Final rule; notification of scup Winter II quota adjustment and possession limit adjustment for 2003.
Category
catch-limit
Species
flounder
Publication date
2003-11-03
Effective date
2003-11-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 030912231-3266-02
Abstract
NMFS issues this final rule to implement measures contained in Framework Adjustment 3 (Framework 3) to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to allow the rollover of unused commercial scup quota from the Winter I period to the Winter II period, and to change the regulations regarding the scup commercial quota counting procedures. NMFS also adjusts the 2003 Winter II commercial scup quota and possession limit.