Table 2. Fishery management plan (FMP) actions passed by the
Northeast Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC) and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries
Management Council (MAFMC) affecting the use of Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
in the northeast
United
States
through December 31, 2006. Note: if a
vessel is subject to VMS regulations from multiple programs, the most
restrictive regulation applies. |
| Date
effective |
Fishery |
Measure |
Description |
Reference |
| May 1998 |
Atlantic scallop |
Amendment 4 |
Required VMS for all limited access full-and part-time vessels
(hourly polling). *Note: Amendment 4
effective March 1994, but VMS implementation delayed by NMFS until May 1998. |
NEFMC 1993 |
| May 1999 |
Atlantic herring |
Original FMP |
Required VMS for all category 1 vessels (hourly polling). |
NEFMC 1999 |
| May 2001 |
Atlantic scallop |
Framework Adjustment 14 |
Required VMS for all limited access
occasional-category vessels when participating in area access programs
(half-hourly polling). |
NEFMC 2001 |
| May 2004 |
Northeast multispecies |
Amendment 13 |
Required VMS for all vessels accessing the US/Canada shared
resource area (half-hour polling within US/Canada area, hourly polling
outside). |
NEFMC 2003 |
| November 2004 |
Atlantic scallop |
Framework Adjustment 16 |
Required VMS for all general category vessels participating in
area access programs (half-hour polling). |
NEFMC 2004a |
| November 2004 |
Northeast multispecies |
Framework Adjustment 40A |
Required VMS for all vessels participating in special access
programs (SAP) and when fishing under the Regular B Days-at-Sea (DAS) Program
(hourly polling). |
NEFMC 2004b |
| October 2005 |
Atlantic scallop |
Framework Adjustment 17 |
Required VMS for all general category vessels landing > 40 lb
scallop meats (half-hour polling). |
NEFMC 2005 |
| November 2006 |
Northeast multispecies |
Framework Adjustment 42 |
Required VMS for all limited access NE multispecies DAS vessels
using groundfish DAS (hourly polling). |
NEFMC 2006 |