Amendment	Federal Register Publication Date	Date Implemented	Description of Actions
15	Final Rule	2/27/08	Part of Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Omnibus Amendment
14		In Development	Will be part of the Habitat Omnibus Amendment once developed
13	12/29/2003 (50 CFR Part 648)	5/01/04	A package of measures that further reduces fishing mortality, with a focus on stocks that are still at low levels, includes bycatch problems and essential fish habitat
12	03/29/00 (65 CFR 16766)	04/28/00	Addresses Sustainable Fisheries Act requirements for managing Whiting, red hake and offshore hake
11	04/21/99 (64 CFR 19503)	03/03/99	Addresses Sustainable Fisheries Act requirements for designating Essential Fish Habitat for all the species managed under each plan (Same as Sea Scallop Amendment 9 and Atlantic Salmon Amendment1)
10	04/21/99 (64 CFR 19503)	3/22/99	Makes upgrading and vessel replacement provision consistent with those in other New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Plans
9	10/15/99 (64 CFR 55821)	11/15/99	Adds Atlantic halibut to fishery management plan; includes measures to rebuild halibut and winter flounder; includes new overfishing definitions and set Optimum Yield for 12 groundfish species to bring plan into complete compliance with the Sustainable Fisheries Act Also see Corrections
8	01/10/97 (62 CFR 1403)	02/10/97	Institutes measures to minimize gear conflict (Same as Sea Scallop Am.6 and Lobster Am.6)
7	05/31/96 (61 CFR 27710)	07/01/96	Accelerates the day-at-sea effort reduction program; eliminates significant exemptions from the current effort control program; provides incentives to fish exclusively with mesh larger than minimum required; broadens area closures to protect juvenile and spawning fish; establishes multispecies permit for limited access sea scallop vessels; increases haddock possession limit to 1000 lbs.
6	06/22/94 (59 CFR 32134)	06/30/94	Secretarial Amendment: Implements Haddock protection measures to continue on a permanent basis three measures originally imposed by a temporary emergency rule: A 500-lb possession limit for haddock year-round; a prohibition on scallop dredge vessels from possession or landing haddock from January through June; and an extension of the time period of the closure of Closed Area II to six months (Jan.-Jun.), rather than 4 months (Feb.-May) in 1995.
5	03/01/94 (59 CFR 9872)	03/01/94	Moratorium on new vessel permits during rebuilding period; implements a day-at-sea effort reduction program; additional mesh size restrictions; interim gillnet regulations to reduce harbor porpoise bycatch; mandatory reporting system for landings; prohibits pair-trawling; requires finfish excluder device for shrimp fishery; implements minimum fish size; expands size of Closed Area II Except: Section 651.32(a) implemented on 04/15/94 and sections 651.9(a) 11, 12; 651.9(e) 33, 34; 651.27(b) expire at 2400 hours on 04/02/94 Also see Corrections
4	05/31/91 (56 CFR 24724)	06/27/91	Adds more restrictions to Exempted Fisheries Program; establishes a procedure for Council to recommend modifying northern shrimp gear to reduce bycatch; expands management unit to include silver hake, ocean pout, and red hake; establishes management for Cultivator Shoal whiting fishery; tightens restrictions on carrying small mesh in the Regulated Mesh Area; requires a 5.5≤ mesh size in the Southern New England yellowtail area
3	12/22/89 (54 CFR 52803)	12/19/89	Establishes a Flexible Area Action System
2	01/31/89 (54 CFR 4798)	02/27/89	Eliminates scheduled increase in codend mesh size to 6"; implements trip bycatch limits and stricter non-reporting penalties; increases the minimum size for yellowtail flounder to 13" and for American plaice to 14"; establishes a seasonal large mesh area on Nantucket Shoals to protect cod; extends mesh size regulations to all mobile nets rather than only the codend; sets all recreational minimum size to be consistent with commercial sizes; excludes trawlers from Area II
1	09/17/87 (52 CFR 35093)	10/01/87	Decreases the area for silver hake exempted fishery; increases large mesh area to include yellowtail flounder grounds in the south, tighten existing mesh size regulations for Southern New England yellowtail flounder