Catch quota

• Compromise Rules Keep Maine Groundfish Industry Alive ; Days at Sea Will Be Cut by 18 Percent Until the Switch in 2010 to a 'Shares of the Catch' Quota System.

Federal regulators cut deeper into the fishing days of Maine's groundfish fleet Monday, but also restored hope that the industry can survive long enough to see fish populations, and catches, rebuild. We must not allow our proud and vital fishing communities to fail," NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said Monday while announcing compromise restrictions.

• Portland Press Herald
• April 07, 2009

• Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 2012 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications

NMFS proposes specifications for the 2012 Atlantic bluefish fishery, including an annual catch limit, total allowable landings, a commercial quota and recreational harvest limit, and a recreational possession limit. The intent of this action is to establish the allowable 2012 harvest levels and other management measures to achieve the target fishing mortality rate, consistent with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 8776, February 15, 2012
• Proposed rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 32

NMFS issues this final rule to implement management measures described in Amendment 32 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Amendment 32) prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council). This rule adjusts the commercial gag quota and recreational annual catch target (ACT) for 2012 through 2015 and subsequent fishing years, consistent with the gag rebuilding plan established in Amendment 32; adjusts the shallow-water grouper (SWG) quota; adjusts the commercial and recreational sector annual catch limits (ACLs) for gag and red grouper; adjusts the commercial ACL for SWG; establishes a formula-based method for setting gag and red grouper multi-use allocation for the grouper/ tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) progr...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 6988, February 10, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Gen Category Scallop Fishermen v. Secretary US Dept Commerce, (3rd Cir. 2011)

..., or economic characteristics, or method of catch,@ or Aany fishing for such stocks.@ 50 C.F.R. ' 60...@ and to implement an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) permit system. Between February of 2006 and ...

• Federal Circuits

• Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Proposed 2012 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Specifications

This rule proposes a catch limit, commercial quota, and trip limit for the spiny dogfish fishery for the 2012 fishing year. The proposed action was developed by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils pursuant to the fishery specification requirements of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan. The proposed management measures are supported by the best available scientific information and reflect recent increases in spiny dogfish biomass. The proposed action is expected to result in positive economic impacts for the spiny dogfish fishery while maintaining the conservation objectives of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 15991, March 19, 2012
• Proposed rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 2012 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications

NMFS issues final specifications for the 2012 Atlantic bluefish fishery, including an annual catch limit, total allowable landings, a commercial quota and recreational harvest limit, and a recreational possession limit. This action establishes the allowable 2012 harvest levels and other management measures to achieve the target fishing mortality rate, consistent with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 25100, April 27, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• 50 CFR 635.27 - Quotas.

...(i) Catches from vessels for which General category Atlantic T...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries

• Lies About Lynx

Between Maine's northwest border and the St. Lawrence Seaway is a small strip of Quebec. That strip of land, approximately 50 by 100 miles, includes four of Quebec's 96 wildlife units. Quebec trappers in those four units have the second-highest catch quota of Canadian lynx in the whole province. I don't think those animals are coming out of the St. Lawrence Seaway, so the only other place has to be northwestern Maine, which is where they are listed as a threatened species.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• March 20, 2009

• Catch-Sharing Rules Set Up Complicated System ; Fishermen Are Encouraged to Join Groups That Will Be Assigned a Share of the Quota for Each Species.

New regulations are about to fundamentally change the groundfishing industry in Maine and other New England states. Overnight many New England fishermen, known for their fierce independence in an industry famous for its gold-rush mentality, will be fishing cooperatively in groups, sharing the catch assigned to them by regulators. They will depend on each other to obey strict new limits lowering the amount of fish that may be caught for many species.

• Portland Press Herald
• April 12, 2010

• Bonneville Pool Sturgeon Retention Closes Sunday

Sturgeon retention in the Bonneville pool of the Columbia River is closed beginning Sunday as anglers filled an increased catch guideline in record time. The sport retention quota was boosted from 700 sturgeon in 2009 to 1,400 in 2010.

• The Columbian
• February 20, 2010