Framework adjustment 48 to the northeast multispecies FMP Northeast (NE) multispecies fishery management plan (FMP), framework adjustment 48 130417_EA_FW48_Multispecies_L.pdf Framework adjustment 48 to the northeast multispecies fishery management plan, environmental assessment supplemental information. April 2013

"Framework Adjustment 48 revises status determination criteria for four groundfish stocks based on updated stock assessments; implements and revises commercial and recreational accountability measures; clarifies the goals and performance standard for sector monitoring programs; eliminates dockside monitoring requirements; reduces minimum fish sizes for several groundfish stocks; allocates bycatch limits for two flounder stocks to non-groundfish stocks; and allows sectors to request access to groundfish closed areas"--Summary from cover letter.