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- December 28, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Extends The Current PSP / Red Tide Closure Through June 30, 2007
- December 26, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Announces Effective December 29, 2006, Fishing Vessels Holding Tilefish Limited Access Part-Time Category Permits Are Prohibited From Landing Tilefish Harvested From Within The Golden Tilefish Management Unit Through October 31, 2007
- December 20, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Announces 2007 Final Specifications for Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass; Delaware Summer Flounder Fishery Closure Notice; and Effective Date for Changes to Black Sea Bass Pot and Trap Regulations
- December 20, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces It Will Be Conducting A Commercial Fishing Survey
- December 19, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces An Interim Action For The Scallop Fishery That Delays The Opening Of The Elephant Trunk Access Area (ETAA) Until March 1, 2007, Reduces The Number Of Trips That A Vessel Can Take In The Area, & Prohibits Vessels From Possessing More Than 50 Bushels Of In-shell Scallops Outside The Boundaries Of The ETAA
- December 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces An Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Published December 18, 2006, In The Federal Register Pertaining To Lobster Management In The Offshore Lobster Fishery, Area 3
- December 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in New Jersy on December 21, 2006
- December 15, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the 2006 Period 2 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Until May 1, 2007
- December 8, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces The Haddock Quota For The Second Period Of The Closed Area I Hook Gear Haddock Special Access Program (11/16/06 - 12/31/06) Has Been Increased To 2,057.2 mt
- December 5 , 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Atlantic Bluefish Federal Commercial Permit Fishery in New York on December 12, 2006
- December 4, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Atlantic Herring Management Area 1B Fishery on December 8, 2006
- December 4, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues an Update & Reminds Atlantic Sea Scallop Permit Holders of Measures Implemented Through Framework 18 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan That Will Become Effective January 1, 2007. In Addition, NOAA Fisheries Service Announces the Extension of the Observer Program Emergency Rule Through June 11, 2007
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- November 30, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Atlantic Bluefish Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in Rhode Island on December 6, 2006
- November 20, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Fishing Quotas For The 2007 Fishing Year For Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, & Maine Ocean Quahogs
- November 15, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues A Correction To Configuration Requirements For Chain Mats In The Mid-Atlantic Sea Scallop Dredge Fishery
- November 14, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Fishing Vessels Holding Federal Limited Access Maine Mahogany Quahog Permits Are Prohibited From Landing Maine Mahogany Quahogs Harvested From Within the Maine Mahogany Quahog Area through December 31, 2006
- November 3, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Decision to Waive the Requirement to Provide VMS Notification Prior to Leaving a Scallop Access Area, And the Requirement to Submit Broken Trip Requests Within 30 Days of Landing Only for The Owners of Limited Access Scallop Vessels That Terminated a 2005 Hudson Canyon Access Area Trip Early, But Did Not Submit a Broken Trip Adjustment Sheet
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- October 31, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in New York on November 4, 2006
- October 30, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues A Follow-Up To The Letter Sent On October 16, 2006, Regarding The Implementation Of Limited Access Programs
- October 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues A Correction To The October 18, 2006, Letter Regarding The NE Multispecies Framework Adjustment 42 Measures That Become Effective November 22, 2006
- October 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That the Overall Annual Tilefish Quota for the 2007 Fishing Year (FY) (11/01/06 - 10/31/07) Will Remain the Same as the FY 2006 Overall Annual Tilefish Quota
- October 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues A Summary Of NE Multispecies Framework Adjustment 42 New Regulations (updated 10/26/06)
- October 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues Information About NE Multispecies Framework Adjustment 42 Vessel Monitoring System Requirements
- October 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues A Summary Of NE Multispecies Framework Adjustment 42 Charter And Party And Recreational Fishery Restrictions
- October 17, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Results of 2006 Review of Summer Flounder Biological Reference Points
- October 17, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes Atlantic Herring Management Area 1A Fishery on October 21, 2006
- October 16, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Further Clarifies Existing Northeast Region Regulations & Policies Regarding The Implementation Of Limited Access Programs
- October 6, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Establishes A New Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) Reimbursement Program
- October 6, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That The Emergency Regulations Implemented On May 1, 2006, Will Remain In Effect Until April 4, 2007, Or Until Such Time As Measures Under Framework Adjustment (FW) 42 To The NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) And FW 3 To The Monkfish FMP, If Approved, Can Be Implemented
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- September 29, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Issues Basic Vessel Monitoring System User Instructions for the Northeast Region
- September 22, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Closes the Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in Massachusetts on September 28, 2006
- September 20, 2006 - New England - Invasive Sea Squirts Persist on Georges Bank
- September 20, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Period 1 Spiny Dogfish Fishery on September 25, 2006
- September 8, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Atlantic Offshore Waters to Remain Closed to Striped Bass Fishing
- September 7, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Outreach & Education Meetings Related To The Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan
- September 1, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That The Closed Area II Scallop Access Area Is Closed To Scallop Vessels Effective September 6, 2006
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- August 30, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Quarter III Directed Loligo Squid Fishery on September 2, 2006
- August 29, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Closes the Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in Maine on August 31, 2006
- August 29, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Clarifies The Silver Hake (Whiting) Small Mesh Fishery Exemption Programs
- August 29, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Clarifies Policy For Closing Scallop Access Areas For Harvest Of Yellowtail Flounder Bycatch TAC, Updates Vessels On Open Area DAS Adjustments, & Advises Scallop Vessels On Recognizing, Handling, And Reporting Military Munitions At Sea
- August 25, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces A New General Category Atlantic Sea Scallop Dredge Exemption
- August 25, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces A Required Change For Sea Scallop Dredge Gear That Will Prevent Sea Turtles From Entering Dredges Where They Can Be Injured Or Killed During Fishing Operations
- August 24, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces A Three Day Meeting On The Peer Review Of The Cooperative Research Partners Initiative Industry Based Survey Pilot Projects
- August 14, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Handy Reference Document That Includes a Listing of All Valid VMS Activity Code Declarations for the Multispecies, Monkfish, Atlantic Sea Scallop, and Atlantic Herring Fisheries
- August 11, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Implements Framework Adjustment 43 To The NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, Which Addresses The Incidental Catch Of NE Multispecies By Vessels Fishing For Atlantic Herring By Establishing A Herring Exempted Fishery
- August 10, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in Connecticut on August 12, 2006
- August 1, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Fishing Vessels Holding Tilefish Limited Access Full-Time Tier 2 Category Permits Are Prohibited From Landing Tilefish Harvested From Within The Golden Tilefish Management Unit Through October 31, 2006
- August 1, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Changes to the Monkfish Possession Limit Applicable To Limited Access Scallop Vessels When Fishing Under the Sea Scallop Access Area Program
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- July 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Change In The Appearance Of Its Federal Northeast Seafood Dealer Permits
- July 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Fishing Years 2006, 2007, and 2008 Spiny Dogfish Commercial Quota and Possession Limits
- July 26, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces An Adjustment To The 2006 Winter II Commercial Scup Quota And Possession Limit
- July 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That the Nantucket Lightship Scallop Access Area Is Closed to All Scallop Vessels Effective 0001 Hours on July 20, 2006
- July 12, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That the Nantucket Lightship Scallop Access Area Is Closed to General Category Scallop Vessels Effective 0001 Hours on July 13, 2006
- July 7, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Regulations That Require the Use of a Modified Leader for Offshore Pound Nets in a Potion of the VA Chesapeake Bay & Allows the Use of Modified Pound Net Leaders in the Remainder of the VA Chesapeake Bay from May 6 to July 15 Each Year
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- June 28, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Extends the Current PSP / Red Tide Closure through December 31, 2006
- June 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Explains the Method Used by NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Special Agents, US Coast Guard Personnel and NOAA’s State Enforcement Partners, in Measuring Net Mesh
- June 26, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces An Observer Service Provider Program For The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Including Criteria For Becoming An Approved Observer Service Provider, Observer Certification Criteria, Decertification Criteria, & Observer Deployment Logistics
- June 14, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces The Requirement For All NE Multispecies DAS Vessels Fishing With Trawl Gear In The Eastern U.S./Canada Area To Use A Haddock Separator Trawl, Effective June 19, 2006
- June 7, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That Regulations Implementing Framework 18 To The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan Will Be Effective on June 15, 2006. Click Here For Limited Access Sea Scallop Permit Holder Letter Or General Category Sea Scallop Permit Holder Letter
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- May 26, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That A Third VMS Has Been Certified In The Northeast Region For All Fishery Management Plans Requiring The Use Of An Operational VMS Unit
- May 23, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Provides Notification Of The Potential That Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessel Owners May Be Required To Purchase A VMS In Order To Fish Under A NE Multispecies DAS For Groundfish
- May 19, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Informs Multispecies Days-At-Sea Permit Holders That No Trips Are Authorized Into The Closed Area II Yellowtail Flounder Special Access Program Through April 30, 2007
- May 19, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces the Approval of the Final 2006 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass Fisheries
- May 18, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Quarter II Directed Loligo Squid Fishery on May 23, 2006
- May 15, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That the Emergency Action To Allow Category 1 Herring Vessels to Retain up To 1,000 Lb of Haddock per Trip Will Expire On June 6, 2006
- May 15, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces An Adjustment To The 2006 Atlantic Bluefish Commercial Quota Allocation For The State Of New York
- May 8, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces It Is Replacing the Current Days-At-Sea (DAS) Call-In System with A New Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Call-In System Effective June 1, 2006
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- April 28, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Multispecies TACs for 2006 Fishing Year
- April 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That the Directed Fishery for Loligo Squid in the Exclusive Economic Zone Will Be Reopened, Effective April 27, 2006
- April 26, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Corrections to the April 10, 2006, Letter Regarding the NE Multispecies Emergency Management Action That Will Become Effective On May 1, 2006
- April 20, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Target TAC Levels for the 2006 Monkfish Fishery, And Adjustments to DAS and Trip Limits for Limited Access Monkfish Vessels Fishing In the Southern Fishery Management Area, Or Portions of this Area, For the 2006 Fishing Year
- April 14, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Quarter II Directed Loligo Squid Fishery on April 21, 2006
- April 10, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Implements an Emergency Action on May 1, 2006, with Additional Restrictions on the Recreational Sector to Immediately Reduce Fishing Mortality on GOM Cod
- April 10, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Implements An Emergency Action On May 1, 2006, To Immediately Reduce Fishing Mortality On Specific Groundfish Stocks Until Such Time As More Permanent Management Measures Can Be Implemented By The New England Fishery Management Council
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- March 29, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Notice of Control Date for the Northeast Multispecies Charter and Party Recreational Fishery
- March 28, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That It Will Be Asking The New England Fishery Management Council To Clarify Its Intent Regarding One Of The Limited Access Vessel Permit Provisions Proposed In Amendment 1 To The Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan
- March 24, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That Starting March 24, 2006, There Is No Trip Limit For GB Yellowtail Flounder For Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels Fishing In The U.S./Canada Management Area
- March 22, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces that Effective March 27, 2006, Fishing Vessels Holding Tilefish Limited Access Part-Time Category Permits Are Prohibited From Landing Tilefish Harvested From Within The Golden Tilefish Management Unit Through October 31, 2006
- March 17, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Correction to the Final Rule That Published the 2006 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications on February 24, 2006
- March 15, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies Proposed Revisions in Framework 18 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP
- March 3, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces 2006 Atlantic Herring Specifications
- March 2, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Explains Vessel Monitoring System Requirements For Different Fisheries
- March 2, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces 2006 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
- March 2, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Final Initial Specifications for the 2006 Fishing Year for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
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- February 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Rules for Start of 2006 Northeast Groundfish Year
- February 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Reminds Permit Holders Of The Monkfish Incidental Catch Limits When Not Fishing Under A DAS Program
- February 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Atlantic Bluefish Specifications for the Fishing Year 2006, Including Coastwide and State Quotas, and the Recreational Possession Limit
- February 24, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Format of NE Federal Vessel Permits to Change
- February 22, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces The GB Yellowtail Flounder Trip Limit For Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels Fishing In The U.S./Canada Management Area Is 15,000 Lb, Regardless Of Trip Length
- February 17, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies Existing NE Regulations & Policies Regarding the Implementation of Limited Access Programs
- February 8, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes the Quarter I Directed Loligo Squid Fishery on February 13 2006
- February 7, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Reduction in the Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Trip Limit to 1,500 lb per Day, up to a Maximum of 15,000 lb per Trip, for Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels Fishing in the U.S./Canada Management Area
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- January 30, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Reminds Permit Holders That Intend to Fish for Lobster with Trap Gear During the 2006 Fishing Year (May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2007) Are Required to Designate Lobster Management Areas and Tag All Lobster Traps.
- January 27, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Reminds Permit Holders That Beginning May 1 2006, There Are New Vessel Safety Examination Requirements for Vessels Holding a NE Federal Fishing Permit or Which Participate in a Category I or Category II Fishery under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
- January 25, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Deploys Acoustic Buoys to Listen for Whales on Stellwagen Bank, Researchers Ask Finders to Return Buoys if Found
- January 24, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Will Implement New Guidelines on Vessel Ownership Requirements for Vessel Replacements
- January 23, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Reminds Permit Holders about Applying for a Modified Limited Access Monkfish Permit.
- January 17, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Corrections To The Regulations Originally Implemented By Amendment 13 & Framework Adjustment 40-A To The NE Multispecies FMP
- January 12, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That The Quota For The Tilefish Full-Time Tier 1 Permit Category Has Been Exceeded For FY 2005, Requiring An Adjustment Of The Quota For FY 2006
- January 12, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces The Extension Of The Emergency Rule Allowing Category 1 Atlantic Herring Vessels To Possess Haddock
- January 11, 2006 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Final Fishing Quotas For The 2006 & 2007 Fishing Years For Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, & Maine Ocean Quahogs
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Last Updated:
January 4, 2007
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