Fishermen harvesting surfclams from Georges Bank have additional requirements under the PSP testing protocol.Closed areas due to environmental degradation or to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP).
Minimum size, which can be suspended by managers if they can demonstrate the harvest of small surfclams is below a certain threshold.Individual transferable quota ( catch shares) program – managers set an annual catch limit for federal waters and allocate it among individual fishermen or vessel owners.Fishermen must have a permit to harvest surfclams.Managed under the Surfclam-Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan:.NOAA Fisheries, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and state resource management agencies manage the surfclam fishery.
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