Chapter 68A-23 would be amended to include the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission’s recommendations that were approved in the American Eel interstate Fisheries Management Plan. The amendment established a minimum size limit of nine inches for commercial and recreational harvest of the American eel and a recreational harvest limit of 25 American eels per angler per day. An exemption is allowed for anglers purchasing American eels as bait. The amendment would also technical changes to update the permit application and permit for the commercial harvest of American eels.