NOAA Closes Limited Access Longfin Squid Fishery Through End of Trimester II
NOAA Fisheries announced that effective August 5, the directed longfin squid fishery in federal waters through the end of Trimester II, August 31 will be closed.
Limited access longfin squid vessels are prohibited from fishing or landing more than 250 lb of longfin squid per trip in or from federal waters through August 31, 2022. Vessels may not land longfin squid more than once per calendar day.
The decision was made because landing information was analyzed by NOAA and it projected that the fishery...
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