Notices and Rules
2019 River Herring and Shad Catch Cap Reached for the Directed Atlantic Mackerel Commercial Fishery
We are reducing the Atlantic mackerel possession limit for federal limited access Atlantic mackerel permitted vessels based on a projection that the 2019 river herring and shad catch cap for that fishery has been reached.
This action is necessary to co
Effective
03/12/2019
Atlantic Herring Fishery: 2019 Management Area 2 Sub-Annual Catch Limit Harvested
Effective on March 9, 2019, we are closing the directed fishery for Herring Management Area 2, based on a projection that a threshold catch amount for that management area has been reached. Beginning March 9, 2019, through December 31, 2019, no person may
Effective
03/09/2019
2019 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
We are finalizing specifications for the 2019 Atlantic deep-sea red crab fishery, including an annual catch limit and total allowable landings limit. This action is necessary to fully implement previously projected allowable red crab harvest levels that w
Effective
03/01/2019
Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery: Inseason Adjustment to the Northern Red Hake Possession Limit
This action reduces that the commercial per-trip possession limit for northern red hake for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year. Regulations governing the small-mesh multispecies fishery require this action because the northern red hake fishery is proj
Effective
02/27/2019
Northeast Skate Complex; Framework Adjustment 6; Revised 2018-2019 Specifications
NOAA Fisheries approves and implements measures submitted by the New England Fishery Management Council in Framework Adjustment 6 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan and revises the 2018-2019 skate fishery specifications.
Effective
02/15/2019
Adjustment to Atlantic Herring Specifications and Sub-Annual Catch Limits for 2019
This action implements an in-season adjustment to the Atlantic herring specifications and sub-annual catch limits for 2019. These adjustments are necessary to reduce 2018 herring catch limits that would otherwise remain in effect for 2019. This action is
Effective
02/08/2019
Updated Groundfish Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for Fishing Year 2018
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), this final rule adjusts the 2018 fishing year allocations to sectors and the common pool specified in Framework Adjustment 57 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan;
Published
02/05/2019
Northeast Multispecies Fishery Approved Monitoring Service Providers
NOAA Fisheries has approved four companies to provide Northeast multispecies sector at-sea monitoring services in fishing years 2019 and 2020. Regulations implementing the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan require at-sea monitoring companies
Published
02/01/2019
2018 Summer Flounder Commercial Quota Harvested for the State of Rhode Island
NOAA Fisheries announces that the 2018 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to the state of Rhode Island has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial federal permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Rhode Island
Effective
12/29/2018
Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery: Inseason Adjustment to the Southern Red Hake Possession Limit
NOAA Fisheries announces that the commercial per-trip possession limit for southern red hake has been reduced for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year. Regulations governing the small-mesh multispecies fishery require this action to prevent the southern
Effective
12/26/2018