Summer Flounder Quota Transfer From Virginia to New Jersey
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This rule moves 13,488 pounds of Virginia’s 2026 commercial summer flounder quota to New Jersey. The transfer is effective from May 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. The change affects commercial summer flounder fishers, dealers, and state fishery managers in Virginia and New Jersey. Virginia’s revised 2026 quota is 2,420,512 pounds, and New Jersey’s revised quota is 2,109,868 pounds. The transfer repays landings made by an out-of-state permitted vessel under a safe harbor agreement.
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Key Changes
- Transfers 13,488 pounds of 2026 commercial summer flounder quota from Virginia to New Jersey
- Sets Virginia’s revised 2026 quota at 2,420,512 pounds
- Sets New Jersey’s revised 2026 quota at 2,109,868 pounds
Obligations
What this law requires
Virginia must transfer 13,488 lb (6,118 kg) of its 2026 commercial summer flounder quota to New Jersey under the approved interstate quota transfer.
Virginia must administer its revised 2026 commercial summer flounder quota as 2,420,512 lb (1,097,926 kg) after the approved transfer.
New Jersey must administer its revised 2026 commercial summer flounder quota as 2,109,868 lb (957,020 kg) after receiving the approved transfer from Virginia.
States seeking to transfer or combine summer flounder commercial quota must do so by mutual agreement and obtain concurrence from the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator.
The NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator must evaluate requests for summer flounder quota transfers or combinations by determining that the transfer will not preclude full harvest of the overall annual quota, addresses an unforeseen variation or contingency in the fishery, and is consistent with the Fishery Management Plan and the Magnuson-Stevens Act.