# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass; Quota Counting Procedures
> **Rule** · Final rule and technical amendment. · Published 2002-02-14 · Effective 2002-02-14 · 67 FR 6877
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-3667
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** flounder
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 6877
- **Publication date:** 2002-02-14
- **Effective date:** 2002-02-14
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 011129286-2022-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues this final rule to establish cut-off dates for using landings data from the commercial summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries to calculate quota overages. The establishment of landings cut-off dates for these fisheries will enable NMFS to establish final adjusted quotas before the beginning of each fishing year on January 1. This final rule also removes regulatory language that specifies publication dates for proposed annual summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fishing measures and makes a technical change to the regulations to clarify the annual exploitation target for scup.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/02/14/02-3667/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-summer-flounder-scup-and-black-sea-bass-quota-counting)
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