NOAA Fisheries Announces Proposed Measures
to Modify Atlantic Mackerel In-Season Closure Provisions
Today, NOAA
Fisheries published the proposed rule for Framework Adjustment 12 to the
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish, Fishery Management Plan.This action proposes to allow a small
incidental catch (5,000 lb) of Atlantic mackerel to continue after 100 percent
of the domestic annual harvest is caught instead of prohibiting the possession
of Atlantic mackerel for the rest of the year.
For more details, please read the rule as
filed in the Federal Register.
Comments on this rule must be received by 10/19/2018.
To submit comments, please use the federal e-rulemaking portal, or send comments by regular mail to Michael Pentony, Regional Administrator, NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA, 01930. Please mark the outside of the envelope, "Comments on the Proposed Rule for Mackerel Framework 12."
Questions?
Fishermen: Alyson Pitts, Sustainable
Fisheries Division, 978-281-9352
Media: Jennifer Goebel, Regional Office, 978-281-9175
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