NOAA Fisheries is reducing per-trip catch limits to reduce the likelihood of overfishing and to reduce catch until the 2024 specifications are implemented, effective October 12, 2023.
This action decreases the possession and trip limits for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod for Northeast multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2023 fishing year, through April 30, 2024.
NOAA Fisheries has approved federal measures for the lobster fishery that complement the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.
This bulletin summarizes the reimbursement of industry costs associated with the herring industry-funded monitoring (IFM) program by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) for IFM years 2021 and 2022 (April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2023).
This action integrates the vessel reporting regulations for the surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries with similar regulations that apply to all other commercial fisheries.
NOAA Fisheries approved Framework Adjustment 65 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and is announcing final quotas for fishing year 2023. This action also approves and implements emergency measures for Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock.