Atlantic Sea Scallop ACL monitoring


Reports Run on: 2019-04-05

For data reported through 2019-04-04

Quota Period: 2018

Quota period dates: April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019

Limited Access sub-ACL

OPEN CA II NLS MID-ATL CA I NLS-S NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (93,544,342 lb) % OF APL (53,023,379 lb)
April 2,141,553 7,278 140,088 3,175,210 147,000 269,711 85,661 5,966,501 5,966,501 6.38% 11.25%
May 2,076,785 64,484 56,459 3,063,687 1,114,142 1,051,411 938,953 8,365,921 14,332,422 15.32% 27.03%
June 3,294,850 0 0 1,430,390 1,315,191 596,448 1,147,327 7,784,206 22,116,628 23.64% 41.71%
July 2,884,412 0 0 461,987 1,395,106 610,613 1,411,116 6,763,234 28,879,862 30.87% 54.47%
August 2,373,599 0 0 585,482 914,983 552,945 1,619,883 6,046,892 34,926,754 37.34% 65.87%
September 1,115,999 0 0 816,787 890,146 485,213 926,955 4,235,100 39,161,854 41.86% 73.86%
October 990,869 0 0 930,693 475,475 312,816 1,075,182 3,785,035 42,946,889 45.91% 81%
November 373,474 0 0 547,041 371,753 268,541 888,341 2,449,150 45,396,039 48.53% 85.62%
December 295,472 0 0 535,250 413,516 336,897 980,160 2,561,295 47,957,334 51.27% 90.45%
January 722,507 0 0 189,277 270,594 197,161 473,007 1,852,546 49,809,880 53.25% 93.94%
February 1,328,758 0 0 114,547 77,927 121,377 358,003 2,000,612 51,810,492 55.39% 97.71%
March 1,630,269 0 0 250,632 105,329 231,933 500,739 2,718,902 54,529,394 58.29% 102.84%
TOTAL 19,228,547 71,762 196,547 12,100,983 7,491,162 5,035,066 10,405,327 54,529,394
* ACL/APL updated to reflect Framework 29


Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN MID-ATL CA I NLS-S NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (4,949,378 lb) % APL (2,806,485 lb)
April 126,178 27,514 80,347 600 5,942 240,581 240,581 4.86% 8.57%
May 183,316 111,226 173,327 0 23,426 491,295 731,876 14.79% 26.08%
June 169,990 119,817 73,181 300 83,406 446,694 1,178,570 23.81% 41.99%
July 114,574 85,450 0 4,967 148,189 353,180 1,531,750 30.95% 54.58%
August 124,025 90,153 0 12,736 144,654 371,568 1,903,318 38.46% 67.82%
September 44,712 46,830 0 4,179 48,018 143,739 2,047,057 41.36% 72.94%
October 25,343 54,774 0 0 38,060 118,177 2,165,234 43.75% 77.15%
November 27,047 31,920 0 499 17,470 76,936 2,242,170 45.3% 79.89%
December 60,712 30,810 0 325 7,463 99,310 2,341,480 47.31% 83.43%
January 53,056 0 0 0 1,740 54,796 2,396,276 48.42% 85.38%
February 96,247 0 0 0 0 96,247 2,492,523 50.36% 88.81%
March 166,515 0 0 0 0 166,515 2,659,038 53.72% 94.75%
TOTAL 1,191,715 598,494 326,855 23,606 518,368 2,659,038
* ACL/APL updated to reflect Framework 29
ACL/APL does not include 205,333 Carryover pounds


Limited Access with Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN MID-ATL CA I NLS-S NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (496,040 lb) % OF APL (279,987 lb)
April 18,523 0 594 1,198 692 21,007 21,007 4.23% 7.5%
May 15,171 0 1,175 596 0 16,942 37,949 7.65% 13.55%
June 2,787 2,383 0 0 0 5,170 43,119 8.69% 15.4%
July 600 5,319 0 0 1,757 7,676 50,795 10.24% 18.14%
August 6,939 2,983 0 0 0 9,922 60,717 12.24% 21.69%
September 9,931 590 0 1,173 587 12,281 72,998 14.72% 26.07%
October 32,131 9,652 0 1,028 0 42,811 115,809 23.35% 41.36%
November 11,590 12,033 0 0 0 23,623 139,432 28.11% 49.8%
December 8,984 15,553 0 0 1,406 25,943 165,375 33.34% 59.07%
January 24,119 0 0 0 0 24,119 189,494 38.2% 67.68%
February 31,493 0 0 0 0 31,493 220,987 44.55% 78.93%
March 26,135 0 0 0 0 26,135 247,122 49.82% 88.26%
TOTAL 188,403 48,513 1,769 3,995 4,442 247,122
* ACL/APL updated to reflect Framework 29
ACL/APL does not include 19,716 Carryover pounds



Access Area Abbreviations: Nantucket Lightship (NLS), Nantucket Lightship South (NLS-S), Nantucket Lightship West (NLS-W), Closed Area I (CA I), Closed Area II (CA II), Mid-Atlantic (MID-ATL)

These data are the best available to NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) when this report was compiled. Data for this report are supplied to NMFS from vessels via the Vessel Monitoring System, Vessel Trip Reports and dealer landing records. Data may be preliminary. Discrepancies with previous reports are due to corrections made to the database.