2002 NERO Permit Holder Letters
Permit Holder Letters
By E-Mail
Northeast Regional Office
One Blackburn Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
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December 2002
December 31, 2002 - 2003 Final Specifications for Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass Fisheries
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December 27, 2002 - 2003 Final Specifications for Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs & Maine Mahogany Quahogs Fisheries
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December 20, 2002 - Annual Restrictions for the Use of Gillnets with Larger than 8 Inch
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December 20, 2002 - 2002 Directed Loligo Squid Fishery Scheduled to Close on December 24, 2002
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December 19, 2002 - DAM Zone with Voluntary Restrictions on Lobster Trap/Pot & Anchored Gillnet Fishing Gear
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December 10, 2002 - 2002 Directed Fishery For Loligo Squid Will Remain Open After December 12, 2002
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December 6, 2002 - Connecticut Summer Flounder Fishery Scheduled to Reopen December 6, 2002
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December 5, 2002 - Anchored Gillnet & Lobster Trap Gear Restrictions DAM Zone Changed From Mandatory Restrictions To Voluntary Restrictions - Effective December 5, 2002, through December 19, 2002
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November 2002
November 29, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Establishes a DAM Zone with Temporary Restrictions on Lobster Trap/Pot & Anchored Gillnet Fishing Gear - Effective December 5, 2002, through December 19, 2002
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November 26, 2002 - Winter II Period Scup Fishery Scheduled to Close December 2, 2002
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November 22, 2002 - Management Area 1A Atlantic Herring Fishery Scheduled to Close December 1, 2002
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November 19, 2002 - Connecticut Summer Flounder Fishery Scheduled to Close November 20, 2002
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November 19, 2002 - 2002 Directed Loligo Squid Fishery Scheduled to Reopen December 2, 2002 Through December 12, 2002
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November 15, 2002 - Spiny Dogfish Fishery Scheduled to Close on November 21, 2002
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November 14, 2002 - New Boundaries for the Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery Exemption Area
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November 8, 2002 - Scientists & Fishermen Conduct Joint Survey for Surfclams & Ocean Quahogs
November 8, 2002 - American Lobster - Addendum I/Historical Participation
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November 5, 2002 - Sea Scallop Area Access Program - Extra Trips in Hudson Canyon & Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Access Areas
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November 5, 2002 - Tilefish Quota for the 2003 Fishing Year
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November 5, 2002 - Extension of Monkfish Emergency Measures
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November 4, 2002 - Black Sea Bass Fishery Scheduled to Close on November 20, 2002
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November 1, 2002 - Status Report of Northeast Region Actions - Prepared for the November 5-7, 2002, Meeting of the New England Fishery Management Council
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October 2002
October 25, 2002 - 2002 Directed Loligo Squid Fishery Scheduled to Close on November 2, 2002
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October 17, 2002 - Regulations Implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan for the Northern Inshore State Lobster Waters
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October 17, 2002 - Maine Mahogany Quahog Fishery Scheduled to Close October 24, 2002
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October 11, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Offers Rewards for Return of Black Sea Bass Tags
October 10, 2002 - New Regulations Implementing the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab FMP
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September 2002
September 30, 2002 - Confirmation of Permit History Application Deadline
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September 24, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Establishes Trawel Survey Website
September 23, 2002 - Closure of Scup Summer Period (May through October) Commercial Quota on October 5, 2002
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September 11, 2002 - NOAA Scientific Survey Gear on Albatross IV Inspected, Error in Rigging Found & Corrected,
Re-evaluation of data underway
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September 9, 2002 - New Control Date for the Atlantic Hagfish Fishery is August 28, 2002
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September 5, 2002 - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for American Lobster Management in the EEZ
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September 4, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Determines Atlantic White Marlin Does Not Warrant Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
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August 2002
August 30, 2002 - Closure of Tilefish Fishery for Part-time Permit Holders
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August 26, 2002 - Closure of Massachusetts Summer Flounder Commercial Fishery
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August 20, 2002 - Final 2002 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass Fisheries
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August 16, 2002 - New Monkfish Management Measures
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August 16, 2002 - CORRECTION to Early August "New Northeast Multispecies Regulations" Permit Holder Letter
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August 16, 2002 - Fisheries and Mariculture Revenues in Northeast Surpass $1.05 Billion
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August 13, 2002 - Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Vessel Permit Application
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August 12, 2002 - "Closure of Quarter 3 Directed Loligo Squid Fishery"
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August 6, 2002 - Status Report of Northeast Region Actions - Prepared for the August 6 - 8, 2002, Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
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August 1, 2002 - New Northeast Multispecies Regulations
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July 2002
July 31, 2002 - "Quarter 3 Black Sea Bass Fishery Closure Notice".
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July 31, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Announces New Multispecies Measures for Party/Charter and Recreational Vessels Effective August 1, 2002
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July 31, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Announces New Multispecies Measures Effective August 1, 2002
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July 3, 2002 - Suspension of Daily Haddock Limit
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July 3, 2002 -New Control Date for Atlantic Mackerel is July 5, 2002
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June 2002
June 27, 2002 - Framework 2 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish FMP Partially Approved
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June 27, 2002 - Period 1 (May-October) Spiny Dogfish Commercial Quota Closes July 1, 2002
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June 26, 2002 - Multispecies Settlement Agreement - Preliminary DAS Usage For Each Fishing Year From May 1, 1996 - April 30, 2001 (Draft Letter)
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June 26, 2002 - NMFS Implements Gear Restrictions in the Great South Channel Area to Protect High Concentrations of North Atlantic Right Whales
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June 17, 2002 - Commerce Secretary Evans Announces 2002 Regional Fishery Management Council Appointments
June 17, 2002 - Sea Turtle Conservation Measures for the Pound Net Fishery in Virginia Waters
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June 13, 2002 - New Multispecies Gillnet Tag Requirements - Trip Gillnet Tag Order Form
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June 11, 2002 - 2002 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
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June 11, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries Alerts Fishermen & Mariners to Right Whale Aggregation
May 2002
May 31, 2002 - Closure of the Quarter 2 Black Sea Bass Fishery
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May 31, 2002 - NOAA Fisheries announces groundfish measures beginning June 1, 2002
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May 24, 2002 - Closure of the Quarter II Loligo Squid Fishery
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May 23, 2002 - Press Release - Judge Accepts Settlement Agreement
Judge Gladys Kessler's Order
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Settlement Agreement
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May 23, 2002 - Proposed 2002 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass; EA & PREE
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May 17, 2002 - Emergency Rule to Temporarily Amend the Monkfish FMP - EA & RIR
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May 17, 2002 - Press Release - NOAA Fisheries Reopens Directed Monkfish Fishery
May 17, 2002 - Permit Holder Letter - Directed Monkfish Fishery Reopens
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May 6, 2002 - Notice to Black Sea Bass Charter/party Permit Holders
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May 3, 2002 - 2002 Spiny Dogfish Commercial Quota and Trip Limits
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May 1, 2002 - Important Groundfish and Right Whale Information
April 2002
1. NOAA Fisheries Makes Required Filings in Groundfish Lawsuit
2. NOAA Fisheries Supports Groundfish Settlement Agreement
3. Framework 1 to the Monkfish FMP - EA, EFHA, PREE, & IRFA
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4. NOAA Fisheries Announces Groundfish Measures for 2002 Fishing Year
5. Groundfish Measures for 2002 Fishing Year - Environmental Assessment and RIR
2MB File
6. Lobster Pot/Trap and Anchored Gillnet Restrictions to Protect Right Whales
7. NOAA Fisheries Annouces Additional Groundfish Measures for 2002 Fishing Year
8. Groundfish Measure for 2002 Fishing Year
March 2002
1. Lobster Trap Tag Program Information and Instructions for the 2002-2003 Fishing Year
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2. Proposed 2002 Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery - EA, EFHA, PREE, & IRFA
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3. NOAA Fisheries' Scientists Re-examine Northeast Groundfish Biological Production & Rebuilding
4. NOAA Fisheries Completes Groundfish Permit Buy-Out
5. Proposed 2002 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery - EA, RIR, IRFA & EFHA
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February 2002
1. Delay of Year-4 Management Measures for Small-Mesh Multispecies
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2. Status Report of Northeast Region Actions for the February 26 - 27, 2002, New England Fishery Management Council Meeting
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3. 2002 Hudson Canyon and Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Area Access Program
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4. Winter I Scup Possession Limit Change - From 10,000 lb to 1,000 lb
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5. Reinstatement of 5,000 lb Per DAS Haddock Landing Limit
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January 2002
1. American Lobster Fishery Proposed Rule
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2. Deep Sea Red Crab Fishery Closure
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3. 2002 Final Specifications for Surf Clams, Ocean Quahogs, & Maine Mahogany Quahogs Fisheries
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4. 2002 Final Specifications for Atlantic Herring Fisheries, Framework 1 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan, & Clarification to Existing Regulations Regarding Reporting Requirements
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5. 2002 Final Specifications for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries
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