Atlantic Sea Scallop ACL monitoring


Reports Run on: 2023-04-19

For data reported through 2023-04-18

Quota Period: 2022

Quota period dates: April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023

Limited Access sub-ACL

OPEN CA II NLS-S Deep MID-ATL MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (51,804,222 lb) % OF APL (29,755,792 lb)
April 1,270,694 1,547,302 242,847 131,144 3,191,987 3,191,987 6.16% 10.73%
May 2,320,712 2,255,201 75,297 142,759 4,793,969 7,985,956 15.42% 26.84%
June 3,001,197 1,806,490 21,260 60,773 4,889,720 12,875,676 24.85% 43.27%
July 2,117,629 1,295,950 31,462 0 3,445,041 16,320,717 31.5% 54.85%
August 1,736,235 912,057 44,387 0 2,692,679 19,013,396 36.7% 63.9%
September 1,562,976 0 27,273 0 1,590,249 20,603,645 39.77% 69.24%
October 885,836 0 80,738 0 966,574 21,570,219 41.64% 72.49%
November 116,521 224,591 44,905 0 386,017 21,956,236 42.38% 73.79%
December 60,726 666,650 2,074 0 729,450 22,685,686 43.79% 76.24%
January 566,387 373,348 4,880 0 944,615 23,630,301 45.61% 79.41%
February 835,235 260,731 0 0 1,095,966 24,726,267 47.73% 83.1%
March 1,589,181 253,902 207 0 1,843,290 26,569,557 51.29% 89.29%
TOTAL 16,063,329 9,596,222 575,330 334,676 26,569,557


Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN CA I NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (2,740,346 lb) % APL (1,571,896 lb)
April 100,637 12,984 0 113,621 113,621 4.15% 7.23%
May 149,857 60,421 0 210,278 323,899 11.82% 20.61%
June 163,556 97,345 0 260,901 584,800 21.34% 37.2%
July 131,882 74,284 0 206,166 790,966 28.86% 50.32%
August 110,735 58,448 0 169,183 960,149 35.04% 61.08%
September 61,793 54,874 0 116,667 1,076,816 39.29% 68.5%
October 54,385 38,261 0 92,646 1,169,462 42.68% 74.4%
November 32,620 18,113 0 50,733 1,220,195 44.53% 77.63%
December 32,306 10,980 0 43,286 1,263,481 46.11% 80.38%
January 48,710 8,482 0 57,192 1,320,673 48.19% 84.02%
February 50,601 0 0 50,601 1,371,274 50.04% 87.24%
March 93,583 0 0 93,583 1,464,857 53.46% 93.19%
TOTAL 1,030,665 434,192 0 1,464,857


Limited Access with Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN CA I NLS-S Deep MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (273,373 lb) % APL (156,528 lb)
April 14,613 0 0 14,613 14,613 5.35% 9.34%
May 13,122 0 0 13,122 27,735 10.15% 17.72%
June 5,160 0 0 5,160 32,895 12.03% 21.02%
July 7,188 0 0 7,188 40,083 14.66% 25.61%
August 16,092 1,053 0 17,145 57,228 20.93% 36.56%
September 24,421 0 0 24,421 81,649 29.87% 52.16%
October 13,523 1,039 0 14,562 96,211 35.19% 61.47%
November 2,267 1,061 0 3,328 99,539 36.41% 63.59%
December 2,678 0 0 2,678 102,217 37.39% 65.3%
January 8,050 0 0 8,050 110,267 40.34% 70.45%
February 8,451 0 0 8,451 118,718 43.43% 75.84%
March 15,074 0 0 15,074 133,792 48.94% 85.47%
TOTAL 130,639 3,153 0 133,792



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

APL is the annual projected landings from Framework 34

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. Discrepancies with previous reports are due to updates made to the records.