Atlantic Sea Scallop ACL monitoring


Reports Run on: 2024-05-06

For data reported through 2024-05-05

Quota Period: 2023

Quota period dates: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

Limited Access sub-ACL

OPEN CA II NLS-S NLS-N MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (39,277,557 lb) % OF APL (21,600,892 lb) Observer Set Aside
April 943,725 2,639,582 78 0 3,583,385 3,583,385 9.12% 16.59% 32,685
May 2,815,764 1,724,855 0 0 4,540,619 8,124,004 20.68% 37.61% 57,340
June 2,624,542 1,002,833 0 0 3,627,375 11,751,379 29.92% 54.4% 38,345
July 3,133,318 737,879 0 0 3,871,197 15,622,576 39.77% 72.32% 45,240
August 1,725,990 673,743 0 0 2,399,733 18,022,309 45.88% 83.43% 32,665
September 600,034 0 0 0 600,034 18,622,343 47.41% 86.21% 23,970
October 405,493 0 0 0 405,493 19,027,836 48.44% 88.09% 11,985
November 139,038 244,350 0 0 383,388 19,411,224 49.42% 89.86% 10,820
December 35,604 686,575 0 0 722,179 20,133,403 51.26% 93.21% 18,925
January 211,332 274,646 0 0 485,978 20,619,381 52.5% 95.46% 5,880
February 443,689 159,878 0 0 603,567 21,222,948 54.03% 98.25% 22,270
March 736,919 70,592 0 0 807,511 22,030,459 56.09% 101.99% 32,665
TOTAL 13,815,448 8,214,933 78 0 22,030,459 332,790


Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN NLS-N CA II MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (2,078,959 lb) % APL (1,141,995 lb) Observer Set Aside
April 92,563 35,406 0 127,969 127,969 6.16% 11.21% 2,750
May 82,289 85,768 0 168,057 296,026 14.24% 25.92% 5,750
June 88,353 86,019 0 174,372 470,398 22.63% 41.19% 4,375
July 103,538 4,988 14,351 122,877 593,275 28.54% 51.95% 1,375
August 88,010 0 20,193 108,203 701,478 33.74% 61.43% 7,125
September 77,576 0 0 77,576 779,054 37.47% 68.22% 3,875
October 82,153 0 0 82,153 861,207 41.42% 75.41% 7,500
November 39,914 0 1,465 41,379 902,586 43.42% 79.04% 3,750
December 32,553 0 2,057 34,610 937,196 45.08% 82.07% 2,250
January 27,511 0 4,477 31,988 969,184 46.62% 84.87% 4,750
February 50,316 0 5,997 56,313 1,025,497 49.33% 89.8% 7,750
March 40,710 0 11,514 52,224 1,077,721 51.84% 94.37% 3,750
TOTAL 805,486 212,181 60,054 1,077,721


Limited Access with Limited Access General Category sub-ACL

OPEN NLS-N CA II MONTHLY TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL % OF SUB-ACL (207,235 lb) % APL (114,640 lb) Observer Set Aside
April 15,019 0 0 15,019 15,019 7.25% 13.1% 0
May 18,571 789 0 19,360 34,379 16.59% 29.99% 500
June 861 750 0 1,611 35,990 17.37% 31.39% 500
July 3,073 0 0 3,073 39,063 18.85% 34.07% 0
August 7,758 0 0 7,758 46,821 22.59% 40.84% 375
September 12,485 0 0 12,485 59,306 28.62% 51.73% 750
October 5,856 0 0 5,856 65,162 31.44% 56.84% 500
January 1,451 0 0 1,451 66,613 32.14% 58.11% 375
February 6,615 0 2,339 8,954 75,567 36.46% 65.92% 1,500
March 9,576 0 0 9,576 85,143 41.09% 74.27% 2,375
TOTAL 81,265 1,539 2,339 85,143



Access Area Abbreviations: Nantucket Lightship North (NLS-N), Nantucket Lightship South (NLS-S), Closed Area I (CA I), Closed Area II (CA II)

APL is the annual projected landings from Framework 36

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.