Notices and Rules
Final Rule for 2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications and Minimum Size Suspension for Surfclams
2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog specifications and minimum size
Effective
Final 2024 and Projected 2025 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
final 2024 and 2025 bluefish specifications
Effective
Final Rule for the 2024 and Projected 2025 Specifications for the Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries, and 2024 Specifications for the Black Sea Bass
2024 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications
Published
Proposed 2024 Golden and Blueline Tilefish Fishery Specifications
2024 tilefish specifications
Published
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.
Effective
2023 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
Effective
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.
Effective
Measures for the Federal American Lobster Fishery
Interim Final Rule, lobster trap caps, Coastwide Harvester Reporting Requirements
Published
Improvement and Modernization of Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Vessel Reporting Regulations
Improvement and Modernization of Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Vessel Reporting Regulations
Effective
Proposed Rule for Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern
NOAA is requesting comment on Proposed Rule for Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern
Published