February 14, 2020 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries is finalizing blueline tilefish quotas for the 2020 fishing year that we previously announced as projected on February 12, 2019. There have been no overages in the Greater Atlantic Region in 2019, and there is no new biological information, so we are now finalizing the 2020 quotas. The quotas are the same as in 2019.
Approved measures include acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch limit (ACL), and total allowable landings (TAL) for the commercial and recreational fisheries.
All other requirements remain the same.
For more details, read the final rule as filed in the Federal Register today and the permit holder bulletin posted on our website.