WASHINGTON – March 26, 2012 — NOAA today announced proposed measures for the groundfish fishery. The measures include: annual catch limits for nine groundfish stocks and total allowable catch limits for three U.S./Canada stocks for fishing years 2012-2014, revise the yellowtail rebuilding schedule, revise accountability measures for five stocks, remove the cap on yellowtail flounder that can be caught in the scallop fishery access areas, and create an in-season mechanism to re-estimate the Georges Bank yellowtail flounder sub-annual catch limit for the scallop fishery.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTS IS April 11, 2012.
Read the proposed rule as it appeared in today's Federal Register.