Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Haddock Incidental Catch Allowance for the 2005 Atlantic Herring Fishery; Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin That Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning; Correction
Final rule; correcting amendment; extension of comment period.
Category
seasonal-closure
Species
haddock
Publication date
2005-07-07
Effective date
2005-07-07
NOAA docket
Docket No.050629171-5171-01
Abstract
NMFS is clarifying emergency regulations that closed portions of Federal waters of the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and southern New England to the harvest of bivalve shellfish due to the presence of the toxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). This correction will allow for the collection and testing of samples for the toxin that causes PSP. In addition, this rule will correct the effective date for the definition of a "Category 1 herring vessel" and reinstate a prohibition on the sale of certain haddock that was inadvertently overwritten by the emergency rule.