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ASMFC Atlantic Herring Section Approves Addendum I - February 2009

Addendum Provides Suite of Measures to Control Effort in Area 1A

The Atlantic Herring Section approved Addendum I to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sea Herring. Addendum I aims to control fishing effort within the Area 1A by allowing the Section to employ bimonthly, trimester, or seasonal quotas with the flexibility to prohibit landings before June 1. The Addendum also restricts vessels from landing more than once per calendar day.

The PDF files below may require Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software (download here free).  If you need an alternate format, please contact Christopher M. Vonderweidt at ASMFC.

• ASMFC press release February 3, 2009 - PDF file, 1 page
• Addendum I full text, March 2009 - PDF file, 6 pages

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