• December 14, 2011 - Closed Area I Sea Scallop Access Area Coordinates
• November 10, 2011 - Closure of the Hudson Canyon Scallop Access Area for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet Effective November 12, 2011
• October 27, 2011 - Closed Area II Observer Set-Aside Compensation Reduction for Limited Access Scallop Vessels
• October 6, 2011 -  NOAA Proposes Changes to Vessel Replacement & Upgrade Provisions for Fishing Vessels Issued Limited Access Federal Fishery Permits
  • E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by NOAA-NMFS- 2011-0213 via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
  • Comments must be received on or before December 5, 2011
• August 29, 2011 - Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery Cost Recovery for the 2011 Fee Period
• July 20, 2011 - New Measures under Amendment 15  & Framework 22 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP
• May 26, 2011 - Emergency Scallop Fishery Measure to Keep Nantucket Lightship Access Area Closed for the 2011 Fishing Year
• April 20, 2011 - Changes To Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Requirements For Fishing Year 2011 (Thrane VMS)
• April 19, 2011 - 2011 Measures Applicable to Commercial Fishing Vessels Issued a Limited Access General Category Scallop Permit
• April 19, 2011 - Changes To Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Requirements For Fishing Year 2011 (Boatracs VMS)
• April 13, 2011 - Changes To Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Requirements For Fishing Year 2011 (SkyMate VMS)
• February 23, 2011 - Summary Sea Scallop Management Measures For Fishing Year March 1, 2011– February 29, 2012
• February 18, 2011 - Effective March 1, 2011 the following compensation rates apply for scallop vessels that carry an observer on scallop trips
• March 7, 2011 - NOAA Fisheries Service Announces a New Round the Clock Service Pre-Trip Notification System
• March 3, 2011 - Revisions to the Interactive Voice Response (lVR) Call-In System
• January 24, 2011 - Delmarva Scallop Access Area is closed to limited access general category individual fishing quota scaJlop vessels effective 0001 hours, on January 29, 2011
• January 20, 2011 - Compensation trip carry-over regulations, as they relate to the February 28, 2011, end of the scallop fishing year

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