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

The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand  eleven,
  fix  by  regulation  measures  for the management of Atlantic cod (Gadus
  morhua),  American  eel  (Anguilla  rostrata),  Atlantic  and  shortnose
  sturgeon  (Acipenser  oxyrhynchus  and  brevirostrum),  Atlantic herring
  (Clupea horengus), American shad  (Alosa  sapidissima),  alewife  (Alosa
  pseudoharengus),    blueback    herring    (Alosa   aestivalis),   squid
  (cephalopoda),  and  hickory  shad  (Alosa  mediocris),  including  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.).