• Application to Shuck Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs at Sea
• 2009 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs (10/27/08)
• 2008–2010 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs (01/04/08)
• Allocation Transfer Form
• 2010 Allocations
  • Ocean Quahog
  • Atlantic Surfclam
• 2009 Allocations
  • Ocean Quahog
  • Atlantic Surfclam
• 2009 Ownership Concentration Reports
  • Ocean Quahog
  • Atlantic Surfclam
• 2008 ITQ Transfer Summaries
  • Ocean Quahog
  • Atlantic Surfclam
• Quota Harvest Reports

• Protocol for Onboard Screening and Dockside Testing for PSP Toxins in Molluscan Shellfish in Federally Closed Waters (November 2007)
  • Declaration Of Harvest – Protocol For Onboard Screening And Dockside Testing For PSP Toxins
  • Proposed Exemption Area for EFP Utilizing the PSP Dockside Monitoring Protocol
  • Massachusetts Mouse Bioassay Confirmation
  • FDA Letter To NOAA Fisheries
  • Seawatch EFP Application
  • New Jersey Letter of Support
  • Protocol for Onboard Screening and Dockside Testing for PSP Toxins in Molluscan Shellfish in Federally Closed Waters (December 2007)
  • Delaware Protocol Support
  • Priscilla Neves Letter
• NOAA Fisheries Service Red Tide Advisories
• Pilot-PSP Dockside Monitoring Study (coming soon)

• Final 2009 Quotas For Surfclams (SC), Ocean Quahogs (OQ), & Maine Ocean Quahogs.  Reminder Of Requirement For The Use Of A VMS For Atlantic Surfclam & Ocean Quahog ITQ Fishing Vessels Beginning On January 1, 2008. Reminder To All SC/OQ Permit Holders Of The Continued Area Closures Due To Environmental Degradation & The Toxin That Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. (10/23/08)
• Information on Management, Recent Actions, & Regulations
• Results from the 2004 Cooperative Survey of Atlantic Surfclams
• General Accounting Office ITQ Reports
  • INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTAS Management Costs Varied and Were Not Recovered as Required - March 2005
  • Review of the Atlantic Surfclam & Ocean Quahog ITQ Program - March 2004
  • INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTAS Methods for Community Protection and New Entry Require Periodic Evaluation - February 2004

Contact Timothy Cardiasmenos
(978) 281-9204
National Marine Fisheries Service
55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930-2276