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FY 2023: White Hake Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool Fishery

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 Handgear A and Handgear B vessels, through December 31, 2023.
November 13, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Atlantic Herring Management Area 1A Possession Limit Adjustment

Herring catch in Area 1A limited to 2,000 lb per trip/day. Effective 00:01 hr local time on November 8, 2023.
November 07, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces Final 2024 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications

Effective January 1, 2024
October 24, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Proposed Rule to Implement the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

NOAA Fisheries seeks comments on defining the boundary coordinates of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument area and reflecting the prohibition on commercial fishing in the regulations.
October 19, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Reminder: Federal Permit Requirements when Possessing Atlantic Mackerel as Bait

This bulletin summarizes the federal permit requirements for owners/operators of commercial and party/charter vessels that possess Atlantic mackerel as bait in federal waters.
October 13, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Inseason Adjustment to the 2023 Atlantic Herring Specifications

Effective October 12, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
October 12, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces Reduced Catch Limits for Atlantic Mackerel

NOAA Fisheries is reducing per-trip catch limits to reduce the likelihood of overfishing and to reduce catch until the 2024 specifications are implemented, effective October 12, 2023.
October 12, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Gulf of Maine Cod Possession and Trip Limit Adjustment for the Common Pool Fishery

This action decreases the possession and trip limits for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod for Northeast multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2023 fishing year, through April 30, 2024.
October 11, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Federal American Lobster Conservation Management Measures for Areas 2 and 3, and Coastwide Harvester Reporting Requirements

NOAA Fisheries has approved federal measures for the lobster fishery that complement the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.
September 29, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic