Illex Squid Directed Fishery Closes August 15
Effective at noon
on August 15, 2018, vessels are prohibited from fishing for or landing more
than 10,000 lb of Illex squid per
trip per calendar day in or from federal waters through December 31, 2018. Landings
information analyzed by NOAA Fisheries projects the Illex squid fishery will meet 95 percent of the annual quota for
the 2018 fishing year by August 15, 2018. NOAA Fisheries is closing the
directed fishery in federal waters through the end of the fishing year,
December 31, 2018.
If you have
started a trip prior to August 15, 2018, you may offload and sell more than
10,000 lb of Illex squid from that
trip, as long as the vessel entered port before 1200 hr on August 15, 2018.
For more
information, please read the notice as filed in the Federal Register this morning, and the permit holder bulletin
posted on our website.
Questions? Contact Alyson Pitts, Regional Office, at 978-281-9352
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