RULES: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs,
Published: 2008-06-16
NMFS announces the approval of Amendment 24 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
(FMP). Amendment 24 specifies a fivetier system for determining the
status of the crab stocks managed under the FMP, establishes a process
for annually assigning each crab stock to a tier and for setting the
overfishing
RULES: Scallop Dredge Exemption Areas; Addition of Monkfish Incidental Catch Trip Limits,
Published: 2008-06-16
This action modifies the regulations implementing the
Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to create
three NE Multispecies Scallop Exemptions that are identical to the
current scallop exemptions, except for the addition of an incidental
monkfish catch limit. These new scallop exemptions are restricted to
vessels issued either
RULES: Commercial Quota Harvested for 2008 Summer Period,
Published: 2008-06-16
NMFS announces the closure of the scup commercial coastwide
fishery from Maine through North Carolina for the Summer Period.
Regulations governing the scup fishery require publication of this
notification to advise the coastal states from Maine through North
Carolina that this quota has been harvested and to advise Federal
vessel permit holders
