NOAA Fisheries Service has approved the request of the State of Rhode Island to transfer 50,186 lb of commercial summer flounder quota to the States of Maine, Connecticut, New York, Delaware, and Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Through this action, NOAA Fisheries Service is adjusting the quotas and announcing the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
Click here
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...f/05-12204.pdf for details of the transfer.
The effective dates are June 16, 2005 through December 31, 2005, unless a superseding document is published in the Federal Register.
For more information, contact
Michael.Ruccio@noaa.gov.