Atlantic Sea Scallop ACL monitoring


Reports Run on: 2020-04-13

For data reported through 2020-04-12

Quota Period: 2019

Quota period dates: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Limited Access sub-ACL

OPEN MID-ATL CA I NLS-S NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (116,342,345 lb) % OF APL (56,687,461 lb)
April 1,025,259 1,627,905 386,769 243,091 3,534,356 6,817,380 6,817,380 5.86% 12.03%
May 587,935 2,440,923 660,602 215,875 4,108,711 8,014,046 14,831,426 12.75% 26.16%
June 2,485,202 1,642,404 891,776 57,046 2,457,899 7,534,327 22,365,753 19.22% 39.45%
July 4,186,953 803,427 304,397 0 1,935,740 7,230,517 29,596,270 25.44% 52.21%
August 2,848,545 897,003 503,224 0 1,540,985 5,789,757 35,386,027 30.42% 62.42%
September 1,523,949 1,388,208 576,104 0 913,505 4,401,766 39,787,793 34.2% 70.19%
October 518,512 2,969,651 292,710 0 674,182 4,455,055 44,242,848 38.03% 78.05%
November 128,329 2,164,956 322,178 0 205,544 2,821,007 47,063,855 40.45% 83.02%
December 79,815 1,616,795 319,568 0 1,780 2,017,958 49,081,813 42.19% 86.58%
January 468,407 1,041,571 382,391 0 19,168 1,911,537 50,993,350 43.83% 89.96%
February 743,451 589,064 307,639 0 72,395 1,712,549 52,705,899 45.3% 92.98%
March 1,951,164 537,721 81,391 0 181,279 2,751,555 55,457,454 47.67% 97.83%
TOTAL 16,547,521 17,719,628 5,028,749 516,012 15,645,544 55,457,454


Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN MID-ATL CA I NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (6,155,306 lb) % APL (2,998,287 lb)
April 86,058 103,136 44,893 2,773 236,860 236,860 3.85% 7.9%
May 73,480 207,958 127,439 4,177 413,054 649,914 10.56% 21.68%
June 90,749 186,692 137,304 1,464 416,209 1,066,123 17.32% 35.56%
July 155,279 198,996 0 10,079 364,354 1,430,477 23.24% 47.71%
August 118,563 170,009 0 1,678 290,250 1,720,727 27.96% 57.39%
September 88,321 74,285 0 0 162,606 1,883,333 30.6% 62.81%
October 82,326 5,319 0 0 87,645 1,970,978 32.02% 65.74%
November 86,086 0 0 0 86,086 2,057,064 33.42% 68.61%
December 71,861 1,307 0 0 73,168 2,130,232 34.61% 71.05%
January 104,537 0 0 0 104,537 2,234,769 36.31% 74.53%
February 104,569 0 0 0 104,569 2,339,338 38.01% 78.02%
March 101,054 404 0 0 101,458 2,440,796 39.65% 81.41%
TOTAL 1,162,883 948,106 309,636 20,171 2,440,796


Limited Access with Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN MID-ATL CA I NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (615,090 lb) % APL (299,829 lb)
April 5,386 3,000 0 850 9,236 9,236 1.5% 3.08%
May 1,177 558 600 0 2,335 11,571 1.88% 3.86%
June 3,125 4,286 600 0 8,011 19,582 3.18% 6.53%
July 1,197 3,568 0 0 4,765 24,347 3.96% 8.12%
August 1,440 10,495 0 0 11,935 36,282 5.9% 12.1%
September 14,505 13,044 0 0 27,549 63,831 10.38% 21.29%
October 36,516 1,785 0 0 38,301 102,132 16.6% 34.06%
November 34,812 0 0 0 34,812 136,944 22.26% 45.67%
December 26,362 0 0 0 26,362 163,306 26.55% 54.47%
January 31,887 0 0 0 31,887 195,193 31.73% 65.1%
February 32,794 0 0 0 32,794 227,987 37.07% 76.04%
March 24,744 0 0 0 24,744 252,731 41.09% 84.29%
TOTAL 213,945 36,736 1,200 850 252,731



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)

APL is the annual projected landings from Framework 30

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.