QUOTA MANAGED SPECIES
2018 Landings and Quota Information
as of Feb 28, 2019 - 07:15 A.M.
Species 2018 MA
Landings
2018
Quota
Quota
Type
Percent
Landed
Black Sea Bass 480,793 457,645 MA 105.1%
Bluefish 195,378 486,539 MA 40.2%
Dogfish 7,676,370 22,153,577 CW to NMFS
Fluke 427,167 413,361 MA 103.3%
Horseshoe Crab* 145,837 165,000 MA 88.4%
Menhaden 5,714,256 6,065,015 MA 94.2%
Scup (Winter I) 567,959 10,820,000 CW to NMFS
Scup (Summer) 736,543 1,916,280 MA 38.4%
Scup (Winter II) 178,643 9,766,677 CW to NMFS
Striped_Bass 753,731 847,585 MA 88.9%
Tautog 61,055 62,945 MA 97.0%
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.