Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Black Sea Bass Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Quarter 3 Period; Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf and South Atlantic

Resumo

NMFS announces that the black sea bass commercial quota available in the Quarter 3 period to the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina will have been harvested as of September 25, 1999. Commercial vessels may not land black sea bass in the Northeast Region for the remainder of the 1999 Quarter 3 quota period (through September 30, 1999). Regulations governing the black sea bass fishery require publication of this notification to advise the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina that the quota has been harvested and to advise vessel permit holders and dealer permit holders that no commercial quota is available for landing black sea bass in these states north of 35 deg.15.3' N. lat.