# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 6
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2012-08-27 · Effective 2012-08-24 · 77 FR 51854
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-21058
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Species:** mackerel
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 51854
- **Publication date:** 2012-08-27
- **Effective date:** 2012-08-24
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 120307159-2329-01
## Abstract

NMFS is modifying the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's risk policy regarding stocks without an overfishing limit. Framework Adjustment 6 was initiated by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council in order to clarify its tolerance for risk for such stocks. The modification will allow increases of the acceptable biological catch for stocks that have stable or increasing trends in abundance, and for which there is robust scientific information to suggest that an increased acceptable biological catch will not lead to overfishing.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/27/2012-21058/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-atlantic-mackerel-squid-and-butterfish-fisheries)
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