Rule 12 May 2025 compliance, regulation, fisheries, noaa, commercial fishing, economic impact, atlantic spiny dogfish

🎣2025 Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Fishery Specifications and Impacts

NMFS is implementing specifications for the 2025 Atlantic spiny dogfish fishery, as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. This action is necessary to establish allowable harvest levels for the Atlantic spiny dogfish fishery to prevent overfishing while enabling optimum yield, using the best scientific information available.

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