NMFS Closes Atlantic Herring Fishery on Georges Bank Due to Harvested Catch Cap

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has closed the directed herring fishery in the Georges Bank Haddock Accountability Measure Area, as the Georges Bank Haddock Catch Cap has been fully harvested, limiting federally permitted vessels to 2,000 lb of Atlantic herring for the remainder of the fishing year.