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- December 23, 2009 - Additional Opportunity For Sectors To Add Eligible NE Multispecies Permits To Their Rosters As Well As An Opportunity For Permit Holders That Have Signed A Sector Contract To Change The Sector Affiliation Of Their Permit, For Fishing Year 2010
- December 23, 2009 - New England Fishery Management Council at its November 17-19, 2009, meeting voted to approve the groundfish Annual Catch Limits for fishing years 2010-2012
- December 21, 2009 - Final 2010 Specifications, Including Commercial Quotas And Possession Limits, And Recreational Harvest Limits, For The Summer Flounder (Fluke), Scup (Porgy), And Black Sea Bass Fisheries
- December 4, 2009 - Effective December 10, 2009, Atlantic Herring Management Area 2 Reopens To Directed Fishing
- December 1, 2009 - Effective December 9, 2009, Further Landings Of Scup By Vessels Holding Federal Scup Moratorium Permits Are Prohibited Through December 31, 2009
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- November 23, 2009 - Effective November 26, 2009, Vessels Issued Federal Permits For Atlantic Herring May Not Fish For, Catch, Possess, Or Land More Than 2,000 Pounds Of Atlantic Herring In Or From Area 1A Per Trip Or Calendar Day
- November 20, 2009 - Effective November 25, 2009, Fishing Vessels Issued A Federal Commercial Permit For The Bluefish Fishery May No Longer Land Bluefish In New Jersey For The Remainder Of The 2009 Calendar Year
- November 19, 2009 - Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery Will Re-Open On December 1, 2009, For Vessels Issued An Individual Fishing Quota Permit
- November 19, 2009 - Effective November 25, 2009, The Directed Fishery For Butterfish Is Closed And Vessels Issued Federal Permits For Butterfish May Not Retain Or Land More Than 600 Lb Of Butterfish Per Trip Or Per Calendar Day
- November 17, 2009 - Red Tide/Shellfish Closure Extension Through December 31, 2010
- November 17, 2009 - New Gear Restrictions Imposed to Prevent Overharvesting of Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder
- November 3, 2009 - Changes for Midwater Trawl Vessels Fishing in Groundfish Closed Area I (CORRECTED MAP IMAGE)
- November 3, 2009 - Correction to October 28, 2009, Permit Holder Letter Regarding Changes for Midwater Trawl Vessels Fishing in Groundfish Closed Area I
- November 2, 2009 - NOAA Fisheries Service Extends Deadline for 2011 Groundfish Data Corrections to December 31, 2009
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- October 30, 2009 - Potential Opportunities To Join A Multispecies Sector For 2010 Fishing Year
- October 28, 2009 - Changes for Midwater Trawl Vessels Fishing in Groundfish Closed Area I
- October 23, 2009 - 2010 Quotas (January 1- December 31, 2010) For Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, And Maine Ocean Quahogs Will Remain Unchanged From 2009
- October 22, 2009 - Annual Tilefish Quota For The 2010 Fishing Year (FY) (November 1, 2009-0ctober 31, 2010) Will Remain The Same As The FY 2009
- October 22, 2009 - Effective November 1, 2009, Portions Of Norfolk, Veatch, Lydonia, And Oceanographer Canyons Are Close To All Bottom-tending Mobile Gear
- October 16, 2009 - Effective November 1, 2009, New Tilefish Permit Requirements Will Go Into Effect That Require Your Vessel To Be Issued An Open Access Commercial Tilefish And/Or Open Access Charter/Party Permit In Order To Fish For, Possess, Or Land Tilefish In Or From The Exclusive Economic Zone
- October 5, 2009 - Effective October 8, 2009, Fishing Vessels Issued A Federal Moratorium Permit For The Scup Fishery May No Longer Land Scup For The Remainder Of The Summer Period (May Through October)
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- September 30, 2009 - Effective October 5, 2009, The Black Sea Bass Recreational Fishery Closes for 180 Days Due to Overharvest
- September 25, 2009 - Fourth Workshop On Sector Reporting In The Groundfish Fishery On October 14-15, 2009 At Our Northeast Regional Office
- September 22, 2009 - Effective September 26, 2009, The Fishery For Spiny Dogfish Is Closed
- September 14, 2009 - Modifications to the Chain Mat Regulations in the Sea Scallop Dredge Fishery
- September 10, 2009 - Effective September 15, 2009, the limited access general category scallop fishery is closed to individual fishing quota scallop vessels, including vessels issued Letters of Authorization fishing under appeal
- September 10, 2009 - Effective September 17, 2009, NE multispecies days-at-sea (DAS) vessels NE Multispecies DAS vessels are prohibited from using a flounder trawl net when fishing in the Eastern U.S./Canada Area (Area 2)
- September 9, 2009 - Adjustment to the 2009 Winter II commercial scup quota
- September 1, 2009 - 2009 Scallop Open Area Observer Days At Sea Set-Aside Has Been Fully Utilized. For Any Open Area Scallop Trip Departing After 0001 Hours, September 9, 2009, With An Observer On Board, The Vessel’s DAS Charge Will Not Be Reduced To Offset The Cost Of That Observer
- September 1, 2009 - NOAA Fisheries expects to provide increased at-sea monitoring for all segments of the NE multispecies fishery for the 2010 fishing year
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- August 25, 2009 - Effective September 1, 2009, the Massachusetts Summer Flounder Commercial Fishery Is Closed
- August 25, 2009 - Amendment 1 to the Golden Tilefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
- August 24, 2009 - Amendment 1 to the Golden Tilefish FMP Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Application Cover Letter
- August 21, 2009 - 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, 2009
- August 19, 2009 - Scallop Limited Access General Category TAC Fishery Reopens September 1, 2009
- August 18, 2009 - 2009 Scallop Observer Set-Aside TAC for Delmarva Access Area Fully Utilized
- August 3, 2009 - Closure Of The Trimester II Directed Loligo Squid Fishery on August 6, 2009
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- July 30, 2009 - Control date for potential use in determining historical or traditional participation in the skate bait fishery
- July 29, 2009 - Final measures to better protect the larger American lobsters and breeding females, and new measures to improve data collection
- July 27, 2009 - Deadline for Requesting Data Corrections for Potential Multispecies Sector Contributions for Fishing Year 2011
- July 27, 2009 - NMFS Expects To Be Able To Cover All Or At Least Most Of The Costs Of Dockside Monitors For The Northeast Multispecies Sector 2010 Fishing Year
- July 16, 2009 - Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery Is Closed To Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels, Including Vessels Issued Letters Of Authorization Fishing Under Appeal Effective July 19, 2009
- July 6, 2009 - The Possession Limit Of 5,000 Lb Per Trip For Georges Bank Winter Flounder Is No Longer In Effect, And There Is No Possession Limit For This Stock. Also, The Possession Limit For White Hake Is Increased From 1,000 Lb Per Days-At- Sea (DAS) To 2,000 Lb Per DAS. The Maximum Amount Of White Hake That May Be Retained Will Remain At 10,000 Lb Per Trip
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- June 25, 2009 - Closed Area II Access Area Is Closed To Scallop Vessels Effective June 29, 2009
- June 24, 2009 - Closing The Eastern U.S./Canada Area On June 26, 2009 To Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels For The Remainder Of The First Quarter Of The 2009 Fishing Year
- June 24, 2009 - Final 2009 Recreational Management Measures For The Summer Flounder, Scup, And Black Sea Bass Fisheries
- June 11, 2009 - Third Letter to Multispecies Permit Holders Detailing Their Potential Sector Contributions for Option 5 of the Proposed Amendment 16
- June 10, 2009 - Effective June 15, 2009, In The Closed Area II Sea Scallop Access Area Fishery, Vessels That Carry An Observer Are Authorized To Possess 200 lb Of Scallop Meats Per Day Over The Vessel’s Allowed Possession Limit For The Trip On Which The Observer Is Onboard
- June 3, 2009 - Reminder-Federal American Lobster Gear Configuration Requirements
- June 3, 2009 - Effective June 6, 2009, 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, 2009
- June 3, 2009 - Effective June 5, 2009, The Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Trip Limit Is Reduced From 5,000 lb Per Trip To 2,500 lb Per Trip For Limited Access NE Multispecies Days-At-Sea Vessels Fishing In The U.S./Canada Management Area
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- April 30, 2009 - Closing Of 2009 Observer Set-Aside Total Allowable Catch For The Elephant Trunk Access Area On May 5, 2009, To Scallop Vessels
- April 30, 2009 - 2009 Fishing Year (May 1, 2009 -April 30, 2010) Spiny Dogfish Specifications & Management Measures
- April 24, 2009 - NE Multispecies Gear Declaration Procedures Which Will Be in Place at the Start of the Fishing Year, May 1, 2009
- April 15, 2009 - Closing Of The Eastern U.S./Canada Area On April 16, 2009 To Limited Access NE Multispecies DAS Vessels For The Remainder Of The 2008 Fishing Year
- April 15, 2009 - Vessels Issued Federal Permits For Atlantic Herring May Not Fish For, Catch, Possess, Or Land More Than 2,000 Pounds Of Atlantic Herring In Or From Area 2 Per Trip Or Calendar Day
- April 8, 2009 - NOAA Commits $16 Million to Assist the Northeast Fishing Industry To Ease Transition to New Management of Groundfish
- April 6, 2009 - NOAA Announces Interim Rules to Reduce Overfishing and Rebuild Northeast Groundfish
- April 3, 2009 - New Vessel Trip Report (VTR) Gear Codes for Vessels Fishing with Trawl Gear
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- March 31, 2009 - Delmarva Scallop Access Area Is Closed To General Category Scallop Vessels On April 1, 2009
- March 25, 2009 - Update on Requests For Mutispecies Sector Data Summaries and Data Release For Calculation Of Mutispecies Sector Shares
- March 16, 2009 - Effective March 19, 2009, Fishing Vessels Issued A Federal Moratorium Permit For The Scup Fishery May Not Land More Than 1,000 lb Of Scup Per Trip For The Remainder Of The Winter I Period (Through April 30, 2009)
- March 10, 2009 - 2009 Atlantic Herring Specifications (This notice corrects the description of the allocation for Area 1B)
- March 6, 2009 - Reduction In The Target Total Allowable Catch & Associated Days-at-sea Allocations In The Atlantic Deep-sea Red Crab Fishery
- March 6, 2009 - Adjustment To Both The Eastern Georges Bank (GB) Cod Landing Limit And The GB Yellowtail Flounder Trip Limit For The Remainder Of The 2008 Fishing Year (through April 30, 2009)
- March 3, 2009 - 2009 American Lobster Trap Tag Program Instructions
- March 3, 2009 - 2009 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, And Butterfish Specifications And Management Measures
- March 1, 2009 - Updated Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Instructions for the Northeast Region
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- February 26, 2009 - List of Measures Currently In Effect Following the February 17, 2009, and February 23, 2009, Court Orders to Reinstate the NE Multispecies Regulations Implemented Under Framework Adjustment 42 to the NE Multispecies FMP, but Continue the Suspension of Differential DAS Counting
- February 17, 2009 - Multispecies Sectors Aggregate Landings Data Reports
- February 17, 2009 - Sea Scallop Management Measures For The Fishing Year March 1, 2009 – February 28, 2010
- February 13, 2009 - List Of Measures Not Impacted By The Court Order to Suspend The NE Multispecies Regulations Implemented Under Framework Adjustment 42 To The NE Multispecies FMP
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Last Updated:
June 15, 2010
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