NMFS Issues Final Rule to Expand Northeast Multispecies Fishery Exemption

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to modify the regulations for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, allowing a small mesh whiting fishery in the Gulf of Maine to continue through December 31. The fishery, which operates from September 1 to November 20, will now be permitted in an expanded area east of Cape Cod.