A Federal Consistency Determination has been submitted to the DNREC Delaware Coastal Management Program (DCMP) for the following: NOAA Amendment 25/Adjustment 69 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP (2025.0015)

The Northeast Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) currently manages a suite of 13 species comprising 20 stocks of fish in Federal waters off the coast of Maine through North Carolina. Amendment 25 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP would revise the current Atlantic cod stock management units to include four cod stock units as defined in the 2023 Research Track Assessment of Atlantic Cod. Management measures for the four Atlantic cod stocks that Amendment 25 would add to the FMP are included in a companion regulatory action, Framework 69. Framework 69 also includes specifications for groundfish stocks, including the four new cod stocks, and management measures to implement the specifications. The preliminary submission of Amendment 25 can be found on the New England Fishery Management Council website at www.nefmc.org/library/northeast-multispecies-groundfish-amendment-25, and the preliminary submission for Framework 69 may be obtained from www.nefmc.org/library/northeast-multispecies-groundfish-framework-69. The proposed activity is subject to review for consistency under the policies of the DNREC DCMP.

Comments concerning this Federal Consistency Determination will be accepted from February 9, 2025, through March 1, 2025. Comments may be sent to: DNREC Coastal Programs, Jesse Hayden, Administrator, 100 W. Water Street, Suite 7B, Dover, DE, 19904, or electronically to DNREC_DCP_PublicComment@delaware.gov. (Please note that there are underscores between DNREC, DCP, and Public). For submission materials and additional information please visit de.gov/dnrecnotices or call (302) 739-9283.

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