{"abstract":"Based on Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommendations, we are issuing this final rule enacting Federal American lobster regulations for Lobster Conservation Management Areas 2, 3, 4, and 5, including trap reductions in Areas 2 and 3, and broodstock protection measures in Areas 2, 3, 4, and 5. These measures are intended to reduce fishing exploitation and reduce latent effort in the trap fishery to scale the fishery to the size of the Southern New England lobster stock. This action is necessary to ensure fishery regulations for the lobster fishery in Federal waters remain consistent with the intent of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/01/15/2015-00421.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":697,"title":50}],"citation":"80 FR 2028","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective May 1, 2015, except for the amendments to Sec. 697.19 which are effective April 30, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 130705590-5010-03"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2015-00421","effective_on":"2015-05-01","end_page":2036,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2015/01/15/2015-00421.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/01/15/2015-00421/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-atlantic-coastal-fisheries-cooperative-management-act","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2015-00421?publication_date=2015-01-15","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2015-01-15/2015-00421/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":9,"page_views":{"count":238,"last_updated":"2026-08-23 22:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-01-15/pdf/2015-00421.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-00421.pdf?1421243410","publication_date":"2015-01-15","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/01/15/2015-00421.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-BD45":{"issue":"201410","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BD45/southern-new-england-effort-controls-to-address-lobster-stock-rebuilding-measures","title":"Southern New England Effort Controls to Address Lobster Stock Rebuilding Measures","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201410&RIN=0648-BD45&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-BD45"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA_FRDOC_0001","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"NOAA_FRDOC_0001","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"FR Pending Documents","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2015-02-04T06:00:26Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":2028,"subtype":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; American Lobster Fishery","toc_doc":"Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; American Lobster Fishery","toc_subject":"Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:","topics":["Fisheries","Fishing"],"type":"Rule","volume":80}