date:Jul 18, 2012
This action supported by both groups transfers approximately 332,016 pounds of yellowtail quota from the scallop industry to the groundfish industry. As a result, this years yellowtail quota for the groundfish fishery will increase by 69 per cent to just over 811,301 pounds, allowing additional opportunities to harvest other groundfish stocks. The yellowtail quota for the Atlantic sea scallop fishery will decrease by 49 per cent to approximately 346,126 pounds.
Although this is a reduction of