NMFS issues final regulations to manage the American lobster fishery in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from Maine through North Carolina. These final regulations remove existing management measures issued under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and replaces them with the same and a variety of new management measures issued under the authority of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (ACFCMA). New measures include designation of lobster management areas, restrictions on fishing gear and tagging requirements for lobster traps. In addition, these regulations establish an annual regulatory adjustment process for implementation of additional measures in consultation with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission). The intent of these regulations, in combination with state regulations governing the American lobster fishery in non-Federal waters, is to end overfishing and rebuild stocks of American lobsters.