Notices and Rules
2024-2025 Atlantic Mackerel Specifications
This action approves and implements 2024-2025 Atlantic mackerel specifications. These specifications include reduced acceptable biological catch and reduced trip limits to maintain the rebuilding plan goals of having a rebuilt stock by 2032.
Effective
04/12/2024
Framework Adjustment 38 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan
Framework 38 establishes scallop specifications and other measures for fishing years 2024 and 2025, including changes to the catch, effort, and quota allocations and adjustments to the rotational area management program.
Published
03/22/2024
NOAA Fisheries Implements the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
NOAA Fisheries Implements the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
Effective
03/18/2024
Final Rule for 2024-2027 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
Final Rule for 2024-2027 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
Effective
03/11/2024
Final Rule to Close the Wedge Area within the Massachusetts Restricted Area* (not currently in effect)
NOAA Fisheries amended the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (Plan) to expand the boundaries of the seasonal Massachusetts Restricted Area (MRA) to include the wedge between state and Federal waters known as the Massachusetts Restricted Area Wedge (MRA Wedge). *This rule is not currently in effect
Published
02/06/2024
Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area Possession Limit Adjustment for Atlantic Herring
Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area Possession Limit Adjustment for Atlantic Herring
Effective
01/23/2024
Final 2024 and Projected 2025 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
final 2024 and 2025 bluefish specifications
Effective
01/01/2024
Final Rule for the 2024 and Projected 2025 Specifications for the Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries, and 2024 Specifications for the Black Sea Bass
2024 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications
Published
01/01/2024
Final Rule for 2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications and Minimum Size Suspension for Surfclams
2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog specifications and minimum size
Effective
01/01/2024
FY 2023: Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester 3 TAC Area Closure and Trip Limit Adjustment
This action prohibits possession of GOM cod by common pool vessels through the end of the fishing year and closes the GOM Cod Trimester TAC Area to common pool vessels fishing with trawl, sink gillnet, and longline/hook gear for Trimester 3 of FY 2023.
Effective
12/15/2023