Notices and Rules
Loggerhead Interactions in the Hawaiʻi Shallow-set Pelagic Longline Fishery
This final rule revises from 34 to 17 the annual number of allowable incidental interactions that may occur between the Hawaiʻi shallow-set pelagic longline fishery and North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles.
Effective
01/01/2019
2019-2020 Biennial Harvest Specifications for Pacific Coast Groundfish
Final rule establishing the 2019-2020 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Effective
01/01/2019
All Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournaments Selected for Reporting
All Atlantic HMS tournaments will be required to report beginning on January 1, 2019. All Atlantic HMS tournament operators are required to submit an HMS tournament catch summary report within seven days after tournament.
Effective
01/01/2019
2018 Summer Flounder Commercial Quota Harvested for the State of Rhode Island
NOAA Fisheries announces that the 2018 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to the state of Rhode Island has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial federal permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Rhode Island
Effective
12/29/2018
Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery: Inseason Adjustment to the Southern Red Hake Possession Limit
NOAA Fisheries announces that the commercial per-trip possession limit for southern red hake has been reduced for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year. Regulations governing the small-mesh multispecies fishery require this action to prevent the southern
Effective
12/26/2018
Closure of the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area to General Category Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels
NOAA Fisheries announces that the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area is closed to Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota scallop vessels for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year (though March 31,2019).
No vessel issued a Limited Access
Effective
12/24/2018
2018 River Herring and Shad Catch Cap Reached for Atlantic Herring Midwater Trawl Vessels in the Cape Cod Catch Cap Area
NOAA Fisheries is reducing the Atlantic herring possession limit for vessels fishing with midwater trawl gear in the Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area, based on a projection that the prescribed catch cap for that area has been reached. This action is n
Effective
12/21/2018
Framework Adjustment 12 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
NOAA Fisheries approves and implements Framework Adjustment 12 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. This rule allows the possession of Atlantic mackerel after of the domestic annual harvest is projected to be caught
Effective
12/20/2018
Final Action to Close Nantucket Lightship and Closed Area I Closure Areas to Gillnet Gear
NOAA Fisheries closes Nantucket Lightship and Closed Area I Closure Areas to gillnet gear.
Effective
12/17/2018
Implementation of Fish and Product Import Provisions - Notification of Comparability Findings
Under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries has issued comparability findings for the Government of Mexico's Upper Gulf of California shrimp fishery.
Published
12/06/2018