Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office Results
Approval of Revisions to Framework Adjustment 66 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements
This action adjusts the 2024 fishing year allocations to sectors and the common pool based on finalized rosters, reduces the 2023 Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod common pool sub-annual catch limit (sub-ACL) due to a 2023 overage, and announces sector carryover…
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Final 2025 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications
NOAA Fisheries is setting 2025 commercial harvest quotas for Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs. The final quotas, which have remained unchanged since 2004, are:Atlantic surfclams: 3.4 million bushelsOcean quahogs: 5.36 million bushelsMaine ocean…
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Proposed 2025 Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries is proposing the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s recommended 2025 summer flounder, scup, and bluefish specifications. These specifications are consistent with those adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries…
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