Notices and Rules
2024 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
Management measures for the 2024 recreational fisheries and updates to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for regulatory Area 2A
- Inseason adjustment; request for comments (89 FR 77033, September 20, 2024)
- Inseason adjustment; request for comments (89 FR 59673, July 23, 2024)
- Inseason adjustment, request for comments (89 FR 53361, June 26, 2024)
- Final rule; correction (89 FR 46824, May 30, 2024)
- Final Rule (89 FR 22966, April 3, 2024)
Effective
04/04/2024
Framework Adjustment 38 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan
Framework 38 establishes scallop specifications and other measures for fishing years 2024 and 2025, including changes to the catch, effort, and quota allocations and adjustments to the rotational area management program.
Published
03/22/2024
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment 24 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
Amendment to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan to clarify technical review of models involving impacts on Southern Resident killer whales
Published
02/27/2024
Final 2024 and Projected 2025 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
final 2024 and 2025 bluefish specifications
Effective
01/01/2024
Emergency Rule to Implement Reduced Commercial Trip Limits for Gulf of Mexico Greater Amberjack
The Emergency Rule would reduce the Gulf greater amberjack commercial trip limit to 7 fish (~210 lb equivalent) from the current trip limit of 1,000 lb gutted weight with a step down to 250 lb gutted weight when 75% of the quota has been harvested.
Effective
01/01/2024
Final Rule for 2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications and Minimum Size Suspension for Surfclams
2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog specifications and minimum size
Effective
01/01/2024
Final Rule: 2024 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishery Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits
NOAA Fisheries announces a final rule for 2024 and future fishing years of the Atlantic shark commercial fishery.
Effective
01/01/2024
Marine Conservation Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, valid from effective from August 4, 2023, through August 3, 2026.
Published
12/08/2023
Amendment 32 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan: Modifications to Non-Trawl Sector Area Management Measures
Modifications to non-trawl sector area management measures for Pacific Coast groundfish
Published
12/01/2023
Amendments to West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
Revisions to regulations that apply to Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program participants and electronic monitoring (EM) service providers
Published
11/22/2023