atlantic Region and the New England Fishery Management Council's Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 Released for Feedback
January 15, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan

We are implementing measures recommended by the New England Fishery Management Council to establish an Atlantic herring acceptable biological catch control rule and prohibit the use of midwater trawl gear in inshore waters from Canada to Connecticut.
January 08, 2021 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic