2016 Greater Atlantic Region Bulletins (Permit Holder Letters)
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January
- 01/15/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels Possession and Trip Limit Decrease for Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail Flounder
- 01/13/2016
- 2016 Vessel Permit Renewal Bulletin
- 01/01/2016
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 2016-2018 Commercial Quotas and Recreational Harvest Limits
April
- 04/29/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Fishing Year 2016 Regulations
- 04/25/2016
- 2016 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Specifications
- 04/20/2016
- Reminder for DAS Credits and Fishing Year 2016 Observer Set-Aside Compensation Rates
- 04/14/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Possession and Trip Limit Increases
- 04/01/2016
- Measures to Address Slippage in the Atlantic Herring Fishery
May
- 05/26/2016
- Northeast Multispeces (Groundfish) - Recreational Fishing Transiting Regulations Reminder
- 05/11/2016
- Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area; Effective May 13, 2016
- 05/03/2016
- Atlantic Sea Scallop Vessels (Limited Access General Category); Updated Allocations for the Remainder of the 2016 Fishing Year and Other New Measures
- 05/03/2016
- Atlantic Sea Scallop Vessels (Limited Access); Updated Allocations for the Remainder of the 2016 Fishing Year and Other New Measures
June
- 06/30/2016
- Closure of the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet; Effective Date: July 04, 2016
- 06/28/2016
- Modified Red Hake Fishery Quotas for 2016 and 2017
- 06/24/2016
- Longfin Squid Trimester II Quota Harvested; Longfin Squid catch limited to 2,500 lb per trip or day; Effective Date: 00:01 hr, June 27, 2016
- 06/24/2016
- 2016 Longfin Squid Trimester II Closure; Effective Date: 00:01, June 27, 2016
- 06/16/2016
- Lobster Trap Transfer Program Information
- 06/15/2016
- American Lobster Trap Transfer Program Guide; Effective Date: August 1, 2016
- 06/15/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Closure of the Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area for Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine Yellowtail Flounder; Effective Date: June 15, 2016, through August 31, 2016
- 06/14/2016
- Mid-Atlantic Blueline Tilefish Fishery; Interim Management Measures; Effective date: June 17, 2016
- 06/14/2016
- Closure of the Nantucket Lightship North Scallop Access Area for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet; Effective Date: June 16, 2016
- 06/14/2016
- Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individual Transferable Quota Permit Holders; Implementation of Amendment 17 Cost Recovery Program
- 06/08/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Closure of the Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area for Witch Flounder; Effective Date: June 8, 2016, through August 31, 2016
August
- 08/25/2016
- New Monkfish Rules Are in Place; Monkfish Framework 9 Approved and Implemented; Effective September 26, 2016
- 08/19/2016
- Massachusetts Summer Flounder Fishery Closure
- 08/19/2016
- Winter II Period Scup Quota and Possession Limit Increase; Effective Date: November 1, 2016
- 08/17/2016
- NE Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Closure of the Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area for GOM Cod, Effective Dates: August 17, 2016, through August 31, 2016
- 08/17/2016
- Northeast Skate Fishery; Framework 3 and 2016-2017 Management Measures
- 08/15/2016
- Northern Red Hake Possession Limit Reduction; Commercial possession limit reduced to 400 lb per trip
- 08/12/2016
- New Spiny Dogfish Measures Approved and Implemented Through 2018; Commercial Trip Limit Increased to 6,000 lb; Effective August 15, 2016
- 08/08/2016
- Atlantic Bluefish 2016-2018 Commercial Quotas and Recreational Harvest Limits
- 08/05/2016
- Northern Red Hake Possession Limit Reduction; Commercial possession limit reduced 1,500 lb per trip
- 08/01/2016
- Scup Incidental Catch Limit; Increase and Update to the Summer Flounder Mesh Regulations
- 08/01/2016
- Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 2016 Recreational Management Measures
November
- 11/15/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Closure of the Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area and Possession and Trip Limit Reduction for Georges Bank Cod
- 11/15/2016
- Atlantic Herring Fishery; Management Area 1B Directed Fishery Closure; Herring catch limited to 2,000 lb per trip or day
- 11/09/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Closure of the Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area for Witch Flounder
- 11/08/2016
- Modifications to the Southern Scup Gear Restricted Area
- 11/04/2016
- Commercial Fishing Prohibited in National Monument
- 11/02/2016
- Atlantic Sea Scallop Amendment 19 Approved - New Start Date for the Scallop Fishing Year and New Specifications Process
- 11/01/2016
- Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2016-2018 Specifications and River Herring and Shad Catch Caps; Effective Date: December 1, 2016
December
- 12/23/2016
- Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Permit Holders; 2017 Quota Specifications and Surfclam Minimum Size Suspension
- 12/22/2016
- Connecticut Summer Flounder Fishery Closure
- 12/22/2016
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels; Possession and Trip Limit Modifications for Georges Bank Cod and Southern New England/Mid Atlantic Yellowtail Flounder
- 12/21/2016
- Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass; 2017 Commercial Quotas and Recreational Harvest Limits
- 12/14/2016
- New Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area; Designation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area; Effective Date: January 13, 2017
- 12/01/2016
- New York Commercial Bluefish Fishery Closure
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