This action establishes a five-year rebuilding plan and includes measures to implement 2019–2021 Atlantic mackerel specifications and a revised river herring and shad catch cap for the Atlantic mackerel fishery. Effective date: November 29, 2019.
NOAA Fisheries is closing the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area to all federally permitted limited access general category scallop vessels effective 0001 hr, on October 2, 2019.
