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Notice to Atlantic Herring Fishery: Closure of Area 1A Directed Fishery in State and Federal Waters, Effective November 26, 2009 - May 31, 2010

Effective 00:01 November 26th, 2009 it is unlawful to fish, take, transport or land Atlantic Herring taken from Management Area 1A. This restriction shall be in place until 23:59 May 31, 2010, dates inclusive. This provision does not prevent the landing, offloading, or transport of Atlantic Herring harvested from any other Management Area, nor the landing of incidental catch of Herring in other non-directed fisheries. State only Fixed Gear fishermen east of Cutler, Maine are not subject to this provision (see exemptions below)

Exemptions:

• Any vessels may land or offload Herring in the State of Maine as incidental catch as long as such herring do not comprise more than 10% of the total weight of the catch not to exceed 2000 lbs per trip per day.
• Herring taken legally outside Area 1A may be transported through the area, only if all fishing gear has been stowed.
• Fishermen who do not hold other federal permits fishing with fixed gear (stop seines, pound nets and weirs only) east of the most western border of Cutler Maine (Lon: -67.323) are not subject to this notice.

For more details, please contact your local Marine Patrol Division Headquarters (Div I 633-9595, Div II 667-3373) or your local marine patrol officer. 

This page was posted on November 25, 2009.

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