NOAA Fisheries announced today final regulations requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to reduce effects on marine mammals.
NOAA Fisheries: Proposed Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Quotas for 2014-16
NMFS Requests Nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel
Draft Implementation Plan Available for Public Comments
Federal Funding Opportunity: Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program (January 6 deadline for application)
2014 Quotas for Tilefish Fishery go into effect on November 1
NOAA Fisheries: Federal Funds Available for Habitat Restoration in Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland and Virginia
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.