# Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 23 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2024-10-01 · Effective 2025-01-01 · 89 FR 79778
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-22233
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Species:** flounder
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 79778
- **Publication date:** 2024-10-01
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 240924-0251
## Abstract

This action implements the approved trigger for the in-season closure accountability measure contained in Amendment 23 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 23 was developed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to address the allocation-related impacts of the significant changes in the distribution of black sea bass that have occurred since the original allocations were implemented. This rule implements a measure that allows a buffer before triggering a closure to the coastwide commercial fishery to address negative economic impacts of coastwide closures on states that have not fully harvested their commercial black sea bass state allocations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/01/2024-22233/magnuson-stevens-fishery-conservation-and-management-act-provisions-fisheries-of-the-northeastern)
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