Notices and Rules
Safe Handling and Release Practices for Sharks on Longline Vessels and Revision to Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Tuna fishing regulations for releasing incidentally caught sharks
Effective
08/01/2024
Amendment 8 Revisions to Essential Fish Habitat in the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Highly Migratory Species
Amendment to update EFH provisions in the existing HMS FMP for three species of pelagic shark, five species of tunas, striped marlin, swordfish, and dolphinfish
Comments Close
09/23/2024
Court-ordered Changes to Pacific Coast Treaty Indian Tribe’s Usual and Accustomed Fishing Areas
Updated boundaries for the Hoh Indian Tribe U&A fishing areas off the Washington coast
Published
07/23/2024
Fish Aggregating Device Design and Reporting Requirements in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Regulations for the design of fish-aggregating devices in the eastern Pacific Ocean, including reporting requirements
Comments Close
08/19/2024
2024–2025 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine
Harvest specifications and management measures for Pacific sardine for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
Published
07/12/2024
2024 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting and 2024 Tribal Allocation
Rule to implement recommendation on adjusted U.S. total allowable catch of Pacific whiting in 2024
Effective
06/24/2024
Fisheries off West Coast States: Highly Migratory Species Fishery; El Nino Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area Closure
Temporary rule to close a portion of the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area to drift gillnet fishing
Effective
06/01/2024
Amendment 21 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
"Housekeeping" Amendment to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
Published
05/28/2024
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2024 Management Measures
Regulations to manage the 2024 ocean season fisheries off the U.S. West Coast
Effective
05/16/2024
2024 West Coast Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery
2024 Pacific halibut annual management measures for the Area 2A directed commercial fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California
Published
05/10/2024