Industry Funded Scallop Reports for the Northeast
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The primary Atlantic sea scallop fishery operates along the Atlantic coast from the Mid-Atlantic to the US/Canada border. The scallop fishery uses predominantly paired or single scallop dredges throughout the entire range of the fishery. To a lesser extent, and mainly in the Mid-Atlantic region, the scallop fishery uses trawl gear. Most vessels land scallops as shucked meats (the adductor muscle) but some vessels also land whole (in-shell) scallops. U.S. wild-caught Atlantic sea scallop is a smart seafood choice because it is sustainably managed and responsibly harvested under U.S. regulations. Implementing regulations are found at 50 CFR part 648 subpart D.
Above target population level.
At recommended level.
Area closures and gear restrictions protect habitat that are affected by some kinds of trawl and dredge gear.
Regulations are in place to minimize bycatch.
Atlantic sea scallops may only be harvested from federal waters by vessels issued a federal scallop permit.
Overfishing Limit |
56,186 mt (123,868,900 lb) |
---|---|
Acceptable Biological Catch/ACL (discards removed) |
45,414 mt (100,120,700 lb) |
Incidental Catch |
23 mt (50,706 lb) |
Northern Gulf of Maine Overall TAC |
93 mt (205,000 lb) |
Northern Gulf of Maine Limited Access TAC |
158.8 mt (350,000 lb) |
Northern Gulf of Maine LAGC TAC |
93.6 mt (206,282 lb) |
Research Set-Aside (RSA) |
567 mt (1,250,000 lb) |
Observer Set-Aside |
454 mt (1,000,899 lb) |
ACL for fishery |
44,370 mt (97,819,110 lb) |
Limited Access ACL |
41,930 mt (92,468,490 lb) |
LAGC Total ACL |
2,440 mt (5,379,279 lb) |
LAGC IFQ ACL (5% of ACL) |
2,219 mt (4,892,058 lb) |
Limited Access with LAGC IFQ ACL (0.5% of ACL) |
222 mt (489,426 lb) |
Limited Access ACT |
37,819 mt (83,376,620 lb) |
APL |
22,370 mt (49,317,410 lb) |
Limited Access Projected Landings (94.5% of APL) |
21,140 mt (46,605,720 lb) |
Total IFQ Annual Allocation (5.5% of APL) |
1,230 mt (2,711,686 lb) |
LAGC IFQ Annual Allocation (5% of APL) |
1,119 mt (2,466,973 lb) |
Limited Access with LAGC IFQ Annual Allocation (0.5% of APL) |
112 mt (246,918 lb) |
Quotas for Atlantic sea scallop fishery change every year or every two years. If specifications are not in place at the start of a fishing year, default specifications will go into place.
The minimum shell height for in-shell scallops that may be landed or possessed at or after landing is 3.5 inches (8.9 cm). Shell height is a straight line measurement from the hinge to the part of the shell that is farthest away from the hinge.
There is no maximum scallop size.
Scallop possession limits vary by permit, area, and year.
To see the Limited Access scallop vessel allocations for the 2020 fishing year, read the March 30, 2020 bulletin.
To see the Limited Access General Category scallop vessel allocations for 2019 fishing year, read the March 30, 2020 bulletin. Download the spreadsheet of 2020 LAGC allocations.
Vessels may exchange unharvested scallop pounds allocated into one access area for another vessel's unharvested scallop pounds allocated into another access area. These exchanges may only be made for the amount of the current trip possession limit (full-time: 18,000-lb and part-time: 17,000 lb).
In addition, these exchanges may be made only between vessels with the same permit category: A full-time vessel may not exchange allocations with a part-time vessel, and vice versa.
2016 Annual Report (June 2017)
LAGC vessels are prohibited from landing Northeast multispecies, unless they are on a declared Northeast multispecies trip (i.e., they cannot be on a declared IFQ trip and retain Northeast multispecies).
Unless otherwise prohibited, limited access scallop vessels also issued a valid Northeast multispecies permit, that have declared into a trip and fishing within the Sea Scallop Access Areas may possess and land, per trip, up to a maximum of 1,000 lb of all New England multispecies combined.
Additional restrictions for Atlantic cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder are listed below:
Atlantic cod: Vessels may possess up to 100 lb (45.4 kg) of Atlantic cod per trip, provided such fish is intended for personal use only and cannot be not sold, traded, or bartered
Haddock: Vessels may possess and land haddock up to the overall possession limit of all Northeast multispecies combined, except that vessels are prohibited from possessing or landing haddock from January 1 through June 30
Yellowtail Flounder: Vessels are prohibited from possessing yellowtail flounder
Unless otherwise prohibited, limited access scallop vessels also issued a valid Northeast multispecies permit, that have declared into the scallop DAS program may possess and land, per trip:
Northeast Multispecies: A maximum of 300 lb of all Northeast multispecies combined
Yellowtail Flounder: Vessels are prohibited from possessing yellowtail flounder
For LA vessels while on a Scallop DAS or in the Sea Scallop Access Area Program have the following limits:
Areas: NFMA & SFMA
Gear: All Gear
Landing Limit (tail weight per DAS): 300 lb (873 lb whole weight)
Scallop Dredge Exemption Areas: 50 lb (tail weight) per trip
West of 72’30’’ (i.e., in the Mid-Atlantic exemption area): LAGC vessels may use trawls or dredges, and the monkfish possession limit depends on gear size.
When using mesh size equal to or larger than 5.5” diamond/6” square in body, extensions, and codend – 5% of the total weight of fish on board, up to 450 lb trip
When using mesh size smaller than 5.5” diamond/6” square in body, extensions, and codend – 50 lb per day, up to 150 lb per trip
Maximum Fish Size: None
All vessels issued a federal scallop permit are required to have an active VMS unit and must use their VMS unit to declare all vessel activity including fishing trips and transiting.
Limited Access (LA) Vessels: Call for both Open Area and Access Area trips. 72 hours notice before the intended sail date is required and notice should be no more than 10 days prior to sail date.
LA General Category Vessels: Call for both Open Area and Access Area trips. Notify weekly by Thursday if you expect to make any trips from Sunday through Saturday of the following week.
Review the Industry-Funded Scallop Observer Program Call-In Guide.
A vessel trip report (VTR) must be received by NOAA Fisheries or postmarked within 15 days after the end of the reporting month. For vessels that also hold a Northeast multispecies permit, VTRs must be submitted weekly by Tuesday of the week after the fishing trip ends.
Copies of VTRs must be retained on board the vessel for one year after the date of the last entry on the log and otherwise retained for three years after the date of the last entry on the log.
If no fishing activity took place during a reporting period (week or month), then a VTR must be submitted stating that no fishing trips were taken.
Read the VTR Instructions.
Scallop vessels may be required to submit two catch reports through VMS. Read the instructions for completing VMS forms.
The first form is required by all LA and LAGC vessels that are fishing for, possessing, or retaining scallops, and not also fishing under a Northeast multispecies DAS or sector allocation. The form, often referred to as the scallop catch report, is used to monitor scallop and yellowtail flounder catch on scallop trips.
These reports must be submitted in 24-hour intervals for each day of fishing that begins at 0000 hours and ends at 2400 hours. The reports must be submitted before 9 a.m. each day for the previous day’s catch. The reports include:
Fishing Vessel Trip Report logbook page number;
Total pounds of scallop meats kept;
Total pounds of all other fish kept.
The second report you may need to submit is the Scallop Pre-Landing Notification Form, which is required under the following four circumstances:
When on a declared limited access trip;
When on a declared limited access general category (LAGC) trip; or
When a vessel with an LAGC or Northern Gulf of Maine scallop permit is on a declared trip outside the scallop fishery when scallops are kept.
(This includes limited access vessels that are also issued IFQ or NGOM permits when landing scallops and not on a declared scallop day-at-sea or on an access area trip allocated through their full-time, part-time, or occasional permits.)
The pre-landing notification form must be submitted at least 6 hours before landing scallops, and before crossing the VMS demarcation line. If your scallop harvesting ends less than 6 hours before landing, then the report is to be sent immediately upon leaving the fishing grounds.
This form serves two important purposes: (1) To support timely monitoring and attribution of scallop landings to vessel permits; and (2) to notify NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement of where vessel operators plan to land scallops.
Please contact the Northeast VMS Team with questions.
Limited Access vessels (excluding vessels in the Small Dredge Program) may not use a dredge(s) with a combined dredge width of more than 31 ft. Limited Access vessels enrolled in the Small Dredge Program may only fish with one dredge, and the dredge width may not exceed 10.5 ft.
LAGC vessels may fish with a maximum combined dredge width of 10.5 ft, measured at the widest point in the bail of the dredge. The only exception is for LAGC vessels fishing in the Mid-Atlantic Exemption Area, where vessels may use dredge gear with a combined dredge width of no more than 31 ft.
The mesh size of any material on the top of any scallop dredge (twine top) may not be smaller than 10-inch square or diamond mesh.
The ring size in any scallop dredge possessed or used by scallop vessels may not be smaller than 4 inches.
No more than double links between rings may be used in or on all parts of the dredge bag, except the dredge bottom. No more than triple linking shall be used in or on the dredge bottom portion and the diamonds.
Damaged links that are connected to only one ring, i.e., “hangers,” are allowed if they occur between two links that both couple the same two rings. Dredge rings may not be attached via links to more than four adjacent rings. Thus, dredge rings must be rigged in a configuration such that, when a series of adjacent rings are held horizontally, the neighboring rings form a pattern of horizontal rows and vertical columns.
No material, device, or link configuration may be used if it results in obstructing the release of scallops that would have passed through a legal sized and configured net and dredge. No chafing gear or cookies may be used on the top of the dredge.
All limited access and LAGC IFQ vessels that are fishing for scallops must have no more than seven rows in the apron between the twine top and the clubstick, year-round and in all areas. This is intended to further reduce flatfish bycatch.
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
CAIA1 |
41°30′ |
68°30′ |
CAIA2 |
40°58′ |
68°30′ |
CAIA3 |
40°54.95′ |
68°53.37′ |
CAIA4 |
41°04′ |
69°01′ |
CAIA5 |
41°30′ |
69°23′ |
CAIA1 |
41°30′ |
68°30′ |
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
MAA1 |
39°30′ |
73°10′ |
MAA2 |
39°30′ |
72°30′ |
MAA3 |
38°30′ |
73°30' |
MAA4 |
38°10′ |
73°30' |
MAA5 |
38°10′ |
74°20′ |
MAA6 |
38°50′ |
74°20′ |
MAA7 |
38°50′ |
73°42′ |
MAA1 |
39°30′ |
73°10′ |
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
NLSN1 |
40°50′ |
69°30′ |
NLSN2 |
40°50′ |
69°00′ |
NLSN3 |
40°28′ |
69°00′ |
NLSN4 |
40°28′ |
69°30′ |
NLSN1 |
40°50′ |
69°30′ |
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
NLSSD1 |
40°22′ |
69°30′ |
NLSSD2 |
40°15′ |
69°30′ |
NLSSD3 |
40°15′ |
69°00′ |
NLSSD4 |
40°28′ |
69°00′ |
NLSSD5 |
40°28′ |
69°17′ |
NLSSD1 |
40°22′ |
69°30′ |
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
Note |
CAIIA1 |
41°30′ |
67°20′ |
|
CAIIA2 |
41°11′ |
67°20′ |
|
CAIIA3 |
41°11′ |
66°41′ |
|
CAIIA4 |
41°00′ |
66°41′ |
|
CAIIA5 |
41°00′ |
(1) |
(2) |
CAIIA6 |
41°30′ |
(3) |
(2) |
CAIIA1 |
41°30′ |
67°20′ |
1 The intersection of 41°00′ N. lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 41°00′ N. lat. and 66°09.33′ W. long.
2 From Point CAIIA5 connected to Point CAIIA6 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary.
3 The intersection of 41°30′ N. lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 41°30′ N. lat., 66°34.73′ W. long.
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
Note |
CAIISWE1 |
41°11′ |
67°20′ |
|
CAIISWE2 |
41°11′ |
66°41′ |
|
CAIISWE3 |
41°0′ |
66°41′ |
|
CAIISWE4 |
41°0′ |
(1) |
(2) |
CAIISWE5 |
40°40′ |
(3) |
(2) |
CAIISWE6 |
40°40′ |
67°20′ |
|
CAIISWE1 |
41°11′ |
67°20′ |
|
1 The intersection of 41°0′ N. lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 41°0′ N. lat. and 66°09.33′ W. long.
2 From Point CAIISWE 4 connected to Point CAIISWE5 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary.
3 The intersection of 40°40′ N. lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 40°40′ N. lat. and 65°52.61′ W. long.
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
NLST1 |
40°28′ |
69°30′ |
NLST2 |
40°28′ |
69°17′ |
NLST3 |
40°22′ |
69°30′ |
NLST1 |
40°28′ |
69°30′ |
Point |
N latitude |
W longitude |
SB1 |
42°26′ |
70°27′ |
SB2 |
42°26′ |
70°15′ |
SB3 |
42°20′ |
70°15′ |
SB4 |
42°20′ |
70°27′ |
SB1 |
42°26′ |
70°27′ |
Point |
N. Latitude |
W. Longitude |
---|---|---|
NGOM1 |
42°20' |
Massachusetts Shoreline |
NGOM2 |
42°20' |
69°40' |
NGOM3 |
42°49.5' |
69°40' |
NGOM4 |
43°12' |
69°00' |
NGOM5 |
43°41' |
68°00' |
G2 |
43°58' |
67°22' |
G1 |
Northward along the irregular U.S.-Canada maritime boundary to the shoreline |
Northward along the irregular U.S.-Canada maritime boundary to the shoreline |
Point |
N. Latitude |
W. Longitude |
---|---|---|
SM1 |
41°35′ |
70°00′ |
SM2 |
41°35′ |
69°40′ |
SM3 |
42°49.5′ |
69°40′ |
SM4 |
43°12′ |
69°00′ |
SM5 |
43°41′ |
68°00′ |
SM6 |
43°58′ |
67°22′ |
SM7 |
Northward along the irregular U.S.-Canada maritime boundary to the shoreline |
Northward along the irregular U.S.-Canada maritime boundary to the shoreline |
Point |
N. Latitude |
W. Longitude |
---|---|---|
GSC 1 |
42°06′ |
69°40′ |
GSC 2 |
41°30′ |
69°10′ |
GSC 3 |
41°30′ |
69°23′ |
GSC 4 |
40°50′ |
68°49.2′ |
GSC 5 |
40°50′ |
69°29.46′ |
GSC 6 |
41°10′ |
69°50′ |
GSC 7 |
41°10′ |
70°00′ |
GSC 8 |
41°35′ |
70°00′ |
GSC 9 |
41°35′ |
69°40′ |
Bounded on the west, south and east by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated:
Point |
N. Latitude |
W. Longitude |
---|---|---|
Sc1 |
South facing shoreline of Long Island, NY |
72°30′ |
Sc2 |
40°00′ |
72°30′ |
Sc3 |
40°00′ |
71°40′ |
Sc4 |
39°50′ |
71°40′ |
Sc5 |
39°50′ |
70°00′ |
Sc6 |
South facing shoreline of Nantucket, MA |
70°00′ |
Sc7 |
North facing shoreline of Nantucket, MA |
70°00′ |
Sc8 |
South facing shoreline of Cape Cod, MA |
70°00′ |
Bounded on the northwest by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated:
Point |
N. Latitude |
W. Longitude |
---|---|---|
Sc9 |
41°00′ |
East facing shoreline of the south fork of Long Island, NY |
Sc10 |
41°00′ |
71°40′ |
Sc11 |
South facing shoreline of RI |
71°40′ |
This area is bounded on the east by the western boundary of the Southern New England Dredge Exemption area, as described above.
Point |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Note |
---|---|---|---|
GBAM1 |
41°30’ N |
67°20’ W |
|
GBAM2 |
41°30’ N |
The intersection of 41°30′ N. lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately 41°30′ N. lat., 66°34.73′ W. long. |
From Point GBAM2 connected to Point GBAM3 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary. |
GBAM3 |
40°30’ N |
The intersection of 40°30′ N. lat. and the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary, approximately, 65°44.34′ W. long. |
From Point GBAM2 connected to Point GBAM3 along the U.S.-Canada Maritime Boundary. |
GBAM4 |
40°30’ N |
67°20’ W |
|
GBAM1 |
41°30’ N |
67°20’ W |
All waters west of 71° W. Long.
Under the industry-funded observer program, if a vessel is selected to carry an observer, the vessel is responsible to pay for that observer on that trip. In order to help defray the cost to vessel owners for this observer coverage, one percent of the ABC/ACL is set aside as the Observer Set-Aside. This set-aside is then distributed to vessels that carry observers.
LA vessels either receive additional pounds in access areas or DAS in open areas, and LAGC IFQ vessels receive additional pounds attributed to their IFQ allocations.
The industry-funded observer program was first used when scallop vessels gained access into portions of groundfish closed areas under Joint Framework Adjustments 11 and 39 to the Scallop and Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plans (FMPs), respectively. The set-aside program was expanded in Amendment 10 to the Scallop FMP to include other access areas and open areas. Since its beginning, the industry-funded observer program has applied to LA vessels, and more recently LAGC IFQ vessels were incorporated into the program. The industry-funded observer program has enabled higher observer rates in the scallop fishery compared to other fisheries in the region.
The observer compensation rates refer to the amount of additional pounds of scallops, or scallop DAS for LA vessels on open area trips, that will be allotted to vessels that are selected to carry observers.
Using the one-percent observer set-aside described above, as well as information on expected trip lengths, trip costs, landings-per-unit effort, and expected scallop prices, NOAA Fisheries selects compensation rates that are expected to provide sufficient compensation for the observer fee, while also providing sufficient observer coverage based on anticipated coverage levels needed for a given fishing year.
NOAA Fisheries monitors the compensation rates and the observer set-aside use in each area very closely throughout the year. If information suggests that a different rate is necessary to account for unexpected fishery conditions, we will change the compensation rate as appropriate and necessary.
The Atlantic sea scallop fishery consists of two primary fleets, the Limited Access (LA) fleet, and the Limited Access General Category (LAGC) fleet, which are managed differently.
The LA fleet is managed with days-at-sea (DAS) – a number of days that can be fished per year –and an access area rotation program.
The New England Fishery Management Council established the access area rotational program to promote optimal yield in the fishery. Under the rotation program, the Council closes areas with large concentrations of fast-growing, small scallops before the scallops are exposed to fishing. Scallops grow fastest when they are very small and protection of these small scallops through area closures is critical in the rotational management of the scallop resource.
After a period of closure, and after evaluation according to the criteria and procedures established in the Fishery Management Plan, the areas will re-open for scallop fishing, when the scallops are larger and more suitable for harvest. This process boosts scallop meat yield and yield per recruit. When the areas are open for access (i.e., “access areas”), vessels are allocated a number of trips with corresponding trip limits that they may use in those dedicated access areas. Once the high concentrations of scallops in an access area have been fished down, the Council may decide to close the area again if it appears that the resource will rebound in a few years after protecting any small scallops that may be there, or the Council could convert the area back to an “open area”.Open areas are where LA vessels fish for scallops under DAS allocations.
The primary component of the LAGC fleet is vessels with Individual Fishing Quotas. These vessels are allocated a yearly quota that may be leased or permanently transferred among the LACG fleet and may be fished throughout the fishing year. Although vessels are allocated a number of fleet-wide trips into the scallop access areas (landings from these trips are still applied against their quotas), most of the scallop fishing by LAGC vessels occurs in open areas.
LAGC vessels are required to fish in specific areas within the open areas. These areas are the Gulf of Maine, Southern New England, and Great South Channel Scallop Dredge Exemption Areas, and the Mid-Atlantic Exemption Area.
Sea scallops are primarily landed as shucked meats which are graded by the number of meats per pound. Example: 20-30, 10-20, or U10 (less than 10 meats per pound). There is also a limited market for live, unshucked scallops.
The Atlantic sea scallop fishery is the largest and most valuable wild scallop fishery in the world. For the latest information on landings, please check our Fisheries Economics of the U.S. reports.
Massachusetts and New Jersey are responsible for the majority of the U.S. harvest. The three primary ports are New Bedford, Massachusetts, Cape May, New Jersey, and Norfolk, Virginia.
The New England Fishery Management Council and NOAA Fisheries manage the scallop fishery in federal waters under the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan.
The scallop fishery operates year-round.
The fishing year for management measures is April 1 to March 30.
The LA fishery is managed by open access areas and days-at-sea, while the LACG fishery operates under a quota system.
Note: The Northern Gulf of Maine management area is managed separately from the rest of the Atlantic sea scallop stock.
1982 – Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan implemented, requiring that harvestable scallops meet a minimum weight requirement
1994 – NOAA Fisheries closes areas on Georges Bank and Nantucket shoals to groundfish and scallop fishing
1994 – Moratorium on scallop permits implemented; limits on "days-at-sea" to reduce fishing effort and a limit on crew size are initiated; protocol for collecting commercial fishing data for Northeast U.S. fisheries is changed; increase in dredge ring size from 3.0 to 3.5 inches is required by 1996; open access "general category" scallop permits created to allow small-scale scalloping and incidental catch of scallops in other fisheries
1997 – Scallops are declared overfished
1998 – More stringent "days-at-sea" limitation and a plan to rebuild stocks within 10 years are established; maximum crew size capped at seven; vessel monitoring systems are required on limited access scallop vessels
1998-2001 – Managers close extensive areas in Mid-Atlantic Bight region to scallop fishing
1999-2001 – First limited re-openings of closed area on Georges Bank
2001 – Mid-Atlantic biomass continues to increase as a result of above-average recruitment coupled with better size selection by the fishery and gear; Mid-Atlantic areas closed since 1998 reopen to controlled fishing
2004 – Area rotation management program implemented (rotating open and closed areas to maximize scallop yield); a new rotational area (the "Elephant Trunk" area) is closed to fishing for 3 years; dredge ring size is further increased to 4 inches; minimum mesh size for mesh on top of the dredge gear set at 10 inches to reduce flounder bycatch
2004 – Biomass peaks
2004-2006 – Limited portions of Georges Bank closed areas reopen to controlled fishing
2005 – Vessel monitoring systems required on open access general category vessels
2006 – Chain mats required in sea scallop dredges used in the Mid-Atlantic, May through November, to prevent sea turtles from entering gear
2007 – Industry-funded observer program continued through a total allowable catch and days-at-sea set-aside program to help vessel owners defray the cost of carrying observers (program is necessary to monitor bycatch of finfish and interactions with threatened and endangered species)
2007 – Elephant Trunk area reopens to fishing; a new rotational closure (Delmarva) is implemented
2008 – Limited access and individual quotas established for the general category fleet of scallop vessels; other important measures established to control fishing mortality and capacity in the general category scallop fishery
2008 – Researchers find high number of small seed scallops, or recruits, in the Great South Channel of Georges Bank and in other survey areas; numbers are the highest seen on Georges Bank since 2000 and the second highest in the Mid-Atlantic Bight since 1979, documenting the effectiveness of management rotating commercial fishery access to highly productive sea scallop areas while closing other areas to allow sea scallops to grow; very encouraging news for both the resource and the fishery during the next few years
2008 – The limited access general category (LAGC) scallop fishery is created and there is no longer an open access scallop permit. There are three categories of LAGC permits: Individual fishing quota (IFQ) permits, Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) permits, and incidental permits.
2010 – All IFQ permit appeals are completed; the IFQ program begins
2011 –Annual catch limit and accountability measure (AM) requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act are implemented, including a sub-ACL and AM for yellowtail flounder caught in the scallop fishery; scallop EFH closed areas are modified to be consistent with areas closed for EFH in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.
2012 – The Turtle Deflector Dredge (TDD) is approved (implemented in May 2013) and modifications to the yellowtail flounder AMs were implemented
This stock is not overfished, nor is overfishing occurring.
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