April 20, 2018 — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has now finalized its plan to allow the biggest Atlantic scallop harvest in 14 years in the 2018-2019 fishing year.
In a final rule appearing in Thursday’s Federal Register, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published the last few technical elements it needed to implement Framework Adjustment 29, advancing a plan that would boost the scallop harvest by 26% — to as much as 60 million pounds of scallops from the 47.5 million lbs caught in 2017. The 2018-2019 season began on April 19 and runs until March 21, 2019. Earlier elements of the plan were laid out on March 26, 2018.
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