# Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Closure of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area and the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock Special Access Program Pilot Program
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2005-08-26 · Effective 2005-08-26 · 70 FR 50220
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-17024
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Species:** haddock
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 50220
- **Publication date:** 2005-08-26
- **Effective date:** 2005-08-26
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 040804229-4300-02
## Abstract

NMFS announces the closure of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area, including the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock Special Access Program (SAP) Pilot Program, to limited access Northeast (NE) multispecies days-at- sea (DAS) vessels for the remainder of the 2005 fishing year (i.e., through April 30, 2006), unless otherwise notified by the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator). This closure is based on a determination by the Regional Administrator that 90 percent of the total allowable catch (TAC) of Georges Bank (GB) cod allocated to be harvested from the Eastern U.S./Canada Area has already been harvested during the 2005 fishing year. This action is being taken to prevent the 2005 TAC for GB cod in the Eastern U.S./Canada Area from being exceeded during the 2005 fishing year in accordance with the regulations implemented under Amendment 13 to the NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/08/26/05-17024/magnuson-stevens-fishery-conservation-and-management-act-provisions-fisheries-of-the-northeastern)
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