John dory catches are reported uncommonly in Rhode Island and Massachusetts states, typically as incidental species in trawl fisheries (FishChoice.com n.d.). No fisheries management regulations are in place for John dory in the Greater Northeast region (NOAA Fisheries 2017) and there is no mention within Rhode Island fisheries management (Marine Fisheries Regulations- Rhode Island -Department of Environmental Management n.d.)(State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Department of Environmental Management 2017). While there are no catch records in nearby Maine (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 2002), there are records from the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument (NOAA Fisheries 2016), rare incidence in Massachusetts Bay (Collette and Hartel 1988), and anecdotal evidence of low catch numbers from the Rhode Island trawl fleet (NOAA Fisheries 2012).