Draft Amendment 17 to the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan is available for review. This amendment relates to the creation and operation of state operated permit banks. There will be a 30-day comment period that begins April 18 and ends May 18, 2011. The Groundfish Committee of the New England Fisheries Management Council will take comments at their meeting on Monday, April 18, 2011. The New England Fisheries Management Council will take final action on the amendment at their June Council meeting, not the April meeting as announced earlier.
Read the draft of Amendment 17.