American lobster trap transfer program implementation.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Species
lobster
Publication date
2015-06-09
Effective date
2016-05-01
Abstract
This document announces the implementation of the American lobster trap transfer program. It is necessary because we deferred the start of the Program in the final rule approving the Program until a centralized trap transfer database was ready. Significant progress has been made on the centralized database. We are ready to announce that we will begin the Trap Transfer Program. This document alerts all Federal American lobster permit holders that trap transfer applications will soon be accepted.