Northeast Multispecies Fishery

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NOAA issues this notice to inform the public and the fishing industry that the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering Flexible Area Action System #7 under Amendment 3 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The purpose of the action would be to protect substantial concentrations of spawning haddock (with a large percentage of females full of roe) from being disturbed or caught and wastefully discarded at sea. This situation presents a hazard to haddock spawning success as well as significant wasted haddock mortality.