# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2025 Management Area 1B Possession Limit Adjustment
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; possession limit adjustment. · Published 2025-01-13 · Effective 2025-01-08 · 90 FR 2640
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-00536
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** herring
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 2640
- **Publication date:** 2025-01-13
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-08
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No: 230316-0077
## Abstract

NMFS is implementing a 2,000-lb (907.2-kg) possession limit for Atlantic herring for Management Area 1B. This is required because NMFS projects that herring catch from Area 1B will reach 92 percent of the Area's sub-annual catch limit before the end of the fishing year. This action is intended to prevent overharvest of herring in Area 1B, which would result in additional catch limit reductions in a subsequent year.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/13/2025-00536/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-atlantic-herring-fishery-2025-management-area-1b)
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