Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Multispecies Fishery - Year-Round Access for Northeast Multispecies Sector Vessels (Us National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (Noaa) (2018 Edition)

Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Multispecies Fishery - Year-Round Access for Northeast Multispecies Sector Vessels (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This rule allows fishing access for Northeast multispecies sectors to two portions of the Southern New England Nantucket Lightship Closed Area for the remainder of the 2013 fishing year under specified conditions. Although NMFS considered and proposed exemption requests that would allow sector vessels access to portions of Georges Bank Closed Areas I and II, NMFS is not granting access to those areas at this time. The intent of this rule is to allow sector vessels increased opportunities to harvest non-groundfish stocks such as monkfish, dogfish, and skates while minimizing impacts to overfished groundfish stock such as Georges Bank cod and yellowtail flounder. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Multispecies Fishery - Year-Round Access for Northeast Multispecies Sector Vessels (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure