Recent Announcements

• February 8, 2012 - Full-Time Limited Access Scallop Vessels - Scallop Access Area Trip Assignments For Fishing Year 2012
• December 14, 2011 - Closed Area I Sea Scallop Access Area Coordinates
• November 28, 2011 - Red Tide/Shellfish Closure Extension Through December 31, 2012
• 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
• 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 19, 2011 - 2011 Measures Applicable to Commercial Fishing Vessels Issued a Limited Access General Category Scallop Permit
• March 3, 2011 - Revisions to the Interactive Voice Response (lVR) Call-In System
• February 24, 2011 - FY 2011 Scallop Access Area Trip Assignments Proposed by the New England Fishery Management Council in Framework 22 to the Scallop FMP
• 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
• 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
• December 10, 2010 - Delmarva Observer Set-Aside Compensation Reduction for Scallop Limited Access and Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Vessels

Recent And Upcoming Actions

• Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 23
  • E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2011-0255 via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
  • Comments must be received by 5 p.m., local time, on January 18, 2012
  • Supporting Documents - EA/IRFA & Appendix 1, Appendix 2, & Appendix 3
• Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Extension Of Effective Period; Request For Comments; Extension of Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin that Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)
• Temporary Rule; Closure of the Hudson Canyon Access Area to General Category Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels
• Final Rule; Amendment 15 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan
• Final Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 22
• Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Nantucket Lightship Access Area
• Temporary Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Delmarva Scallop Access Area to Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Scallop Vessels
• Correcting Amendments; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 21
• Final Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 21

Programs

• Sea Scallop Fishery Monitoring (Scallop IFQ Program)
• Scallop Fishery Statistics
• Vessel Monitoring System

Vessel Allocations

• List of Vessel Allocations for Closed Area I and Closed Area II Access Areas -- 2011

Information Sheets

• Commonly Asked Questions About 2011 Scallop Regulations
• Sea Scallop Gear Requirements
• Sea Scallop IFQ Cost Recovery Program
• Sea Scallop LAGC Permit Requirements (Coming Soon)
• Sea Scallop Voluntary IFQ Sector Program
• Sea Scallop LAGC IFQ Transfer Requirements (Coming Soon)
• Sea Scallop Observer Program (Coming Soon)
• Sea Scallop LAGC VMS Requirements (Coming Soon)
• New Opportunities for Permits in Confirmation of Permit History (CPH)

Charts — Fishery Specific Charts

Forms

• Scallop Trip Exchange Form
• Scallop Broken Trip Adjustment Form
• Other Permit Applications And Request Forms

FishWatch - U.S. Seafood Facts

• Atlantic Sea Scallop