<searchTitle>Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From Maine to Massachusetts; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>RULE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24320</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</agency>
<agency order="2">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</agency>
<effectiveDate>2024-10-18</effectiveDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. 231215-0305</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>RTID 0648-XE378</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>3510-22-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24320</frDocNumber>
<action>Temporary rule; quota transfer.</action>
<summary>NMFS announces that the State of Maine is transferring a portion of its 2024 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This adjustment to the 2024 fishing year quota is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised 2024 commercial quotas for Maine and Massachusetts.</summary>
<dates>Effective October 18, 2024, through December 31, 2024.</dates>
<contact>Matthew Rigdon, Fishery Management Specialist, (978) 281-9336.</contact>
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<tocSubject1>Fisheries of the Northeastern United States</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer from Maine to Massachusetts, </tocDoc>