Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) revises the Northeast Region Permit Family of
Forms. Measures in Amendment 2 include the establishment of an
Offshore Fishery Program and modification of the limited access
permit moratorium for vessels fishing south of 38o20 N. latitude.
Inclusion of the Atlantic scallop ownership form is a further
revision to the Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms necessary
to ensure that the regulatory permitting requirement that vessel
owners have no more than a 5 percent interest in more than one
limited access scallop vessel is enforceable.
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