August 10, 2023 — The New England Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Committee will host an Aug. 17 meeting “to discuss draft goals and objectives for modifying or replacing the existing acceptable biological catch (ABC) control rules for groundfish,” the council announced.
The ABC control rules are used in setting annual catch limits, to define how catch and fishing mortality changes with stock size. The meeting will include the council’s scientific and statistical committee and advisory groups along with the public in the discussion, starting at 9 a.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton in Wakefield, Mass.