We are announcing the details of our policy to reimburse electronic monitoring costs in addition to human at-sea monitoring costs, while funds are available. We encourage industry to purchase and install electronic systems now.
This action reduces the Atlantic herring quotas for 2021-2023 as compared to 2020, and modifies in-season management measures to allow the Atlantic herring fleet more access to the Atlantic mackerel fishery.
Today we are announcing, through a final rule, the amount of allocation each sector may carry over from the 2019 to 2020 fishing year, which ends April 30, 2021. This rule also corrects minor errors published in Framework Adjustment 59.
NOAA Fisheries, in conjunction with NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, requests that vessels avoid shipwreck sites on southern Stellwagen Bank.
The following information describes default measures that will be implemented April 1, 2021, until Framework Adjustment 33 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan is implemented (if approved).