September 12, 2025 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries has projected that 80 percent of the Atlantic mackerel domestic annual harvest (DAH) has been harvested as of September 4, 2025. Therefore, effective 0001 hr local time on September 16, 2025, limited access mackerel vessels may not take and retain, possess, or land more than 10,000 lb of mackerel per trip at any time, and may only land mackerel once per calendar day, through 24:00 hr local time on December 31, 2025. Additionally, open access mackerel vessels may not take and retain, possess, or land more than 2,500 lb of mackerel per trip at any time, and may only land mackerel once per calendar day, through 24:00 hr local time on December 31, 2025.
Limited access vessels that enter port before 0001 hr local time on September 16, 2025, may land and sell more than 10,000 lb of mackerel from that trip, and open access vessels that enter port before 0001 hr local time on September 16, 2025, may land and sell more than 2,500 lb of mackerel from that trip, consistent with the applicable possession limits. The possession limits for the mackerel fishery will reset to the amounts outlined at §§ 648.26(a)(1)(i) and (ii) on January 1, 2026.
Read our fisheries bulletin for more information.