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Environmental Assessment to Consider Modification to the Lobster Permit Trap Allocations in Areas 2 and 3 of the American Lobster Fishery and Coastwide Harvester Reporting based upon management measures specified in the INTERSTATE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANFOR AMERICAN LOBSTER

Overview

ID #

44078.434

Document Type

Environmental Assessment

NOAA Office

National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Region

Document Status

Complete

Last Updated

11/15/2023

Summary

This action proposes and assesses the impacts of implementing ownership caps in Lobster Management Areas 2 and 3, trap cap reductions in Area 3, and mandatory harvester reporting coastwide.