NOAA Fisheries Allocates
Annual Catch Entitlements for 17 of 19 Groundfish Sectors for Fishing Year 2018
NOAA Fisheries is
allocating 2018 quotas to 17 of 19 groundfish sectors based on catch limits approved
in Framework 57 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.
We are not allocating quota to Northeast
Fishery Sectors 7 and 9, as we are still reviewing changes to their sector
rosters for fishing year 2018, including related operational and overage
payback issues.
We are also approving a
new regulatory exemption that allows Day gillnet sector vessels to fish up to
150 gillnets in the Gulf of Maine if at least 50 of those nets are 10-inch or
larger mesh and fished east of 70 degrees West longitude. Sectors requested
this exemption to allow sector vessels to better target monkfish while on
sector trips.
Read the final rule as
filed in the Federal Register.
Questions?
Fishermen, contact
Kyle Molton, Regional Office, at 978-281-9236.
Media, Contact
Jennifer Goebel, Regional Office, at 978-281-9175.
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