Notices and Rules
Final Rule for 2021 Recreational Measures for Summer Flounder
2021 recreation summer flounder rules
Published
05/06/2021
Final Rule for 2021 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications
summer flounder, scup, black sea bass specifications, 2021
Effective
01/01/2021
2021 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
NOAA Fisheries announces 2021 Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery.
Published
12/16/2020
Interim Final Rule; Fishing Year 2020 Recreational Management Measures for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery
This rule sets fishing year 2020 recreational management measures for Gulf of Maine cod and haddock. The measures are intended to ensure the recreational fishery achieves, but does not exceed, fishing year 2020 catch limits.
Effective
08/13/2020
Final Rule to Implement 2020-2021 Specifications and Recreational Management Measures for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery
NOAA Fisheries announces regulations implementing 2020-2021 Specifications and Recreational Management Measures for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery.
Published
06/29/2020
2020 Atlantic Bluefish Interim Recreational Management Measures
This temporary rule implements interim recreational management measures for the 2020 Atlantic bluefish fishery to prevent overfishing.
Effective
02/28/2020
Final 2020 Blueline Tilefish Specifications
NOAA Fisheries announces 2020 commercial and recreational specifications for the blueline tilefish fishery.
Effective
02/18/2020
2020-2021 Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries Announces 2020-2021 Summer Flounder Specifications and Interim 2020 Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Specifications
We are implementing the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s recommended 2020-2021 summer flounder specifica
Effective
01/01/2020
Framework Adjustment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
NOAA Fisheries is implementing changes to aspects of the commercial and recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass management program, as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. This action incorporates new management measu
Effective
12/30/2019
Northeast Multispecies Fishery: Fishing Year 2019 Recreational Management Measures
The 2019 Gulf of Maine cod and haddock recreational management measures have changed. We are opening a 2-week season (September 15-30) for Gulf of Maine cod, the possession limit will be 1 fish per person, and the minimum size will be 21 inches.
Effective
07/05/2019