This final rule implements catch limits, commercial quotas, and possession limits for the spiny dogfish fishery for fishing years 2016-2018. This action reduces catch limits for fishing years 2016- 2018, but increases the spiny dogfish trip limit. This action is necessary to ensure that overfishing does not occur and is intended to help the spiny dogfish fishery better achieve optimum yield.
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; 2016-2018 Specifications
This final rule implements catch limits, commercial quotas, and possession limits for the spiny dogfish fishery for fishing years 2016-2018. This action reduces catch limits for...
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81 FR 53958
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“Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; 2016-2018 Specifications,” thefederalregister.org (August 15, 2016), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2016-19342/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-spiny-dogfish-fishery-2016-2018-specifications.