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
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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 |
|
||||
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 |
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.
This bulletin serves as a Small Entity Compliance Guide, complying with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.