NOAA has issued the following notice:
Effective 0001 hours local May 27, 2010 in order to slow the catch of some New England multispecies stocks to maximize the availability of fish throughout the course of the fishing year, we will be adjusting trip limits for common pool vessels for some stocks. NOAA Fisheries Service is authorized to make changes to the trip limits in the common pool to prevent over- and under-harvesting the common pool catch allocations.
This in-season action will implement the following possession limits:
1,000 lb/trip for GOM haddock;
10,000 lb/trip for GB haddock;
250 lb/trip for GOM winter flounder;
1,000 lb/trip for GB winter flounder, and
1,000 Ib/trip for GB yellowtail flounder.
View the final rule by clicking on this link.
Read the permit holder letter.