1998 NERO Permit Holder Letters
Northeast Regional Office
One Blackburn Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
December 1998
1. Virginia Summer Flounder Closure
November 1998
1. Maryland Summer Flounder Closure
2. Correction to the Proposed 1999 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surf Clams, Ocean Quahogs, and Maine
Mahogany Quahogs
October 1998
1. New York Summer Flounder Closure
2. Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS)
September 1998
1. New NMFS Sustainable Fisheries Division Structure
2. Extension of Scallop Mid-Atlantic Closed Areas
August 1998
Scallop Framework 10 Approved
July 1998
1. Attention Scallop Dredge Vessels
2. Massachusetts Sumer Flounder Closure
June 1998
1. New Gulf of Maine Cod Landing Limits
2. Experimental Whiting Seprator Trawl Fishery Reauthorized for 1998
May 1998
1. Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, & New Hampshire Scup Closures Rescinded
2. Control Date for Spiny Dogfish Fishery
3. Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass Recreational Regulations
4. Application Period Extended to August 31, 1998, for Loligo Squid/Butterfish, Scup, Black Sea Bass, & Illex Squid Moratorium Permits
April 1998
1. Multispecies Framework 25 Regulations Implemented
2. Scallop VTS Temporary Exemption
3. Scallop Dredge Link Restrictions
4. Multispecies 7 Day Block Requirement
for Day Gillnet Vessels
5. Scup Quotas for Massachusetts and
Maryland Harvested
6. American Lobster Public Hearings Schedule
March 1998
1. Multispecies Framework 18 Regulations Approved
2. Scallop Vessel Tracking System Requirements
3. Multispecies Framework 24 Regulations Approved
4. Special Instructions to Gillnet Vessel Owners
5. Maine Summer Flounder Quota Reached
6. Atlantic Sea Scallop Mid-Atlantic Closed Areas
7. DRAFT DEIS and RIR for Regulations for the American Lobster Fishery in the EEZ
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February 1998
1. Georges Bank Haddock Landing Report - 02/05/98
2. Summer Flounder Otter Trawl Gear Requirements
3. American Lobster Landing Limits
January 1998
1. Georges Bank Haddock Landing Report - 01/13/98
2. Georges Bank Haddock Landing Report - 01/23/98
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