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Good afternoon,??
Please be aware that DMR will implement emergency conservation closure(s) in the area(s) below, effective Sunday,?December 24, 2023:?
- Harrington River within the Addison Rotational Area
- Roque Island Harbor & Little Kennebec Bay in the Englishman Bay Rotational Area?
The?Scallop Management Area Map has been updated to reflect these closures. To view closures, zoom into the local area.
The?notice of emergency rulemaking will be posted to DMR's website and is included in this notice below.
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NOTICE OF AGENCY EMERGENCY RULE-MAKING
AGENCY:????????? Department of Marine Resources
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE:? Chapter 11.08, Targeted Closures: (8) Roque Island Harbor and Little Kennebec Bay in Englishman?s Bay Rotational Area; (9) Harrington River in Addison Rotational Area
CONCISE SUMMARY:?????????
The Commissioner adopts this emergency rulemaking to establish scallop conservation closures of the Harrington River in Addison RA and Roque Island Harbor and Little Kennebec Bay portion of the Englishman?s Bay RA (Zone 2). The Department is concerned that continued harvesting for the remainder of the 2023-2024 fishing season in these areas will reduce scallop broodstock further, as well as jeopardize sublegal scallops that were observed in the 2023 Scallop surveys that are essential to the ongoing recruitment, regrowth and recovery of the scallop resource. An immediate conservation closure is necessary to reduce the risk of unusual damage and imminent depletion of the scallop resource in four important scallop harvest areas. For these reasons, the Commissioner hereby adopts an emergency closure of Maine?s scallop fishery in these areas as authorized by 12 M.R.S. ?6171(3)(A).
EFFECTIVE DATE:?????????????????????????? December 24, 2023
Please do not reply to this email; the mail box is not monitored. For more information, I can be reached at [email protected] or 207-441-5040. Thank you!?
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