2020 Closure of the Closed Area I Access Area to the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fishery
Summary
The Closed Area I Access Area is closed to all Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) scallop vessels effective 0001 hours on September 13, 2020, and will remain closed for the remainder of the 2020 fishing year.
Regulations require this action once it is projected that 100 percent of the trip allocated to the LAGC IFQ fishery will be harvested.
Effective 0001 hr local time September 13, 2020 through March 31, 2021.