# 2025-04275: Cod in Lobster Nets: New England Council Webinar Alert

2025-04275, New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2025-03-17, effective 2025-04-11; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04275
- As of: 2026-09-30
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04275
- Title: New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 12301
- Published: 2025-03-17
- Effective: 2025-04-11
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-30

## In one line

Cod in Lobster Nets: New England Council Webinar Alert

## Summary

The New England Fishery Management Council is holding a public webinar on April 11, 2025, to review new ways to track Atlantic cod caught and discarded by lobster fishermen. This review will help improve how scientists count cod in the Eastern Gulf of Maine, which affects fishing rules and fishery health. Fishermen, scientists, and coastal communities should pay attention as these updates could influence future fishing limits and management decisions.

## Abstract

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is holding a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Subpanel via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

## Effects PRIA read

- Review of cod discard estimates may inform Council action: mixed, low. If you fish in New England (for example lobster fishermen), a Scientific and Statistical Committee subpanel will review methods on April 11, 2025 to estimate Atlantic cod discards from the lobster fishery for integration into the Eastern Gulf of Maine (EGOM) cod stock assessment. The subpanel’s rec…
- Meeting accessibility and recording availability: benefit, low. The April 11, 2025 webinar meeting is physically accessible. If you need sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids, you must contact Cate O'Keefe at (978) 465-0492 at least 5 days before the meeting; the meeting will be recorded and a copy of the recording is available upon request under…

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## Sources
- [2025-04275 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-04275/new-england-fishery-management-council-public-meeting)
- [2025-04275 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-04275.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04275 (as of 2026-09-30).