NMFS Amends American Lobster Fishery Regulations to Implement Further Minimum Carapace Length Increases and Other Reforms

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has amended the Federal American lobster fishery regulations to increase the minimum carapace length, improve escape vent sizes, and reduce the number of traps in the offshore fishery, in line with recommendations from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and in support of its Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.