2016-29189: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
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The New England Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. We are requesting comments from the public on this Amendment, which was developed to prevent excessive consolidation in the groundfish fishery, promote fleet diversity, and enhance sector management. Amendment 18 includes measures that would limit the number of permits and annual groundfish allocation that an entity could hold. This action would also remove several effort restrictions to increase operational flexibility for limited access handgear vessels.
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Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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