ADVOCACY INITIATIVE
NOAA AMENDMENT 15
Summary
Draft Amendment 15 has two broad components: 1) modification, data collection, and assessment of four commercial longline spatial management areas; and 2) administration and funding of the highly migratory species (HMS) pelagic longline electronic monitoring (EM) program. The first considers modification, data collection, and analysis of four current spatial management areas that restrict or prohibit commercial fishing (Mid-Atlantic shark, Charleston Bump, East Florida Coast, and DeSoto Canyon closed areas). These closed areas have been in place for up to 20 years and the prohibition on fishing during all or part of the year has led to a commensurate decrease in fishery-dependent data, complicating efforts to assess the effectiveness of the areas in meeting conservation and management goals.
COMMENTS ARE OPEN UNTIL SEPT 15, 2023
NOAA AMENDMENT 16
Summary
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of a scoping document for Amendment 16 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan and our intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Amendment 16 could result in large changes to the entire commercial and recreational shark fishery including changes to commercial and recreational shark quotas, shark management groups, shark retention or bag limits, and shark minimum size limits.
COMMENTS ARE OPEN UNTIL AUG 18, 2023
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