# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2021-06-25 · Effective 2021-07-26 · 86 FR 33553
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-13293
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 33553
- **Publication date:** 2021-06-25
- **Effective date:** 2021-07-26
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No.: 210616-0130
## Abstract

NMFS implements the measures of the New England Fishery Management Council's Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment. This action protects deep-sea corals from the impacts of commercial fishing gear on Georges Bank and in the Gulf of Maine. These management measures are intended to reduce, to the extent practicable, impacts of fishing gear on deep-sea corals in New England while balancing the continued operations of commercial fisheries.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/25/2021-13293/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-omnibus-deep-sea-coral-amendment)
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