NMFS Proposes Regulatory Amendment for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a regulatory amendment to establish cut-off dates for using landings data to calculate quota overages for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries, which would enable the agency to set final adjusted quotas before the start of the fishing year on January 1, and remove the requirement for publication dates for proposed fishing measures.