QUOTA MANAGED SPECIES
2023 Landings and Quota Information
as of Mar 19, 2024 - 12:54 P.M.
Species 2023 MA
Landings
2023
Quota
Quota
Type
Percent
Landed
Black Sea Bass 813,102 816,071 MA 99.6%
Bluefish 309,904 329,578 MA 94.0%
Dogfish 2,769,826 6,967,525 CW to NMFS
Fluke 981,115 1,334,363 MA 73.5%
Horseshoe Crab* 139,746 140,000 MA 99.8%
Menhaden (Quota) 2,980,815 10,838,902 MA 27.5%
Scup (Winter I) 40,608 6,319,911 CW to NMFS
Scup (Summer) 547,175 826,996 MA 66.2%
Scup (Winter II) 177,068 3,037,824 CW to NMFS
Striped_Bass 676,955 700,379 MA 96.7%
Tautog 60,296 55,541 MA 108.6%
MA = Massachusetts-specific quota
CW = Coast-wide quota shared between MA and other Atlantic states prompt
*Horseshoe Crab quota and landings reported as count of individual crabs harvested for non-biomedical purposes.