Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fisheries; Rescission of 1998 Summer Period Scup Fisheries Closures in Delaware, New Hampshire, Maryland, and Massachusetts
NMFS issues this notification announcing the rescission of closures previously issued for the Delaware, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maryland Summer period scup fisheries for 1998. This rescission is in compliance with an April 27, 1998, Order of the United States District Court for Massachusetts (Court), which voided state-by- state allocation of the Summer period commercial scup fishing quota. The public is advised that landings are allowed for the Summer period in Delaware, New Hampshire, Maryland, and Massachusetts and that the quota is being administered on a coastwide basis.