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The New England Fishery Management Council is planning a public online meeting of its Joint Herring Committee and Advisory Panel on January 23, 2025. This session will focus on considering actions that impact fisheries in New England's exclusive economic zone. The agenda includes discussions about Amendment 10, updates on draft analyses, and catching specifications for 2025. Recommendations from these discussions may be presented to the full Council for further consideration and action.

The New England Fishery Management Council will hold a three-day meeting from January 28 to January 30, 2025, in Portsmouth, NH. The meeting will focus on New England fisheries and include various reports and presentations, such as updates on fish habitat designation methods, stock assessments of the Yellowtail Flounder, and the Marine Recreational Information Program. A session on fisheries and habitat research in offshore wind areas and discussions on Atlantic herring and scallop fisheries management will also occur. The public can attend and participate in person or online, and disabled accommodations are available upon request.

The New England Fishery Management Council is holding a public meeting via a webinar to discuss actions that might affect New England fisheries, specifically in the exclusive economic zone. The main focus of this meeting, scheduled for January 20, 2021, is to develop recommendations on recreational fishing measures for the 2021 season, particularly for the Gulf of Maine cod and haddock. The panel will also discuss a possible limited entry program for recreational groundfish fisheries and update on revising biological catch control rules. The outcomes of this meeting will be reported to the full Council for possible action.

The New England Fishery Management Council is organizing a public meeting via webinar for its Scientific and Statistical Committee Subpanel to discuss issues impacting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone. The meeting is set for April 11, 2025, starting at 1 p.m. The subpanel will review research on Atlantic cod discards from the lobster fishery and consider how these figures can be integrated into the Eastern Gulf of Maine Atlantic cod stock assessment. Recommendations from this subpanel will be submitted to the full council for potential action, and the event will be accessible to people with disabilities.

The New England Fishery Management Council is holding a public hybrid meeting on January 21, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. to discuss fishing measures for the Western Gulf of Maine cod and Gulf of Maine haddock for 2025. The meeting will take place at the Four Points by Sheraton in Wakefield, MA, with an option to participate via webinar. The Groundfish Recreational Advisory Panel will present recommendations for consideration by the full Council. The meeting is accessible to people with disabilities, and accommodations can be requested in advance.

The New England Fishery Management Council is organizing a hybrid meeting for its Scallop Committee on April 2, 2025, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Boston, MA. The meeting will discuss actions impacting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone, including reviewing input from Visioning Sessions and discussing a Long-Term Scallop Strategic Plan. Participants can attend in person or register online, and the meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Recommendations from this meeting will be presented to the full Council for further consideration.

The New England Fishery Management Council is holding a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel via webinar on January 21, 2021. The panel will discuss upcoming changes to scallop fishery regulations, such as catch limits and fishing areas for the 2021 and 2022 fishing years. They will also address issues with certain fish species and consider changes to scallop work priorities. The panel's recommendations will be presented to the full Council for potential action.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is implementing a temporary rule to stop fishing for Pacific cod using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska. This is because the limit for how much Pacific cod can be caught during the "A" season in 2025 is about to be reached. The action will be in effect from March 10, 2025, to June 10, 2025, to ensure that the fishing limits aren't exceeded. The decision was based on recent data, and the usual notice and comment period was waived to act quickly.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a temporary rule to reallocate unused Pacific cod catch limits in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Specifically, 1,000 metric tons originally allocated for jig gear will be transferred to smaller vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear. This decision helps ensure more of the Pacific cod catch limit is used effectively before the end of 2025. The action bypasses normal public comment due to the urgency of incorporating the latest fisheries data.

The New England Fishery Management Council is organizing a public hybrid meeting for the Joint Skate and Monkfish Committees to discuss matters impacting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone. This meeting will occur on March 20, 2025, at the Hampton Inn in South Kingstown, RI, with an option to join via webinar. The agenda includes reviewing research updates, discussing management plan specifications for fishing years 2026-2028 for monkfish and 2026-2027 for skate, and potential measures like possession limits. There is a provision for addressing unforeseen urgent issues that may arise.