Summary of Plan Plan Amendments Framework Adjustments

Amendment
Federal Register Publication Date
Date Implemented
Description of Actions
4/3/13
Final Rule
5/6/13
 
04/28/00
Addresses Sustainable Fisheries Act requirements for managing Whiting, red hake and offshore hake
05/31/91
(56 CFR 24724)
06/27/91
Adds more restrictions to Exempted Fisheries Program; establishes a procedure for Council to recommend modifying northern shrimp gear to reduce bycatch; expands management unit to include silver hake, ocean pout, and red hake; establishes management for Cultivator Shoal whiting fishery; tightens restrictions on carrying small mesh in the Regulated Mesh Area; requires a 5.5≤ mesh size in the Southern New England yellowtail area
09/17/87
(52 CFR 35093)
10/01/87
Decreases the area for silver hake exempted fishery; increases large mesh area to include yellowtail flounder grounds in the south, tighten existing mesh size regulations for Southern New England yellowtail flounder