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The Law Library presents the complete text of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries - Cooperative Management Act Provisions - American Lobster Fishery (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition).

Updated as of May 29, 2018



With this final rule, NMFS implements new Federal American lobster regulations that will control lobster trap fishing effort by limiting access into the lobster trap fishery in two Lobster Conservation Management Areas. Additionally, this action will implement an individual transferable trap program in three Lobster Conservation Management Areas. The trap transfer program will allow Federal lobster permit holders to buy and sell all or part of a permit's trap allocation, subject to certain restrictions. The limited entry and trap transfer programs respond to recommendations for Federal action in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.



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