NOAA Fisheries Selects 14 Sea Scallop Applications Through 2024 RSA Program
NOAA Fisheries announced earlier this month that it has selected 14 sea scallop applications through the 2024 Research Set-Aside (RSA) programs.
Scallop RSA programs support research into industry-based surveys of access areas; sea scallop biology; loggerhead turtle population information and bycatch avoidance; and general research on sea scallop recruitment, bycatch and commercial dredge gear. These types of RSA programs are unique to federal fisheries in the Greater Atlantic Region, and are not only in place for scallops, but also monkfish and Atlantic herring...
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