Atlantic Herring Management Board members from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will meet via webinar on November 19, 2025 from 8 to 9 a.m., to discuss days out measures for the remainder of Season 2 (October 1 – December 31) for the 2025 Area 1A fishery (inshore Gulf of Maine). Days out measures include consecutive landings days for Season 2. The webinar and call information is included below:
Atlantic Herring Days Out Meeting
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
8 – 9 a.m.
This webinar will use the RingCentral meeting platform. You can join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone at the following link: https://v.ringcentral.com/join/881329613. If you are new to RingCentral, you can download the app ahead of time (click here) or you can join from a web browser. For audio, the meeting will be using the computer voice over internet (VoIP), but if you are joining the webinar from your phone only, you can dial in at 650.419.1505 and enter access code 881-329-613 when prompted. The webinar will start at 7:45 a.m., 15 minutes early, to troubleshoot audio as necessary.
1,000 metric tons (mt) is being reallocated to the Area 1A sub-annual catch limit (sub-ACL) based on catch information from the Canadian New Brunswick weir fishery. The adjusted Area 1A sub-ACL will be 1,783 mt. After accounting for the fixed gear set-aside, 2025 landings so far from Area 1A, and the 8% buffer (Area 1A closes at 92% of the sub-ACL), there will be an estimated 633 metric tons available for harvest.
Currently, the Area 1A fishery is at zero landing days. While landing days are set at zero (0), harvesters are prohibited from landing more than 2,000 pounds of Atlantic herring per trip from Area 1A. A subsequent press release will announce days out measures for the remainder of Season 2.
For more information, please contact Emilie Franke, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at 703.842.0740 or efranke@asmfc.org.