Notices and Rules
Final Rule for Electronic Vessel Trip Reporting for Commercial and For-Hire Vessels
Electronic Trip Reports, EVTR, Commercial, For-Hire
Effective
11/10/2021
Final Rule for Removal of Prohibitions for Gillnet Gear in Nantucket Lightship and Closed Area I
Nantucket lightship gillnet restrictions
Effective
11/10/2021
2021 Closure of the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet
The Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area is closed to limited access general category (LAGC) individual fishing quota (IFQ) scallop vessels effective 0001 hours, on October 7, 2021.
Effective
10/07/2021
Scup Winter II Period Quota and Possession Limit Adjustment
Scup possession limit winter II
Effective
10/01/2021
2021 Illex Squid Quota Harvested
Federal Illex squid vessel permit holders are prohibited from fishing for, catching, possessing, transferring or landing more than 10,000 lb of Illex squid per trip, and from landing Illex squid more than once per calendar day effective August 30, 2021.
Effective
08/30/2021
Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking for Atlantic Cod
Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking for Atlantic Cod
Published
08/18/2021
Framework Adjustment 61 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
Framework Adjustment 61 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
Effective
07/27/2021
Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment
The New England Fishery Management Council’s Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment was developed to reduce impacts of fishing gear on deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Maine and on the outer continental shelf.
Effective
07/26/2021
Final Rule for 2021-2023 Specifications to Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fisheries
Final Rule for 2021-2023 Specifications to Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fisheries, as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
Effective
07/22/2021
Final 2021 and Projected 2022-2026 Specifications for the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries
2021 surfclam and ocean quahog specifications
Effective
06/14/2021