# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan; Secretarial Amendment
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2012-03-30 · Effective 2012-04-30 · 77 FR 19138
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-7710
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 19138
- **Publication date:** 2012-03-30
- **Effective date:** 2012-04-30
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 110816505-2184-03
## Abstract

This final rule implements a Secretarial Amendment to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan to establish a mechanism for specifying annual catch limits and accountability measures for the small-mesh multispecies fishery beginning in fishing year 2012. This amendment is necessary because the New England Fishery Management Council has been delayed in implementing a mechanism to specify annual catch limits and accountability measures for the silver hake, red hake, and offshore hake stocks that are managed as a sub-set of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan to meet the 2011 deadline in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/03/30/2012-7710/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-northeast-multispecies-fishery-management-plan)
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