Quota Transfer From North Carolina to New Jersey in Summer Flounder Fishery
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This law enables the State of North Carolina to transfer a portion of its commercial summer flounder fishing quota to New Jersey for the 2026 fishing year. This adjustment is made to ensure that New Jersey can utilize its quota fully without exceeding it and is in accordance with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan. The transfer involves 100,000 pounds (45,359 kg) of summer flounder, resulting in revised quotas of 2,920,221 pounds for North Carolina and 2,096,380 pounds for New Jersey.
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Key Changes
- North Carolina transfers 100,000 pounds of summer flounder quota to New Jersey.
- Revised quota for North Carolina is now 2,920,221 pounds.
- Revised quota for New Jersey is now 2,096,380 pounds.
Obligations
What this law requires
North Carolina must transfer 100,000 pounds (45,359 kg) of summer flounder commercial quota to New Jersey for the 2026 fishing year
Enforce the revised 2026 commercial summer flounder quota of 2,920,221 pounds (1,324,590 kg) for North Carolina
Enforce the revised 2026 commercial summer flounder quota of 2,096,380 pounds (950,902 kg) for New Jersey
NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator must evaluate quota transfer requests using three criteria: (1) transfers would not preclude overall annual quota from being fully harvested; (2) transfers address unforeseen variation or contingency in fishery; (3) transfers are consistent with FMP objectives and Magnuson-Stevens Act
Apply the quota transfer regulations in 50 CFR 648.102(c)(2) which requires mutual agreement between states and NMFS Regional Administrator concurrence for summer flounder commercial quota transfers