Amendment 20 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (Squid Amendment)

This action reduces latent effort in the longfin squid fishery, reduces longfin squid incidental possession limits and possession limits following a quota closure during Trimester II, and allows an entity the opportunity to swap longfin squid moratorium permits among vessels it owns.

Some are concerned that this action does not adequately protect spawning squid and egg mops, or unnecessarily reduces longfin squid permits.