Regulation & law · 07/10/2015

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; Horseshoe Crabs; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit, 2015

The Director of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries has made a preliminary determination that an exempted fishing permit application for harvesting up to 10,000 horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes is complete and warrants further consideration. The permit would require data collection on horseshoe crab status within a designated reserve and align with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Horseshoe Crab Interstate Fisheries Management Plan.