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Fishery Closure Notices
Table of Contents
2023 Notices
2022 Notices
Open PDF file, 210 KB,
08/01/22: Season I Atlantic Sea Herring Quota Closure
(English, PDF 210 KB)
Open PDF file, 206.16 KB,
07/27/22: Quota Managed Commercial Menhaden Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 206.16 KB)
Open PDF file, 205.36 KB,
06/20/22: Quota Managed Commercial Menhaden Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 205.36 KB)
2021 Notices
2020 Notices
Open PDF file, 138.74 KB,
10/23/20: Limited Entry Menhaden Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 138.74 KB)
Open PDF file, 167.65 KB,
08/27/20: Menhaden Episodic Even Set Aside Closure
(English, PDF 167.65 KB)
Open PDF file, 138.72 KB,
08/06/20: Limited Entry Menhaden Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 138.72 KB)
2019 Notices
Open PDF file, 136.59 KB,
11/26/19: 2019 Management Area 1A Atlantic Sea Herring Closure
(English, PDF 136.59 KB)
Open PDF file, 136.03 KB,
10/25/19: 2019 Commercial Tautog Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 136.03 KB)
Open PDF file, 179.51 KB,
08/31/19: Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 179.51 KB)
Open PDF file, 136.4 KB,
08/30/19: Horseshoe Crab Bait Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 136.4 KB)
2018 Notices
Open PDF file, 224.78 KB,
11/19/18: 2018 Commercial Tautog Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 224.78 KB)
Open PDF file, 181.61 KB,
10/23/18: Massachusetts/New Hampshire Sea Herring Spawning Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 181.61 KB)
Open PDF file, 180.17 KB,
09/05/18: Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 180.17 KB)
Open PDF file, 136.66 KB,
08/10/18: 2018 Commercial Fluke Fishery Closure
(English, PDF 136.66 KB)
2017 Notices
Open PDF file, 132.52 KB,
10/27/2017: 2017 Massachusetts/New Hampshire Sea Herring Spawning Closure
(English, PDF 132.52 KB)
Open PDF file, 91.71 KB,
10/17/2017: 2017 Commercial Tautog Re-Closure Notice
(English, PDF 91.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 126.22 KB,
9/29/2017 Black Sea Bass Fishery Closure 2017
(English, PDF 126.22 KB)
Open PDF file, 126.35 KB,
09/01/2017: 2017 Commercial Striped Bass Closure
(English, PDF 126.35 KB)
Open PDF file, 73 KB,
07/17/2017: 2017 Commercial Fluke Fishery
(English, PDF 73 KB)
2016 Notices
Open PDF file, 126.15 KB,
10/18/2016 Fishery Closure: 2016 Commercial Tautog Fishery
(English, PDF 126.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 131.13 KB,
08/31/2016 Fishery Closure: 2016 Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery
(English, PDF 131.13 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.66 KB,
08/19/2016 Fishery Closure: 2016 Commercial Striped Bass Fishery
(English, PDF 64.66 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.75 KB,
08/12/2016 Fishery Closure: 2016 Commercial Summer Flounder Fishery
(English, PDF 125.75 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.29 KB,
05/06/2016 Fishery Closure: Commercial Tautog Fishery
(English, PDF 64.29 KB)
2015 Notices
Open PDF file, 64.62 KB,
10/20/2015 Atlantic Sea Herring Spawning Area Closure Extension
(English, PDF 64.62 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.25 KB,
10/13/2015 Fishery Closure: Commercial Tautog Fishery
(English, PDF 64.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.54 KB,
09/17/2015 Spawning Area Closure: Commercial Atlantic Sea Herring
(English, PDF 64.54 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.26 KB,
09/16/2015 Fishery Closure: 2015 Commercial Bluefish Fishery
(English, PDF 64.26 KB)
Open PDF file, 131.27 KB,
09/14/2015 Fishery Closure: 2015 Commercial Summer Flounder Fishery
(English, PDF 131.27 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.48 KB,
08/31/2015 Fishery Closure: 2015 Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery
(English, PDF 64.48 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.53 KB,
08/21/2015 Fishery Closure: 2015 Commercial Striped Bass Fishery
(English, PDF 64.53 KB)
Open PDF file, 64.5 KB,
05/21/2015 Fishery Closure: Commercial Tautog Fishery
(English, PDF 64.5 KB)
2014 Notices
Open PDF file, 63.99 KB,
10/24/14 Fishery Closure: Atlantic Sea Herring Management 1A
(English, PDF 63.99 KB)
Open PDF file, 61.25 KB,
10/8/14 Fishery Closure: Commercial Tautog
(English, PDF 61.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 61.58 KB,
9/22/14 Fishery Closure: Atlantic Sea Herring Management Area 3
(English, PDF 61.58 KB)
Open PDF file, 69.73 KB,
09/17/2014 Fishery Closure: Commercial Summer Flounder
(English, PDF 69.73 KB)
Open PDF file, 70 KB,
09/17/2014 Spawning Area Closure: Atlantic Sea Herring
(English, PDF 70 KB)
Open PDF file, 61.23 KB,
9/5/14 Fishery Closure: Commercial Black Sea Bass
(English, PDF 61.23 KB)
Open PDF file, 61.52 KB,
9/2/14 Fishery Closure: Commercial Striped Bass
(English, PDF 61.52 KB)
Open PDF file, 61.74 KB,
5/23/14 Fishery Closure: Atlantic Sea Herring Management Area 1B
(English, PDF 61.74 KB)
Open PDF file, 61.28 KB,
2014 Spring Tautog Fishery
(English, PDF 61.28 KB)
2013 Notices
Open PDF file, 61.94 KB,
Atlantic Sea Herring Inshore Management Area 1A
(English, PDF 61.94 KB)
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