Current Fisheries Management Proclamations

  • CALICO SCALLOP – ATLANTIC OCEAN - CLOSURE
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., May 31, 2024

  • CHANNEL NETS – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    effective at 12:01 A.M., May 15, 2024

  • COBIA – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2025

  • COBIA – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL – COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2026

  • CRAB SPAWNING SANCTUARY - GEAR AND HARVEST RESTRICTIONS – TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULES
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 20, 2024

  • CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REGIONS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

     12:01 A.M., June 20, 2024
    Map Package

  • CRAB TRAWLING AND TAKING SHRIMP WITH NETS – ATLANTIC OCEAN AND SOUTHERN REGION
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 20, 2024
    Map Package

  • DOLPHIN– RECREATIONAL VESSEL LIMIT – COASTAL FISHING WATERS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., Monday, May 2, 2022

  • FINFISH – AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS EXEMPTIONS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 14, 2022

  • FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., January 1, 2026

  • FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., November 1, 2025

  • FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL PURPOSES – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS. CLOSES ALL INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS.
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    2:00 P.M. October 29, 2025

  • FLOUNDER – RECREATIONAL - INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., September 1, 2025

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS - JOINT FISHING WATERS – MAINTAINS WEEKEND GILL NET RESTRICTIONS
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., June 6, 2025

  • GILL NET RESTRICTIONS – INTERNAL COASTAL AND JOINT FISHING WATERS SOUTH OF MANAGEMENT UNIT A – CLOSES ALL MANAGEMENT UNITS TO THE USE OF GILL NETS WITH STRETCHED MESH LENGTH OF 4 INCHES THROUGH 6 ½ INCHES
    Issued Date:
    Effective Date:

    12:01 A.M., November 21, 2025