NOAA Fisheries Service Clarifies the Notification and Reporting Requirements for Participants in the Federal Atlantic Herring Fishery
This letter clarifies the notification and reporting requirements for participants in the Federal Atlantic herring (herring) fishery. If a vessel harvests, possesses, or lands herring in or from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on any fishing trip, it is considered to be participating in the Federal herring fishery. As you may know, some vessel owners and operators failed to comply with reporting requirements in previous years. These violations undermined the monitoring program established to assure that catch in the fishery does not exceed specified levels. Please share this information with all of your vessel operators….