NMFS issues this final rule to implement measures contained in Framework Adjustment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery (FMP). This rule implements measures that prohibit limited access vessels, fishing under the days-at-sea (DAS) program, from using trawl nets, with the exception of vessels that have not used a scallop dredge since January 1, 1988, to the present, and requires all dredges to have a minimum number of rows of steel rings extending from the ``after end'' to the club stick. The intent is to protect against the overharvest of small, immature sea scallops.