August 25, 2016 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section (Section) members from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts will meet from 9:15 a.m. through Noon on September 16, 2016 to discuss days out measures for Trimester 3 (October 1 to December 31), review recent fishing effort in Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) and discuss alternative management approaches for Area 1A. This meeting will take place at the Portsmouth Library at 175 Parrott Ave Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801.
The 2016 Area 1A sub-annual catch limit is 30,102 metric tons (mt) including carryover of unharvested catch in 2014 and deductions for the research and fixed gear set-aside in 2016. The Section set the seasonal split as 72.8% allocated from June 1 – September 30 and 27.2% allocated from October 1 – December 31. The seasonal quota for Trimester 3 amounts to 7,533 mt.
As a reminder, the seasonal quota for Trimester 2 is 20,161 mt. As of August 22, 2016, 78% of the Trimester 2 quota has been harvested.