Fisheries Charts

For fishery specific charts on management and recent actions as well as fisheries regulations, click on the links below.  Implementing regulations for these charts are listed under 50 CFR Part 648 and 50 CFR Part 697.

Golden Tilefish

• Effective November 1, 2009, Portions Of Norfolk, Veatch, Lydonia, And Oceanographer Canyons Are Close To All Bottom-tending Mobile Gear

Northeast Multispecies

• NE Multispecies Closed Areas and US/Canada Management Area
• NE Multispecies Regulated Mesh Areas
• NE Multispecies Exemption Areas
• NE Multispecies Gulf of Maine Rolling Closure Areas for Common Pool Vessels (excluding Handgear A permits)
• NE Multispecies Gulf of Maine Rolling Closure Areas for All Vessels (Common Pool and Sectors)
• NE Multispecies Georges Bank Month of May Closure

Monkfish

• Monkfish Fishery Management Areas
• Monkfish Offshore Area & Canyon Closure Areas

Atlantic Sea Scallop

• Scallop Dredge Exemption Areas, Access Areas, and Closed Areas
• Scallop Access Areas, Closed Areas and EFH Closed Areas
• Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

• Reopened Portion of the Georges Bank PSP Closed Area
• Temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Closure Area
• New England Closure Area
• Mid-Atlantic Closure Areas
  • New York Bight Dumpsite
• Georges Bank PSP Closure Area

Atlantic Herring

• Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Atlantic Herring Exemption Area
• Atlantic Herring Management Areas
• Modified Haddock Stock Areas
• Haddock Accountability Measure Areas

American Lobster

• Seven American Lobster Management Areas
• Restricted Gear Areas

General

• Essential Fish Habitat Closure Areas
• Northeast Region Statistical Areas
• Northeast Region 30-min Squares
• Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
• Northeast VMS Demarcation Line