Atlantic Sea Scallop ACL monitoring


Reports Run on: 2021-04-15

For data reported through 2021-04-14

Quota Period: 2020

Quota period dates: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

Limited Access sub-ACL

OPEN CA I CA II MID-ATL NLS-N NLS-S Deep NLS-W MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (92,439,826 lb) % OF APL (46,605,722 lb)
April 541,636 18,028 0 2,303,989 26,988 1,002,406 215,649 4,108,696 4,108,696 4.44% 8.82%
May 285,430 48,185 471,985 2,254,973 314,145 1,054,504 249,966 4,679,188 8,787,884 9.51% 18.86%
June 1,662,689 25,713 2,115,744 1,268,425 316,816 759,442 141,556 6,290,385 15,078,269 16.31% 32.35%
July 2,773,441 4,424 1,287,559 452,231 281,754 408,200 147,766 5,355,375 20,433,644 22.1% 43.84%
August 1,837,188 28,567 1,150,887 879,063 423,392 508,674 20,670 4,848,441 25,282,085 27.35% 54.25%
September 1,388,786 0 0 1,444,358 527,148 344,595 4,501 3,709,388 28,991,473 31.36% 62.21%
October 615,836 0 0 2,527,253 338,503 256,230 0 3,737,822 32,729,295 35.41% 70.23%
November 164,842 0 0 1,601,933 114,098 41,889 0 1,922,762 34,652,057 37.49% 74.35%
December 197,626 0 120,769 834,426 13,897 4,084 0 1,170,802 35,822,859 38.75% 76.86%
January 465,316 0 94,369 417,384 67,774 8,585 0 1,053,428 36,876,287 39.89% 79.12%
February 990,635 0 46,816 99,287 119,249 20,837 0 1,276,824 38,153,111 41.27% 81.86%
March 2,079,949 1,805 83,150 165,506 134,394 169,890 0 2,634,694 40,787,805 44.12% 87.52%
TOTAL 13,003,374 126,722 5,371,279 14,248,828 2,678,158 4,579,336 780,108 40,787,805


Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN CA I MID-ATL NLS-N NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (4,892,058 lb) % APL (2,466,973 lb)
April 67,169 5,589 45,280 13,273 0 131,911 131,911 2.7% 5.35%
May 62,674 38,113 172,085 41,647 0 314,519 446,430 9.13% 18.1%
June 59,560 98,628 252,726 55,692 0 466,606 913,036 18.66% 37.01%
July 89,617 77,976 134,012 70,303 0 371,908 1,284,944 26.27% 52.09%
August 134,360 61,317 0 64,257 0 259,934 1,544,878 31.58% 62.62%
September 118,596 23,260 0 36,408 0 178,264 1,723,142 35.22% 69.85%
October 88,431 0 0 4,578 0 93,009 1,816,151 37.12% 73.62%
November 72,502 0 0 200 0 72,702 1,888,853 38.61% 76.57%
December 56,258 0 0 0 0 56,482 1,945,335 39.77% 78.86%
January 114,357 0 0 0 0 114,679 2,060,014 42.11% 83.5%
February 108,535 0 0 0 0 108,535 2,168,549 44.33% 87.9%
March 167,851 0 0 0 0 167,851 2,336,400 47.76% 94.71%
TOTAL 1,139,910 304,883 604,103 286,358 0 2,336,400


Limited Access with Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN CA I MID-ATL NLS-N NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (489,426 lb) % APL (246,918 lb)
April 9,391 0 0 1,786 0 11,177 11,177 2.28% 4.53%
May 15,313 0 600 1,200 0 17,113 28,290 5.78% 11.46%
June 1,307 0 9,412 1,194 0 11,913 40,203 8.21% 16.28%
July 1,633 0 3,523 0 0 5,156 45,359 9.27% 18.37%
August 6,327 0 0 0 0 6,327 51,686 10.56% 20.93%
September 7,645 0 0 0 0 7,645 59,331 12.12% 24.03%
October 27,190 0 0 0 0 27,190 86,521 17.68% 35.04%
November 8,664 0 0 0 0 8,664 95,185 19.45% 38.55%
December 16,248 0 0 0 0 16,248 111,433 22.77% 45.13%
January 15,267 0 0 0 0 15,267 126,700 25.89% 51.31%
February 22,812 0 0 0 0 22,812 149,512 30.55% 60.55%
March 42,331 0 0 0 0 42,331 191,843 39.2% 77.7%
TOTAL 174,128 0 13,535 4,180 0 191,843



Access Area Abbreviations: Nantucket Lightship North(NLS-N), Nantucket Lightship South Deep(NLS-S Deep), 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 32

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.

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