Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishing Year 2022 Catch Limits, Allocations to Sectors, and Modification to Georges Bank Cod Recreational Measures

July 14, 2022

We approved Framework Adjustment 63 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and are announcing final quotas for fishing year 2022, effective July 15, 2022. This action also approves and implements recreational measures for Georges Bank cod.

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New England/Mid-Atlantic

New England, Mid-Atlantic

Liz Sullivan

Fishery Policy Analyst

(978) 282-8493

liz.sullivan@noaa.gov

Georges Bank Cod Recreational Fishing Measures – Effective July 15, 2022

Framework 63 sets the Georges Bank cod recreational catch target to 75 mt. In order to not exceed this target, Framework 63 also adjusts the recreational measures for Georges Bank cod as follows:

Minimum Size	22 inches
Maximum Size	28 inches
Possession Limit	5 fish per person per day
Closed Season	May 1 through July 31
Open Season	August 1 through April 30

Fishing Year 2022 Catch Limits

Framework 63 sets annual catch limits for 5 of the 20 groundfish stocks. Quotas for the U.S./Canada area are shown in Table 1. The 2022 catch limits are listed in Table 2. Sector annual catch entitlements (ACE) are shown in Table 3. These quotas replace those that were in effect at the beginning of the fishing year.

Sector and common pool quotas are based on the final fishing year 2022 rosters. The common pool possession limits announced for May 1, 2022, are not changed by this action. After we finalize fishing year 2021 catch information, we will subtract any sector or common pool overages in a separate action, if necessary.

Table 1. 2022 Fishing Year U.S./Canada Quotas (mt, live weight) and Percent of Quota Allocated to Each Country

Quota	Eastern GB Cod	Eastern GB Haddock	GB Yellowtail Flounder
Quota	Eastern GB Cod	Eastern GB Haddock	GB Yellowtail Flounder
Total Shared Quota	571	14,100	200
U.S. Quota	160 (28%)	6,627 (47%)	122 (61%)
Canadian Quota	411 (72%)	7,473 (53%)	78 (39%)

Table 2. Fishing Year 2022 Catch Limits (mt, live weight)

Stock	Total ACL	Groundfish sub-ACL	Final Sector sub-ACL	Final Common Pool sub-ACL	Recreational sub-ACL	Midwater Trawl Fishery	Scallop Fishery	Small-Mesh Fisheries	State Waters sub- component	Other sub-component
Stock	A to H	A+B+C	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
GB Cod	330	244	238	6					11	75
GOM Cod	522	462	261	8.8	192				48	12
GB Haddock	77,302	75,382	74,375	1,007		1,514			0	406
GOM Haddock	10,873	10,690	6,915	141	3,634	107			38	38
GB Yellowtail Flounder	118	97	94	3.0			19	2.3	0.0	0.0
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder	21	16	12	3.4			2.0		0.2	3.3
CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder	787	692	661	31					58	37
American Plaice	2,687	2,630	2,566	64					28	28
Witch Flounder	1,414	1,317	1,277	40					44	52
GB Winter Flounder	591	563	551	12					0	27
GOM Winter Flounder	482	281	259	22					194	7.5
SNE/MA Winter Flounder	441	288	250	38					21	132
Redfish	9,559	9,559	9,459	100					0	0
White Hake	2,011	1,990	1,970	20					11	11
Pollock	16,068	14,135	14,020	115					1,093	841
N. Windowpane Flounder	150	108	na	108			31		0.8	10
S. Windowpane Flounder	371	43	na	43			129		23	177
Ocean Pout	83	50	na	50					0	33
Atlantic Halibut	97	73	na	73					20	3.5
Atlantic Wolffish	86	86	na	86					0	0

na: not allocated to sectors. ACL = annual catch limit, GB = Georges Bank, GOM = Gulf of Maine, SNE/MA = Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic, CC/GOM = Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine, N = northern, S = southern.

Table 3. ACE (in 1,000 lb), by stock, for each sector for fishing year 2022^{#^}

Sector Name	GB Cod East	GB Cod West	GOM Cod	GB Haddock East	GB Haddock West	GOM Haddock	GB Yellowtail Flounder	SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder	CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder	Plaice	Witch Flounder	GB Winter Flounder	GOM Winter Flounder	SNE/MA Winter Flounder	Redfish	White Hake	Pollock
Fixed Gear Sector	41	21	4	227	2,357	28	0	0	26	29	32	0	50	6	113	46	967
Maine Coast Community Sector	8	4	95	446	4,624	1,908	4	1	98	902	358	9	49	12	1,878	605	3,935
Maine Permit Bank	0	0	7	6	67	175	0	0	5	68	21	0	3	0	173	73	528
Mooncusser Sector	42	22	37	562	5,826	574	3	0	46	50	53	12	18	16	1,000	468	3,282
NEFS 2	23	12	142	1,548	16,065	3,205	3	0	347	555	375	40	134	26	3,140	358	4,291
NEFS 4	26	14	66	853	8,848	1,381	5	1	98	552	257	9	46	6	1,406	363	2,140
NEFS 5	2	1	2	118	1,228	18	3	6	15	25	18	5	5	66	4	4	14
NEFS 6	11	6	17	526	5,455	684	7	2	64	264	175	22	29	12	1,435	198	1,142
NEFS 7	2	1	0	58	604	3	3	0	1	15	7	4	0	1	33	3	57
NEFS 8	36	19	15	1,431	14,847	882	49	3	106	454	192	375	25	65	1,196	209	1,300
NEFS 10	2	1	16	26	269	207	0	0	68	71	62	0	58	4	71	29	241
NEFS 11	1	1	68	5	53	433	0	0	35	91	45	0	12	0	396	189	2,733
NEFS 12	2	1	19	14	143	170	0	0	131	46	18	0	64	2	48	13	243
NEFS 13	44	23	4	3,115	32,321	141	78	8	98	497	263	242	11	112	927	98	836
New Hampshire Permit Bank	0	0	7	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	35
Sustainable Harvest Sector 1	26	14	28	1,400	14,527	2,055	12	1	75	804	351	144	21	37	2,915	727	3,178
Sustainable Harvest Sector 2	18	9	9	314	3,255	224	11	2	87	145	65	108	26	54	235	73	452
Sustainable Harvest Sector 3	60	31	40	3,765	39,065	3,154	31	3	157	1,088	523	244	19	132	5,879	885	5,534
Common Pool	9	5	19	195	2,025	311	7	8	69	141	88	27	48	84	220	44	253
Sector Total	343	181	576	14,415	149,554	15,245	207	27	1,457	5,657	2,816	1,215	572	551	20,854	4,343	30,909

# Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds. In some cases, this table shows an allocation of 0, but that sector may be allocated a small amount of that stock in tens or hundreds pounds.

^ The data in the table represent the total allocations to each sector.

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