US Implements New American Lobster Regulations in Gulf of Maine

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has finalized rules to limit entry into the American lobster fishery in Lobster Conservation Management Area 1, a region in the Gulf of Maine, by authorizing up to 800 lobster traps to active permit holders who meet specific eligibility criteria, in response to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.