2013 Northeast Region Bulletins (Permit Holder Letters)
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January
- 01/18/2013
- Reminder to Northeast Sink Gillnet Fisheries of Coastal Gulf of Maine Closure in February 2013
- 01/15/2013
- 2013 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Specifications
- 01/14/2013
- Atlantic mackerel fishery limited access program application deadline reminder
- 01/07/2013
- Clarification of the Turtle Deflector Dredge (TDD) Design Requirements
- 01/03/2013
- 2013 Commercial Quotas and Recreational Harvest Limits for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
February
- 02/25/2013
- Atlantic Herring Fishery Preliminary 2013 Specifications and Reduction in Area 1A Quota; Effective Date: March 27, 2013
- 02/20/2013
- NE Multispecies Vessels - Extension of the Day-At-Sea Leasing Deadline
- 02/14/2013
- NOAA Fisheries offers new option in SAFIS to receive correspondence by email
- 02/12/2013
- Northeast multispecies announcement of approved dockside and at-sea monitoring providers for 2013. Effective Date: May 1, 2013
- 02/11/2013
- Northeast Multispecies Common Pool Vessels Trip Limit Adjustments for Five Stocks - Effective Date: February 11, 2013, through April 30, 2013
- 02/11/2013
- Atlantic Sea Scallop Management Measures for Fishing Year 2013, Effective Date: March 1, 2013
- 02/07/2013
- Scallop Full-Time Vessel Access Area Trip Assignments for Fishing Year 2013 - Effective Date: March 1, 2013
- 02/04/2013
- Lobster Trap Tag Ordering Instructions for the 2013 Fishing Year (May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014)
March
- 03/19/2013
- FY 2013 Observer Set-Aside Compensation Rate for Full-Time Limited Access Scallop Vessels
- 03/05/2013
- Revisions to the Butterfish Mortality Cap Allocation and Butterfish Mortality Cap Methodology; Effective Date: March 5, 2013
- 03/01/2013
- NOAA Fisheries Approves Groundfish Sector Trawl Vessel Exemption to Target Redfish with 4.5” Codend Mesh. Effective Date: February 28, 2013
April
- 04/30/2013
- Multispecies sector operations plans interim final rule partially approves operations plans and grants 23 regulatory exemptions for 17 fishing sectors for fishing year 2013
- 04/30/2013
- Framework 48 contains measures to enhance fishing opportunities for groundfish vessels to mitigate potential negative economic impacts from reductions in catch limits for 2013
- 04/30/2013
- Framework 50 implements catch limits for groundfish stocks for 2013 through 2015, as well as catch limits for the U.S./Canada stocks for 2013
- 04/30/2013
- Final 2013-2015 Fishery Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- 04/16/2013
- Limited Access Monkfish Permit Category C and D Vessels; Trip Limit Suspension in the Northern Fishery Management Area; Effective Date: May 1, 2013
- 04/05/2013
- Multispecies Amendment 19; Updated management measures for the small-mesh multispecies (or whiting) fishery
- 04/04/2013
- Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Area 2 Closure; Herring Catch Limited To 2,000 Lb Per Trip/Day; Effective Date: April 7, 2013
May
- 05/16/2013
- Fishery Management Action Team Meeting Notice on Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology
- 05/16/2013
- Establishment of a Control Date in the Longfin squid fishery; Effective Date: May 16, 2013
- 05/08/2013
- Scallop 2013 Fishing Year Allocations Information Sheet
- 05/08/2013
- Yellowtail Flounder Accountability Measures in the Scallop Fishery Fact Sheet
- 05/08/2013
- Updated Full-Time Vessel Atlantic Scallop Access Area Trip Assignments for Fishing Year 2013. Effective Date: May 20, 2013
- 05/08/2013
- New Framework 24 Management Measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Limited Access General Category Vessels and Updated Allocations for the Remainder of the 2013 Fishing Year. Effective Date: May 20, 2013
- 05/08/2013
- Updated Allocations for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Limited Access Vessels for the Remainder of the 2013 Fishing Year. Effective Date: May 20, 2013
- 05/06/2013
- New Spiny Dogfish Exemption Areas East and West of Cape Cod
- 05/06/2013
- Atlantic Bluefish 2013 and 2014 Final Specifications
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