News from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
April 6, 2005
Phone: (603) 271-3211
Email: info@wildlife.state.nh.us
For information and online licenses, visit 
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us

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CONTACT:
John Nelson: (603) 868-1095
Jane Vachon: (603) 271-3211 
April 6, 2005

                      HERRING LANDING RESTRICTED

DURHAM, N.H. -- New Hampshire Fish and Game's Marine Fisheries Division 
today announced that beginning April 7, 2005, commercial fishermen will 
not be allowed to land Atlantic herring on Saturday and Sunday in the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)'s Management Area 
1A, located in the western half of the Gulf of Maine. The restriction 
applies from Saturday at 12:01am to midnight on Sunday, and will remain in 
effect until December 31, 2005, or until further amended. 

The closure is in accordance with the ASMFC's Atlantic Herring 
Management Plan, which prevents exceeding the total allowable catch for each 
management area and the early closure of the management area. One 
exception to the rule is that any vessel may land herring as an incidental 
catch caught in ASMFC Management Area 1A, up to a maximum of 2,000 pounds. 
For more information about the closure, call Fish and Game's Region 3 
office at (603) 868-1095. 

The N.H. Fish and Game Department is the guardian of the state's fish, 
wildlife and marine resources and their habitats. Visit 
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us.

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