October 10, 2019 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries is implementing golden tilefish quotas for the 2020 fishing year that we previously announced as projected on November 7, 2017. There have been no overages 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 individual fishing quota (IFQ) and incidental components of the commercial fishery.
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.