July 2, 2013 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
We would like to remind Limited Access Atlantic sea scallop fishermen that federal fishing regulations prohibit limited access scallop vessels that fish a trip or any part of a trip south of 42 degrees 20 minutes N.Lat from fishing for, possessing, or landing more than 50 bushels (bu) of in-shell scallops once inside the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Demarcation
Line.
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