September 5, 2025 — The following was released by Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
Atlantic Herring Management Board members from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will meet via webinar on September 18, 2025 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., to discuss Season 2 (October 1 – December 31) days out measures for the 2025 Area 1A fishery (inshore Gulf of Maine). Days out measures include consecutive landings days for Season 2. The webinar and call information is included below:
Atlantic Herring Days Out Meeting
Thursday, September 18, 2025
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
This webinar will use the RingCentral meeting platform. You can join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone at the following link: https://v.ringcentral.
The 2025 Area 1A sub-annual catch limit (sub-ACL) is 783 metric tons (mt). This does not take into account the possible reallocation of 1,000 mt to the Area 1A sub-ACL based on catch information from the Canadian New Brunswick weir fishery, nor does it take into account potential revised quotas that may be implemented by NOAA Fisheries.
Landings from Area 1A have exceeded the sub-ACL and are at an estimated 936 mt as of early September and therefore the fishery is closed. Without a change in the quota from one of the mechanisms listed above, the Area 1A fishery will remain closed with a 2,000-pound possession limit.
For more information, please contact Emilie Franke, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at 703.842.0740 or efranke@asmfc.org.
The meeting announcement can also be found at https://asmfc.org/news/