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Northeast Regional Office
Permit Holder Letters & Announcements
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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
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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:
July 1, 2009
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