Recent Announcements

• July 30, 2009 - Control date for potential use in determining historical or traditional participation in the skate bait fishery

Recent And Upcoming Actions

• Supplemental Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Request For Comments; Essential Fish Habitat Components of Fishery Management Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-year Review
  • E-Mail comments may be submitted to comments@nefmc.org
  • Written comments must be received on or before 5 pm EST, November 4, 2009
• Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking; Request For Comments; Notice of a Control Date for the Purpose of Limiting Entry to the Skate Bait Fishery; NE Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan
• Notification Of Determination Of Overfished And Overfishing Conditions; Fisheries Of The Northeast Region; Northeast Smooth Skate & Northeast Thorny Skate
  • Supporting Documents - Fish Stock Sustainability Index Score Quarterly
• Final Rule; Northeast Region Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Omnibus Amendment
  • Supporting Documents - EA/RIR/RFAA

FMP Permit Holder Letters (2003 & 2004)

• Regulations Clarified Under the NE Skate Complex FMP Concerning Which Species May Be Retained and Which Species Are Prohibited (08/22/07)
• Skate Clarification Permit Holder Letter (06/30/04)
• Original Skate FMP Permit Holder Letter (08/18/03)

Information Sheets

• Northeast Region Commercial Skate Fishery

Skate Identification Guides

• NMFS Skate Species Identification Guide
• SeaGrant/NEC Skates of the Western Gulf of Maine

Charts — Fishery Specific Charts

Forms - Permit Applications And Request Forms