April 13, 2020 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
Today we filed notice in the Federal Register announcing the industry-funded monitoring (IFM) service providers that have been approved to provide IFM services for the Atlantic herring fishery during IFM years 2020 and 2021 (April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2022). Herring vessels may secure monitoring services from these providers in order to fulfill their IFM requirements. The notice, which will publish tomorrow, contains contact information for each approved IFM service provider. For more information on IFM in the Northeast visit our website.