Notices and Rules
International Fisheries: Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Fishing Restrictions for Silky Shark, Fish Aggregating Device, and Observer Safety in the Eastern
Proposed rule to eliminate duplicative FAD data reporting requirements for purse seine vessel captains and prohibit the retention of silky shark caught by longline vessels Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area.
Published
01/24/2020
International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Procedures for the Active and Inactive Vessel Register
Final rule for Pacific tuna fisheries providing procedures for the active and inactive vessel register. Implement requirements in Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution C-18-06.
Effective
01/21/2020
Amendment 21-4 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Final rule for Amendment 21-4, implementing changes to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program, which established an individual fishing quota system for vessels catching groundfish with trawl gear.
Effective
01/16/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Biennial Groundfish Management Measures
Final rule for 2019–2020 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery biennial adjustments.
Effective
01/02/2020
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Seabird Bycatch Avoidance Measures
Final rule describing requirements for seabird bycatch avoidance measures for commercial groundfish bottom longline vessels.
Published
12/11/2019
Pacific Coast Groundfish Buyback
Congress authorized a $46 million buyback program, of which $10 million was appropriated and the remainder to be financed under Title XI.
- Notice of Fee Rate Decrease (84 FR 67723, 12/11/2019)
- Fee Rate Adjustment Notice (83 FR 62308, 12/03/18)
- Fee Rate Adjustment Notice (82 FR 60969, 12/26/17)
- Washington Dungeness Crab Notice of Loan Repayment (82 FR 11559, 2/24/17)
- California Pink Shrimp Notice of Loan Repayment (81 FR 67295, 9/30/16)
Published
12/11/2019
2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Biennial Harvest Specifications for Pacific Mackerel
Pacific mackerel harvest specifications for the fishing seasons 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. Catch levels, an overfishing limit, allowable biological catch, and an annual catch limit.
Published
12/02/2019
Amendment 28 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
NOAA Fisheries publishes a final rule on November 19, 2019 (84 FR 63966) implementing changes to area closures for commercial vessels fishing in federal waters off Washington, Oregon, and California, effective January 1, 2020.
Published
11/19/2019
Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Commercial Fisheries
This final rule announces routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to allow commercial fishing vessels to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and deplete
Effective
10/21/2019
Regulatory Revisions to Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
NOAA Fisheries proposes revisions to reporting and monitoring provisions for vessels participating in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
Published
10/10/2019