May 28, 2014 — The following was released by NOAA:
NOAA Fisheries today announced proposed measures for the monkfish fishery. These measures incorporate results of the latest stock assessment, increase monkfish day-at-sea allocations and landing limits to better achieve optimum yield, and increase operational flexibility by allowing all limited access monkfish vessels to use an allocated monkfish-only day-at-sea at any time throughout the fishing year and Category H vessels to fish throughout the Southern Fishery Management Area.
Please click here to read more about these proposed measures and learn more about how to provide public comment on them. The deadline for public comment is June 11.