NOAA Fisheries Service has announced more than $6 million in funding for habitat restoration projects in Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Virginia to restore more than 11,000 acres of habitat, and open more than 200 stream miles for fish passage.
NOAA Fisheries: All Northeast Fisheries Now Authorized for Electronic Trip Reporting
October 7-10, 2013 Council Meeting Summary
Marine Species Distribution Shifts Reflect Local Climate Conditions
Federal Funding Opportunity: 2014-2015 Atlantic Scallop Research Set-Aside
NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with the New England Fishery Management Council, is soliciting Atlantic Sea Scallop research proposals to utilize scallop Total Allowable Catch that has been set-aside through the Atlantic Scallop Research Set-Aside Program. Click here to read the full announcement.
Council Votes to Initiate Interagency Working Group on River Herring and Shad
October Council Meeting
NOAA Fisheries: Draft Amendment to the Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology available for public comment through Oct. 27
NOAA Fisheries: Proposed changes to recreational accountability measures for some Mid-Atlantic fish species
October 7-10 Council Meeting Agenda
The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's next meeting October 7-10, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. Click here to view the meeting agenda.
NOAA Fisheries: Revisions Proposed for Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
August Council Meeting Report
Mid-Atlantic Council Completes 2014-2018 Strategic Plan
NOAA Fisheries: Summer Flounder Commercial Quota Harvested for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NOAA Fisheries announces that the 2013 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Massachusetts for the remainder of calendar year 2013, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer from another state.
2013 Bottlenose Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event
NOAA Fisheries has declared an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) for bottlenose dolphins in the Mid-Atlantic. Strandings of bottlenose dolphins in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia were more than 7 times their historical average during the month of July and have remained elevated into mid-August.
Aug 21: NOAA Fisheries Service, VMRC, and VIMS to host Angler Port Meeting in Hampton, VA
NOAA Fisheries: Areas Reopened to Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishing
Briefing Book for the August 13-15 Council Meeting Is Now Available
Click here to open the briefing materials for the Council's next meeting in Wilmington, DE on August 13-15.