Multi-Year Management Authorized for Spiny Dogfish NOAA Fisheries Service has announced the implementation of Framework Adjustment 1 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which will allow commercial quotas and other management measures to be set for up to 5 years. Under the original FMP, jointly managed by both the Mid-Atlantic and the New England Fishery Management Councils, the commercial quota and trip limits were specified annually and applied only to the following fishing year. The Councils developed Framework 1 in order to streamline the administrative and regulatory processes involved. This
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Multi-Year Management Authorized for Spiny Dogfish
NOAA Fisheries Service has announced the implementation of Framework Adjustment 1 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which will allow commercial quotas and other management measures to be set for up to 5 years. Under the original FMP, jointly managed by both the Mid-Atlantic and the New England Fishery Management Councils, the commercial quota and trip limits were specified annually and applied only to the following fishing year.
The Councils developed Framework 1 in order to streamline the administrative and regulatory processes involved. This
final rule provides the option, not the requirement, for the Councils to specify multi-year management measures. Multi-year quotas and other management measures would be based upon expectations of future stock conditions as indicated by the best scientific information available at the time the multi-year specifications are set. However, if new information indicated that a change is necessary to ensure that the target fishing mortality rate is not exceeded, the Councils would initiate the process for making modifications.For more information, contact
Er********@no**.gov
.