Voluntary vessel speed restriction zone in Great South Channel
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NOAA Fisheries Service announces that a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone (Dynamic Management Area - DMA) has been established in the vicinity of Great South Channel to protect an aggregation of 8 right whales sighted in this area on February 16, 2012. This DMA is in effect immediately through March 2, 2012. Mariners are requested to route around this area or transit through it at 10 knots or less.
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ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section Closes Fishery Effective 2359 Hours (EST) February 17, 2012
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Arlington, VA – Effective 2359 hours (EST) on February 17, 2012, the Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section and its member states will close the 2012 northern shrimp fishery. Preliminary landings data indicate harvest reached 1,996 mt on February 11, 2012. Given harvest has averaged about 400 mt per week and the fishery is known to have considerable late reporting, landings are projected to have already exceeded the total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,211 mt.
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NOAA Fisheries announces the Atlantic sea scallop access area trip assignments
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Scallop access area trip assignments for 2012 are provided in the attached list. These assignments are based on full-time vessel ownership information from January 9, 2012, and are dependent upon permit renewals for the 2012 fishing year. NOAA will update these allocation assignments and re-post this list on our website closer to March 1, 2012, to reflect any vessel replacements or ownership changes that may occur prior to the start of the upcoming fishing year.
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NOAA doubles Gulf of Maine winter flounder catch limits
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NOAA announced today that it is doubling the amount of Gulf of Maine winter flounder commercial fishermen can catch from almost 510,000 pounds to more than 1.1 million pounds for the current fishing season, which ends April 30. New scientific information shows that overfishing is no longer occurring on this important fish stock.
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NOAA Fisheries Service institutes voluntary vessel speed restriction zone in vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge through February 18
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NOAA Fisheries Service announces that a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone (Dynamic Management Area - DMA) has been established in the vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge to protect an aggregation of 12 right whales sighted in this area on February 3, 2012. This DMA is in effect immediately through February 18, 2012. Mariners are requested to route around this area or transit through it at 10 knots or less.
Jeffreys Ledge DMA -- active through February 18, 2012
43 30N
42 42N
070 37W
069 32W
Please visit www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike for a graphic depicting this area and for a list of other Dynamic Management Areas that are currently in effect.
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