Notices and Rules
Final 2020 Blueline Tilefish Specifications
NOAA Fisheries announces 2020 commercial and recreational specifications for the blueline tilefish fishery.
Effective
02/18/2020
2019 Southern Red Hake Possession Limit Reduction
The possession limit for southern red hake has been reduced from 5,000 lb to the incidental limit of 400 lb.
Effective
02/03/2020
Final 2020 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Commercial Fishery Specifications and Minimum Size Suspension for Atlantic Surfclams
Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog 2020 specifications
Effective
01/01/2020
2020-2021 Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries Announces 2020-2021 Summer Flounder Specifications and Interim 2020 Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Specifications
We are implementing the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s recommended 2020-2021 summer flounder specifica
Effective
01/01/2020
Framework Adjustment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
NOAA Fisheries is implementing changes to aspects of the commercial and recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass management program, as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. This action incorporates new management measu
Effective
12/30/2019
Closure of the Regular B Days-at-Sea Program for the Remainder of Fishing Year 2019
This action closes the Regular B Days-at-Sea Program and prohibits the use of Regular B Days-at-Sea for all Northeast multispecies vessels for the remainder of fishing year 2019, through April 30, 2020.
Effective
12/16/2019
Jonah Crab Fishery: Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Jonah Crab
Based on Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommendations, we are implementing regulations for the Jonah crab fishery in federal waters. This action is necessary to enact measures that provide stock protections to a previously unmanaged fi
Effective
12/12/2019
Framework Adjustment 13 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
A November 2017 benchmark assessment determined that the Atlantic mackerel stock was overfished and subject to overfishing. The Council will review the Atlantic mackerel specifications each year and will consider the results of a management track stock as
Effective
11/29/2019
2019 Sub-Annual Catch Limit Management Area Closure Threshold Harvested for Atlantic Herring Management Area 1A
Effective on November 27, 2019, we are closing the directed fishery for Herring Management Area 1A, based on a projection that a threshold catch amount for that management area has been reached. Beginning November 27, 2019, through December 31, 2019,
Effective
11/27/2019
Final 2020 Golden Tilefish Commercial Fishery Specifications
NOAA Fisheries is implementing golden tilefish quotas for the 2020 fishing year that were previously announced as projected on November 7, 2017. There have been no overages in 2019, and there is no new biological information, so we are now finalizing the
Effective
11/01/2019