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This rule set scallop fishery management measures for the 2015 fishing year, including the annual catch limits and annual catch targets for the limited access and limited access general category fleets. In addition, it adjusted the State Waters Exemption Program, allowed for vessel monitoring system declaration changes for when vessels return home with product on board; implemented a proactive accountability measure to protect flatfish; aligned two gear measures designed to protect sea turtles; and implemented other measures to improve the management of the scallop fishery. Furthermore, aligning the gear designed to protect sea turtles involved modifying regulations to threatened marine species at 50 CFR part 223, so this action was a joint action with the Endangered Species Act.