NOTICE OF AGENCY EMERGENCY RULE-MAKING

Department of Marine Resources
Chapter 36.01; Herring Management Plan

CONCISE SUMMARY:

Atlantic herring may only be landed from Management Area 1A on days that have been designated landing days by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). During the Days Out Conference Meeting on December 15, 2017, the Atlantic Herring Section amended the landing days for Area 1A Trimester 3 (October 1 – December 31).

Designated landing days for all vessels shall be seven consecutive days. All vessels landing herring caught in Management Area 1A in any Maine port are limited to one landing per 24 hour period (6:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.). The immediate adoption of this rule is necessary to comply with changes to federal or interstate fisheries management plans. The Commissioner hereby adopts this emergency regulation as authorized by 12 M.R.S. §6171(3)(C).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2017.