July 2, 2105 — The following was released by the New England Fishery Management Council:
The Council Report summarizes major actions approved at NEFMC meetings or highlights items of interest to stakeholders.
At its June meeting in Newport, RI, the Council:
- Approved Framework 9 to the Monkfish FMP
- Asked NOAA to take emergency action to suspend the ground- fish fishery’s at-sea monitoring program
- Began work on the 2016-2018 Atlantic herring specifications
- Finalized the Habitat Amendment for submission to NOAA
- Initiated work on several sea scallop man- agement actions