Report Run on: 2017-12-12
Quota Year: 2017 (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)


Area Quota (mt) Cumulative Catch (mt) Percent Quota Caught
1A 32,083 29,032.9 90.5%
1B 4,825 2,633.2 54.6%
2 31,227 4,301.8 13.8%
3 43,873 14,032.3 32.0%
Total 102,656 50,000.2 48.7%

Area 1A quota includes the unused 295 mt West of Cutler, ME fixed gear set-aside, and an additional 1,000 mt due to the New Brunswick weir fishery harvesting less then 4,000 mt by October 1, 2017.



The Atlantic herring fishery is monitored using data provided by herring-permitted vessels (VMS catch reports and VTRs) and Federal/state dealer data. VMS catch reports will be used to verify and determine catch when VTR and/or dealer records are unavailable, but VTR and dealer reports, once received, will determine final catch by area.

Catch reporting requirements are as follows: Limited access herring vessels report catch daily via VMS, open access herring vessels report catch weekly via the IVR system, and all herring-permitted vessels submit VTRs weekly. Failure to submit reports has resulted in vessels being referred to the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement for investigation. For questions regarding Atlantic herring management, please contact the Sustainable Fisheries Division at 978-281-9315. For guidance on the most recent notification and reporting requirements please click here.


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. Data may be preliminary. Discrepancies with previous reports are due to corrections made to the database.