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Approval of Selective Gear for Small-mesh Fisheries: The Large-mesh Belly Panel

We approved a new selective trawl gear, the large-mesh belly panel, for use in small-mesh fisheries when the fisheries accountability measure for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder is triggered.  Use of the large-mesh belly panel reduces bycatch of groundfish species of concern, such as yellowtail flounder. 
March 05, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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2020 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Specifications

Final 2020 specifications for the commercial spiny dogfish fishery.
March 05, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

2020 Atlantic Bluefish Interim Recreational Management Measures

NOAA Fisheries announces interim recreational management measures for the Atlantic bluefish fishery. These measures are needed to prevent overfishing on the bluefish stock, which was declared overfished in late 2019.
February 28, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces Final 2020 Blueline Tilefish Recreational and Commercial Specifications

Effective February 18, 2020
February 14, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces Final 2020 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Commercial Fishery Specifications and Minimum Size Suspension for Atlantic Surfclams

Effective January 1, 2020
February 13, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Seeking Industry-Funded Monitoring Service Providers

Applications for industry-funded monitoring service providers for the Atlantic herring fishery are due March 12, 2020.
February 12, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

2019 Southern Red Hake Possession Limit Reduction

Effective 1615 hours on February 3, 2020
February 03, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Implements the New England Council’s Industry-Funded Monitoring Omnibus Amendment, Including New Atlantic Herring Fishery Requirements

NOAA Fisheries is implementing an amendment recommended by the New England Fishery Management Council to allow industry-funded monitoring in any fishery managed by the Council to better assess catch and reduce uncertainty around catch estimates. This amendment also establishes industry-funded monitoring in the Atlantic herring fishery. 
January 29, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Expansion of the Great South Channel and Southern New England Dredge Exemption Areas and Prelanding Requirements for Days At-Sea

Effective February 14, 2020.
January 14, 2020 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Closes Nantucket Lightship and Closed Area I Closure Areas to Gillnet Gear

Gillnetters fishing in Nantucket Lightship Groundfish and the Closed Area I Groundfish Closure Areas must remove gear as soon as safely possible.
December 16, 2019 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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