Effective through March 31, 2025
In accordance with the New England Fishery Management Council’s Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan, NOAA Fisheries is closing the Area I, Area II, and New York Bight Scallop Access Areas to all federally permitted limited access general category individual fishing quota (LAGC IFQ) scallop vessels effective 0001 hr, on July 13, 2024.
As of July 13, 2024, no scallop vessel fishing under these regulations may fish for, possess, or land scallops in or from the Area I, Area II, or New York Bight Access Areas. The scallop regulations require that we close this area once we project that the LAGC fleet has fished all of the 856 trips allocated for this area.
 Vessels that have complied with the observer notification requirements, have declared a trip into the Area I, Area II, or New York Bight Scallop Access Areas using the correct Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) code, and have crossed the VMS demarcation line before 0001 hr, July 13, 2024, may complete their trip and retain and land scallops caught from the Area I, Area II, or New York Bight Scallop Access Areas.
For more details, read the permit holder bulletin.
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