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Northeast Regional Office
Permit Holder Letters & Announcements
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- December 23, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Extends Emergency Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Closure
- December 23, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Announces 2006 Final Specifications for Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass; Delaware Summer Flounder Fishery Closure Notice; Change to Black Sea Bass Pot and Trap Regulations & Black Sea Bass Total Length Measurement Clarification.
- December 21, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Announces The Haddock Quota For The 2nd Period Of The CA I Hook Gear Haddock SAP (11/16/05-12/31/05) Has Been Increased To 536.6 Mt.
- December 19, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Announces Closure of Atlantic Herring Management Area 1B
- December 19, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Announces Limits On The Amount Of Yellowtail Flounder That Groundfish Boats On Georges Bank May Retain Per Trip. Please click here for Chart of Affected Area.
- December 13, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Announces That It Is Considering, & Seeking Public Comment On The Implementation Of Further Minimum Carapace Length (gauge) Increases & Escape Vent Size Increases In The Federal American Lobster Fishery
- December 9, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Closes the 2005 Directed Loligo Squid Fishery on December 18, 2005
- December 9, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Closes Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in New York on December 14, 2005
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- November 25, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes Atlantic Herring Management Area 1A Fishery on December 2, 2005
- November 15, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Closes Summer Flounder Federal Moratorium Permit Fishery in Massachusetts on November 18, 2005
- November 10, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That The Tilefish Quota For The 2006 Fishing Year Will Be The Same As The Overall Annual Tilefish Quota For The 2005 Fishing Year
- November 1, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies The Interactions Between NE Multispecies And Scallop Regulations That Affect Vessels Issued Both Of These Permits.
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- October 31, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Amends Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Regulations That Adjust the Boundaries of the Sea Scallop Access Areas within Closed Area 1 & Nantucket Lightship
- October 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Vessel Safety Inspection Requirements Effective May 1, 2006
- October 19, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Elaborates On The Notification & Reporting Requirements That Were Summarized In The September 13, 2005, Permit Holder Letter For Framework 41 To The NE Multispecies FMP
- October 19, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Several Clarifications Of The New VMS Requirements That Apply To General Category Scallop Vessels
- October 3, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces an Inseason Adjustment to the 2005 Winter II Scup Fishery Quota & an Increase to the 2005 Winter II Scup Possession Limit
- October 3, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Is Prohibiting The Use Of Regular B DAS (For Multispecies Permit Holders) Under The Regular B DAS Pilot Program. This Measure Is Effective 0001 Hours, October 6, 2005, Through The End Of The Current Calendar Quarter On October 31, 2005.
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- September 29, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Extends the Emergency Action to Address Red Tide Through December 31, 2005. Please click here for Chart of Affected Area.
- September 23, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service issues a report on the status of 19 northeastern groundfish stocks that are managed under the Northeast Multispecies FMP
- September 13, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Implements Framework Adjustment 41 to the NE Multispecies FMP
- September 12, 2005 -
NOAA Fisheries Service, Vessel Trip Reporting Office Changes VTR Species
Codes for Loligo and Illex Squid
- September 8, 2005 - CORRECTION
To The
September 7, 2005, Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Permit Holder Letter (see link just below).
- September 7, 2005 - Effective September 9, 2005, NOAA Fisheries Service is Reopening to Shellfish Harvest the Southern Portion of the Area Closed on June 14, 2005
- September 6, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Closure of the Closed Area I Scallop Access Area to
General Category Scallop Vessels
- September 2, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Publishes a Proposed Rule on Federal American Lobster Management in the EEZ
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- August 29, 2005 - Researchers Gear Up
to Investigate Large Whale Deaths
off Northeastern U.S.
- August 26, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Final Regulations to Implement Framework Adjustment 17 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP
- August 23, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That the Eastern U.S./Canada Area Is Closed to All Limited Access NE Multispecies Days-at-Sea Vessels, Effective August 26, 2005
- August 18, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Sea Scallop Gear Modification for Sea Turtle Management
- August 15, 2005 -
NOAA Fisheries Service, Vessel Trip Reporting Office Develops New VTR
Gear Code for Scallop Dredge Fishermen
- August 10, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes New Regulations for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species - Comment Period Through October 18, 2005; Public Hearings September 6, 2005 Through October 13, 2005
- August 9, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Final Regulations to Implement Framework Adjustment 1 to the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab FMP
- August 1, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces An Adjustment To The 2005 Winter II Commercial Scup Quota & Possession Limit
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- July 21, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service announces closure of Mid-Atlantic Elephant Trunk Sea Scallop Area through February 28, 2007
- July 19, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies The Meaning And Effect Of Requirements Specified In A Recent Multispecies Permit Holder Letter
- July 14, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Announces That, Effective July 18, 2005, NE Multispecies DAS Vessels May Not Fish Under The Regular B DAS Pilot Program In The Georges Bank Cod Stock Area Through July 31, 2005
- July 8, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies the Interaction Between the NE Multispecies Regular B DAS Pilot Program and Monkfish Fishery
- July 8, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries announces that, beginning July 12, 2005, NE multispecies DAS vessels are limited to one trip into the Eastern U.S./Canada Area per month. Beginning July 27, 2005, NE multispecies DAS vessels using trawl gear are limited to using the haddock separator trawl in the Eastern U.S./Canada Area.
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- June 28,2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces that the Quarter III Loligo Squid Allocation Has Been Reduced by 4,619,929 lb, Resulting in an Adjusted Allocation of 1,766,643 lb.
- June 27, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces that No Trips Are Authorized Into The Closed Area II Yellowtail Flounder Special Access Program For The 2005 Fishing Year
- June 23, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That Effective June 28, 2005, 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, 2005.
- June 16, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin that Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
- June 14, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Approves the Final 2005 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries
- June 9, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Summarizes The Measures, Including Applicable Reporting And Trip Notification Requirements, Required Of General Category Scallop Vessels Fishing In The Scallop Area Access Program
- June 8, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Implements An Emergency Action To Address Haddock Bycatch In The 2005 Herring Fishery For The Period June 13 – December 10, 2005
- June 3, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Interactive Website That Provides Access to Cod & Yellowtail Flounder Trawl Survey Data (click on Trawl Survey Data Mapper)
- June 1, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces 2005 Final Initial Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas & General Category Effort Controls
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- May 26, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Regulations Implementing Framework Adjustment 40-B To The NE Multispecies FMP. These New Regulations Become Effective On June 1, 2005.
- May 24, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies The Meaning And Effect Of Two Parts Of The Regulations That Appear To Be Inconsistent As They Pertain To The Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock Special Access Program And The Eastern U.S/Canada Area
- May 18, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That It Will Review the Status of Eastern Oysters Along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts to Determine If the Species Warrants Protection Under the Federal Endangered Species Act
- May 10, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Published An Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking, Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement To Evaluate Fishing Effort Control Measures For American Lobster Fishery
- May 6, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Final Specifications for the 2005 Fishing Year for Atlantic Herring
- May 6, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Spiny Dogfish Management Measures for the 2005 Fishing Year
- May 3, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That Tilefish Quota Monitoring Reports Will Be Changed To Reflect Live Weights On May 6, 2005. Prior To This Date, Landings Data Were Posted Using Gutted (Landed) Weight
- May 3, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That The Haddock Daily & Maximum Trip Limits For Vessels Fishing Under A Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Permit Are Suspended For The Remainder Of The 2005 Fishing Year. Consequently, The Haddock Daily, & Maximum Trip Limits For Vessels Fishing Under A Limited Access Handgear A & Open Access Handgear B Permit, Are Also Suspended For The Remainder Of The 2005 Fishing Year
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- April 27, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces the Final Rule Implementing New Target TAC Levels for the 2005 Monkfish Fishery, and Adjustments to DAS and Trip Limits for Limited Access Monkfish Vessels Fishing in the Southern Fishery Management Area (SFMA), or Portions of the SFMA for the 2005 Fishing Year
- April 26, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Changes To The Electronic Reporting Requirements For Dealers Permitted By The Northeast Region
- April 26, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces That New Regulations Implementing Recently Approved Amendment 2 To The Monkfish FMP Have Been Approved & Take Effect On May 1, 2005
- April 22, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues Announcement To Inform Limited Access NE Multispecies Permit Holders Of Available DAS As They Pertain To The DAS Leasing And Transfer Programs, And The Vessel Replacement Program
- April 22, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Describes Regulations In The NE Multispecies Fishery That Revert To Those Originally Implemented Under Amendment 13 For The Beginning Of The Fishing Year On May 1, 2005
- April 21, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Begins Process Of Preliminarily Qualifying Fishing Vessels For New Monkfish Limited Access Permits In Order To Streamline The Process For Issuing New Permits Should Amendment 2 to the Monkfish FMP Be Approved
- April 21, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces that Effective 0001 Hours, April 25, 2005, the Directed Fishery for Loligo Squid Is Closed.
- April 19, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service is Soliciting Proposals for the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Research Set-Aside Program
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- March 29, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces that the Eastern U.S./Canada Area Is Closed (April 1, 2005, - April 30, 2005) To All Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels. Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels Are Also Prohibited From Harvesting, Possessing, & Landing GB Yellowtail Flounder From The Entire U.S./Canada Management Area (West & East)
- March 25, 2004 - NOAA Fisheries Service Issues Reminder To Vessels Equipped with a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) That They Must Ensure That the Correct VMS Activity Declaration (Activity Code) Is Entered Before Beginning Any Type of Trip
- March 18, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces 2005 Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, & Butterfish
Fisheries
- March 18, 2005 -
NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Atlantic Bluefish Specifications for the Fishing Year 2005, Including Coastwide & State Quotas, & the Recreational Possession Limit
- March 11, 2005 -
Tilefish Limited Access Part-Time Category Permited Vessels Are Prohibited From Landing Tilefish March 19, 2005 - October 31, 2005
- March 9, 2004 - Commonly Asked Questions Regarding Specific Regulations Pertaining To The NE Multispecies FMP
- March 4, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Regulatory Amendment to Modify Seafood Dealer Reporting Requirements
- March 3, 2005 - The Environmental Protection Agency Published a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register Announcing the Issuance of a Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) by NOAA Fisheries Service. The DEIS Identifies Alternatives for Amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) & Analyzes the Impacts of the Proposed Amendments to the ALWTRP on the Human Environment. Click Here For Public Hearing Dates & Locations
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- February 15, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces, Effective 0001 Hours, February 20, 2005, the Directed Fishery for Loligo Squid Is Closed & Vessels Issued Federal Permits for Loligo Squid May Not Retain or Land More than 2,500 lb of Loligo Squid per Trip or per Calendar Day.
- February 7, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies How it Will Account for Sea Scallop Trips in the Hudson Canyon Access Area That Begin in the 2004 Fishing Year & End in the 2005 Fishing Year. NOAA Fisheries Service Also Provides Details on DAS & Access Area Trip Allocations for the 2005 Sea Scallop Fishing Year.
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February 7, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a Reduction to the GB Yellowtail Flounder Trip Limit from 15,000 Lb per Trip to 5,000 Lb per Trip for Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels Fishing in the U.S./Canada Management Area, as of February 9, 2005.
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- January 31, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a One-time Opportunity to Change Category B Regular DAS Used During Any Trip into the CA II Yellowtail Flounder SAP Prior to the Implementation of Framework 40-A to the NE Multispecies FMP on November 19, 2004, to Category B Reserve DAS.
- January 14, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces that the Atlantic Sea Scallop Access Areas Within Closed Area II & the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area Will Close on January 31, 2005
- January 13, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies Requirements for a Fishing Vessel That Comes into Port with Fish on Board and That Intends to Resume the Fishing Trip Without Offloading Fish. This Clarification Is in Response to Questions about Whether a Fishing Vessel Could Layover in a Port for Weather Reasons Without Offloading its Catch and Then Continue Fishing, Including Going Back into the U.S./Canada Management Area, to Catch the Remainder of its Trip Limit (Eastern U.S./Canada Management Area)
- January 13, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Re-Opening of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area to Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels & Removes the Prohibition on the Harvest, Possession, & Landing of Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder by NE Multispecies Vessels Within the Entire U.S./Canada Management Area, as of 12:00 AM on January 14, 2005 (Eastern U.S./Canada Management Area)
- January 12, 2005 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Final Specifications for the 2005, 2006, & 2007 Fishing Years for Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, & Maine Ocean Quahogs
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Click Below for Past Permit Holder Letters:
 The above PERMIT HOLDER LETTERS are listed, chronologically by month, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view and print the reports. The freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader is available by clicking here.
ADOBE ACROBAT READER MUST BE DOWNLOADED BEFORE ACCESSING ANY OF THE PERMIT HOLDER LETTERS. You only have to download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader once. Then it permanently resides on your computer's hard drive.
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"This information is provided by the NMFS Northeast Regional Office for the use and convenience of interested persons. The information available on this site may change over time. Official sources of information, such as the Federal Register, control in the event of any discrepancy appearing on NMFS Home Pages."
Last Updated:
January 12, 2007
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