NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — October 1, 2014 — Healthy Atlantic surf clam populations in the North Atlantic have brought about a lifting of minimum size requirements for the 2015 year, NOAA Fisheries announced Monday.
Quotas will also be unchanged from the current calendar year, the office of the Northeast regional administrator decided.
These actions stem from recommendations made in June by the New England Fishery Management Council.
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