Framework Adjustment 9 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

Framework Adjustment 9 builds on measures implemented in Amendment 14 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (effective February 24, 2014) and proposes management measures to further enhance catch monitoring and address slippage in the Atlantic mackerel fishery.

If implemented, Framework 9 would establish the following measures for limited access mackerel vessels: Slippage consequence measures, and a requirement that slippage events be reported via the vessel monitoring system daily catch report. Slippage consequence measures would require Tier 1, 2, and 3 mackerel vessels to move 15-nautical miles following an allowable slippage event (due to safety, mechanical failure, or excess catch of spiny dogfish) and terminate a fishing trip and return to port following a non-allowable slippage event (due to any other reason than described above).