This bulletin serves as a guide to help holders of limited access Illex squid permits understand their responsibilities for complying with this new regulation.
If you intend to fish for lobsters in federal waters with trap gear during the 2025 fishing year, you must renew your federal lobster permit and order lobster trap tags.
We approved Framework Adjustment 15 to the Monkfish FMP/Framework Adjustment 6 to the Spiny dogfish FMP. This action implements area-based gear restrictions to reduce bycatch of Atlantic sturgeon in the gillnet fisheries for monkfish and spiny dogfish.
