Foreign Fishing and Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Final 2001 Specifications for the Atlantic Herring Fishery and Foreign Fishing Restrictions
Final 2001 specifications for the Atlantic herring fishery.
Category
catch-limit
Species
herring
Publication date
2001-05-25
Effective date
2001-05-25
NOAA docket
Docket No. 010220043-1132-02
Abstract
NMFS issues final specifications for the 2001 Atlantic herring fishery. The intent of the specifications is to conserve and manage the herring resource and provide for sustainable fisheries, and to comply with the provisions in the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring (FMP), which require annual specifications for the fishery.