December 17, 2013 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries today announced that it is closing the Gulf of Maine haddock Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area for Trimester 3, from January 1, 2014, through April 30, 2014, to common pool vessels. The reason for this closure is because the Trimester 3 total allowable catch for this haddock stock has already been exceeded due to an overage in Trimester 1. This action is intended to prevent the overharvest of the common pool’s total allocation of Gulf of Maine haddock.