Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Gulf of Maine Haddock Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool Fishery
catch-limit · new england · haddock · Published 2018-07-02 · Effective 2018-06-29 · 83 FR 30887
Document
Document number
2018-14185
Federal Register citation
83 FR 30887
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; area closure.
Category
catch-limit
Region
new england
Species
haddock
Publication date
2018-07-02
Effective date
2018-06-29
NOAA docket
Docket No. 151211999-6343-02
Abstract
This action closes the Gulf of Maine Haddock Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area to Northeast multispecies common pool vessels fishing with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear. The closure is required because the common pool fishery is projected to have caught over 90 percent of its Trimester 1 quota for Gulf of Maine haddock. This closure is intended to prevent an overage of the common pool's quota for this stock.