Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus), shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), American eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic herring (Clupea horengus), American shad (Alosa sapidissima), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), squid (cephalopoda), and hickory shad (Alosa mediocris)

§ 13-0339-a. Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus), shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), American eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic herring (Clupea horengus), American shad (Alosa sapidissima), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), squid (cephalopoda), and hickory shad (Alosa mediocris).

1. The department may fix, by regulation, measures for the management of the following species:

a. Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine,

b. American eel (Anguilla rostrata) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine,

c. Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus and brevirostrum) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine,

d. Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine,

e. American shad (Alosa sapidissima) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-eight,

f. alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-eight,

g. blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine,

h. squid (cephalopoda) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine, and

i. hickory shad (Alosa mediocris) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-eight.

2. Such management regulations may include size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).