The Closed Area I Scallop Access Area is closed to all federally permitted Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) scallop vessels effective 0001 hr, on September 13, 2020.
Effective Date: August 1, 2020
The Lobster Trap Transfer Program allows permit holders the flexibility to buy and sell trap allocation for Lobster Conservation Management Areas 2, 3, and the Outer Cape.
Closure of the Directed Federal Illex Squid Fishery
Illex squid landings limited to 10,000 lb per day
Effective Date: August 31, 2020, through December 31, 2020
NOAA Fisheries is announcing a reduction in the southern red hake in-season possession limit for the remainder of the year due to a change in the in-season possession limit adjustment trigger. Effective August 25, 2020.
This action implements measures required to formally integrate Atlantic chub mackerel as a stock in the fishery under the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan.
