April 2, 2015 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
Atlantic Herring Section (Section) members from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will meet at 10:00 a.m. on April 30, 2015, to discuss “days out” measures for the 2015 Area 1A fishing season from June 1 to September 30. This meeting will take place at the New Hampshire Urban Forestry Center at 45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801.
The 2015 Area 1A sub-annual catch limit is 30,290 metric tons (mt) after adjusting for the 2013 carryover, 3% Herring Research Set-Aside awarded in 2015, and 295 mt fixed gear fishery set-aside. The Section set the seasonal split as 72.8% allocated from June 1 – September 30 and 27.2% allocated from October 1 – December 31. Fishermen are prohibited from landing more than 2,000 pounds of Atlantic herring harvested from Area 1A until June 1, 2015.
Please contact Melissa Yuen, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at 703.842.0740 or myuen@asmfc.org for more information.