“Descriptions of Selected Fishery Landings and Estimates of Vessel Revenue from: OCS_A_0482”
Prepared by:
National Marine Fisheries Service
July 23, 2026
Data sources:
Commercial Fisheries landings data, Vessel Trip Reports, and Surfclam/OceanQuahog Logbooks
In order to meet requirements of maintaining data confidentiality, totals that did not meet the rule of three (>=3 unique dealers and >= 3 unique permits) were summarized as ‘ALL OTHERS’.
Some caveats/notes:
- The lease area and any export cable corridor(s) for approved projects, as applicable, used for this report reflect areas posted on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) website as of November 16, 2023.
- Values are reported in “real 2025” dollars as calculated using the GDP Implicit Price Deflator.
- Pounds are reported in landed (dressed) pounds.
- Data summarized here is based on vessels that are required to provide federal VTRs for GARFO managed species (check here.
- Federal lobster vessels with only lobster permits do not have a VTR requirement. Trips with no GARFO VTR are not reflected in this summary and impacts to these fisheries may be underrepresented.
- The ASMFC FMP includes the following species: American Lobster, Cobia, Atlantic Croaker, Black Drum, Red Drum, Menhaden, NK Sea Bass, NK Seatrout, Spot, Striped Bass, Tautog, Jonah Crab, and Pandalid Shrimp.
- The SERO FMP includes the following species: Amber Jack, Brown Shrimp, Dolphinfish, Greater Amberjack, Grouper, Grunts, Hogfish, King Mackerel, Long Tail Grouper, NK Porgy, Penaeid Shrimp, Red Grouper, Red Hind, Red Porgy, Red Snapper, Rock Hind, Sand Tilefish, Scamp Grouper, Snapper, Snowy Grouper, Spadefish, Spanish Mackerel, Speckled Hind, Spiny American Lobster, Triggerfish, Vermillion Snapper, Wahoo, Wreckfish, Yellowedge Grouper.
- There exist other fisheries in State waters that may not be reflected in data from federal sources.
- All summaries presented here are built from percentages of a trip that overlapped spatially with the WEAs. These percentages were applied to landings and values for that trip and summed.
- The information reported for 2020 should be interpreted with caution due to the generalized impacts the COVID-19 pandemic had across many fisheries.
- The number of small businesses changes over time both because of changes in affiliated ownership and fluctuations in revenue. For this reason, we use and report only the most recent three years’ revenue in the Small Business Analysis section.
- Confidential data is listed as “Suppressed” or “All Others.”
- All numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
References
DePiper GS (2014) Statistically assessing the precision of self-reported VTR fishing locations.
Benjamin S, Lee MY, DePiper G. 2018. Visualizing fishing data as rasters. NEFSC Ref Doc 18-12; 24 p.
Most Impacted FMPs
We define “most impacted” as the FMPs deriving the most revenue from the area over the eighteen year analysis period of 2008 to 2025, indicating the highest potential for impact to industry from a reduction in fishing area. The top 5 FMPs by revenue in Ocs-A 0482 were ASMFC FMP, Sea Scallop, Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Surfclam, Ocean Quahog and No Federal FMP. The category “No Federal FMP” contains a variety of species that are not federally regulated, such as: smooth and chain dogfish, whelk, and menhaden, (there are close to 62 species without federal FMPs caught in the Ocs-A 0482 area). Revenue values have been deflated to 2025 dollars. Specific figures on these FMPs within the area follow. See Table 5.1 for area totals for all FMPs and species.
Figure 1.1 Landings from the Most Impacted FMPs within Ocs-A 0482
| FMP | Eighteen Year Landings |
|---|---|
| ASMFC FMP | 9,315,000 |
| Surfclam, Ocean Quahog | 384,000 |
| Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass | 309,000 |
| No Federal FMP | 197,000 |
| Sea Scallop | 103,000 |
| Total | 10,308,000 |
Figure 1.2 Revenue from the Most Impacted FMPs within Ocs-A 0482
| FMP | Eighteen Year Revenue |
|---|---|
| ASMFC FMP | $1,468,000 |
| Sea Scallop | $1,195,000 |
| Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass | $937,000 |
| Surfclam, Ocean Quahog | $363,000 |
| No Federal FMP | $239,000 |
| Total | $4,201,000 |
Other Impacted FMPs
We analyzed other impacted FMPs separately… All Others, Atlantic Herring, Bluefish, Highly Migratory Species, Mackerel, Squid, And Butterfish, Monkfish, Northeast Multispecies, Sero Fmp, Skates, Small-Mesh Multispecies, Spiny Dogfish and Tilefish. The category “All Others” refers to FMPs with less than three permits or dealers impacted.Revenue values have been deflated to 2025 dollars. See Table 5.1 for area totals.Figure 2.1 Landings from the Other Impacted FMPs within Ocs-A 0482
| FMP | Eighteen Year Landings |
|---|---|
| Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish | 261,000 |
| All Others | 33,000 |
| Highly Migratory Species | 27,000 |
| Atlantic Herring | 25,000 |
| Skates | 15,000 |
| Spiny Dogfish | 10,000 |
| Bluefish | 6,000 |
| Monkfish | 1,000 |
| SERO FMP | 1,000 |
| Small-Mesh Multispecies | 1,000 |
| Tilefish | 1,000 |
| Northeast Multispecies | 1,000 |
| Total | 381,000 |
Figure 2.2 Revenue from the Other Impacted FMPs within Ocs-A 0482
| FMP | Eighteen Year Revenue |
|---|---|
| Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish | $216,000 |
| All Others | $37,000 |
| Highly Migratory Species | $26,000 |
| Skates | $7,000 |
| Monkfish | $4,000 |
| Bluefish | $3,000 |
| Atlantic Herring | $3,000 |
| Tilefish | $2,000 |
| Spiny Dogfish | $2,000 |
| SERO FMP | $1,000 |
| Northeast Multispecies | $1,000 |
| Small-Mesh Multispecies | <$500 |
| Total | $302,000 |
Most Impacted Species
We analyzed the top ten species due to their economic importance in the area and to isolate them from combined FMPs. The top ten species by revenue are: Scallop,Sea, All Others, Sea Bass,Black, Clam, Surf/Bushel, Menhaden, Lobster, Flounder,Summer, Whelk,Knobbed, Squid (Illex) and Squid (Longfin). The category “All Others” refers to species with less than three permits or dealers impacted to protect data confidentiality. Revenue values have been deflated to 2025 dollars. See Table 5.1 for area totals for all FMPs and species.
Figure 3.1 Landings from Most Impacted Species within Ocs-A 0482