Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Groundfish Fishery - Fishing Year 2017 - Recreational Management Measures (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This action sets the recreational management measures for Gulf of Maine cod and haddock for the remainder of the 2017 fishing year. This action prohibits recreational possession of cod, reduces the haddock bag limit, and implements a new closed season for haddock in the fall. The intended effect of this action is to reduce catch of cod and haddock in order to ensure that fishing year 2017 recreational catch limits are not exceeded. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Groundfish Fishery - Fishing Year 2017 - Recreational Management Measures (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure