Fisheries Management Info

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.

Temporary Rule (11/13/2023)

Temporary Rule

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New England

Mid-Atlantic

Effective

11/13/2023

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

Temporary Rule (11/7/2023)

Temporary Rule

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New England

Mid-Atlantic

Effective

11/08/2023

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

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Commercial Fishing Prohibition Proposed Rule

Proposed Rule (10/19/2023)

Proposed Rule

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New England

Published

10/19/2023

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.

Temporary Rule (10/12/2023)

Temporary Rule

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New England

Mid-Atlantic

Effective

10/12/2023

Measures for the Federal American Lobster Fishery

Interim Final Rule, lobster trap caps, Coastwide Harvester Reporting Requirements

Interim Rule

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New England

Mid-Atlantic

Published

10/02/2023

Notices and Rules