{"id":10783,"date":"2017-12-27T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T20:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=10783"},"modified":"2017-12-27T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T20:52:43","slug":"new-england-council-approves-groundfish-fw-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/new-england-council-approves-groundfish-fw-57\/","title":{"rendered":"New England council approves Groundfish FW 57"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWPORT, RI \u2013 At its Dec. 5-7 meeting, the New England Fishery Management Council approved Framework Adjustment 57 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to setting 2019-2020 specifications for catch limits, the council fine-tuned trimester allocations of total allowable catch (TAC) in response to overages for six stocks in the common pool (CP), modified the common pool\u2019s accountability measures (AMs) management,\u00a0 modified AMs in the Atlantic halibut and southern windowpane flounder fisheries, and set the Atlantic sea scallop sub-ACL and other non-groundfish fisheries sub-ACLs for flounder stocks.<\/p>\n<p>The new annual catch limits (ACLs) for the 19 groundfish stocks were set using data from the 2017 operational assessment.<\/p>\n<p>As plan coordinator Dr. Jamie Cournane pointed out, there were some increases in cod and haddock stocks:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To get access to the rest of this story and more\u00a0<\/strong><strong>you&#8217;ll need to purchase the<br \/>\nJANUARY\u00a02018 issue of\u00a0<em>Commercial Fisheries News.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10742 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-140x173.jpg 140w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-25x31.jpg 25w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-31x38.jpg 31w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-174x215.jpg 174w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-220x271.jpg 220w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-210x259.jpg 210w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover-250x308.jpg 250w, https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CFN-1_18-cover.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Please\u00a0choose from the\u00a0following options:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022 BUY a Single PRINT edition of CFN that is delivered by MAIL.\u00a0<a title=\"Single Issue \u2013 Print Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/products-page-2\/2015\/print-single-issue\/\">PRINT EDITION<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022 Quickly enjoy ONLINE access with our Hi-DEF flip-book.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a title=\"February 2017 \u2013 Online Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/products-page-2\/product-issues\/current-product-issues\/january-2018-online-edition\/\">PURCHASE THIS ONLINE EDITION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 \u00a0Shop the<a href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/archive-issues\/\">\u00a0Online ARCHIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>(Read online flip-book immediately with purchased access key and download a copy for yourself to keep.<br \/>\nNot sure if it works for you? 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