# Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Sector Exemptions; Final Rule Implementing a Targeted Acadian Redfish Fishery for Sector Vessels
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2013-03-05 · Effective 2013-02-28 · 78 FR 14226
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-05044
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 14226
- **Publication date:** 2013-03-05
- **Effective date:** 2013-02-28
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 120813331-3122-02
## Abstract

This action expands on a previously approved sector exemption by allowing groundfish sector trawl vessels to harvest redfish using nets with codend mesh as small as 4.5 inches (11.4 cm). In addition, this action allows sectors to develop an industry-funded at-sea monitoring program for sector trips targeting redfish with trawl nets with mesh sizes that are less than the regulated mesh size requirement. This action is necessary to expand an exemption from current regulations and is intended to allow sector vessels the opportunity to increase redfish harvest and subsequent profitability, above what is already being harvested.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/03/05/2013-05044/magnuson-stevens-act-provisions-fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-northeast-multispecies)
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