Atlantic Sea Scallop ACL monitoring


Reports Run on: 2022-04-06

For data reported through 2022-04-05

Quota Period: 2021

Quota period dates: April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022

Limited Access sub-ACL

OPEN CA I CA II 2020 CA II 2021 MID-ATL NLS-N NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (61,713,184 lb) % OF APL (36,613,116 lb)
April 4,324,959 0 155,043 0 660,231 21,400 150,369 5,312,002 5,312,002 8.61% 14.51%
May 2,284,958 32,707 337,033 276,530 1,601,384 74,292 619,767 5,226,671 10,538,673 17.08% 28.78%
June 1,333,733 17,998 61,043 2,322,140 697,435 23,035 933,946 5,389,330 15,928,003 25.81% 43.5%
July 2,086,203 0 0 1,992,716 361,879 0 986,270 5,427,068 21,355,071 34.6% 58.33%
August 1,988,696 0 0 1,337,010 237,934 0 868,161 4,431,801 25,786,872 41.79% 70.43%
September 1,430,094 0 0 0 567,900 0 1,186,884 3,184,878 28,971,750 46.95% 79.13%
October 687,295 0 0 0 581,636 0 826,052 2,094,983 31,066,733 50.34% 84.85%
November 216,078 0 0 0 393,970 0 554,005 1,164,053 32,230,786 52.23% 88.03%
December 278,623 0 0 754,102 261,430 0 167,633 1,461,788 33,692,574 54.6% 92.02%
January 614,571 0 0 370,752 45,791 0 90,501 1,121,615 34,814,189 56.41% 95.09%
February 1,056,853 0 0 204,452 14,320 0 54,275 1,329,900 36,144,089 58.57% 98.72%
March 1,297,449 0 0 414,395 14,623 0 330,092 2,056,559 38,200,648 61.9% 104.34%
TOTAL 17,599,512 50,705 553,119 7,672,097 5,438,533 118,727 6,767,955 38,200,648


Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN CA I MID-ATL NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (3,265,248 lb) % APL (1,937,202 lb)
April 157,314 0 56,532 0 213,846 213,846 6.55% 11.04%
May 176,383 21,031 53,985 0 251,399 465,245 14.25% 24.02%
June 144,224 115,576 56,650 0 316,450 781,695 23.94% 40.35%
July 133,693 122,283 36,100 0 292,076 1,073,771 32.88% 55.43%
August 127,377 100,392 34,971 0 262,740 1,336,511 40.93% 68.99%
September 84,087 50,528 14,865 0 149,480 1,485,991 45.51% 76.71%
October 75,696 0 2,075 0 77,771 1,563,762 47.89% 80.72%
November 59,554 0 0 0 59,554 1,623,316 49.71% 83.8%
December 134,559 0 0 0 134,716 1,758,032 53.84% 90.75%
January 65,849 0 0 0 65,849 1,823,881 55.86% 94.15%
February 67,760 0 0 0 68,031 1,891,912 57.94% 97.66%
March 77,602 0 0 0 77,824 1,969,736 60.32% 101.68%
TOTAL 1,304,098 409,810 255,178 0 1,969,736


Limited Access with Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN CA I MID-ATL NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (326,525 lb) % APL (193,720 lb)
April 18,457 0 4,638 0 23,095 23,095 7.07% 11.92%
May 14,330 0 0 0 14,330 37,425 11.46% 19.32%
August 849 0 0 0 849 38,274 11.72% 19.76%
September 5,267 0 6,088 0 11,355 49,629 15.2% 25.62%
October 16,980 0 2,310 0 19,290 68,919 21.11% 35.58%
November 14,791 0 0 0 14,791 83,710 25.64% 43.21%
December 21,985 0 0 0 21,985 105,695 32.37% 54.56%
January 13,270 0 0 0 13,270 118,965 36.43% 61.41%
February 24,726 0 0 0 24,726 143,691 44.01% 74.17%
March 28,895 0 0 0 28,895 172,586 52.86% 89.09%
TOTAL 159,550 0 13,036 0 172,586



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.