US Approves Sector Operations Plans for Northeast Multispecies Fishery, Allocates Quotas for 2012

Summary

The US has partially approved and implemented 19 sector operations plans and contracts for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery, allocating quotas to participating sectors while denying exemptions for certain measures, in an effort to balance operational flexibility with overall fishing mortality limits.

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