Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass; Quota Counting Procedures

Resumen

NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment that would establish cut- off dates for using landings data from the commercial summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries to calculate quota overages. The establishment of landings cut-off dates for these fisheries would enable NMFS to establish final adjusted quotas before the beginning of the fishing year on January 1. NMFS also proposes to remove the regulatory language that specifies publication dates for proposed annual summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fishing measures.