Notices and Rules
Implementing West Coast commercial fishery regulations for fish aggregating devices, silky shark conservation, and observer safety
A final rule to address Fish Aggregating Devices, Silky shark conservation, and observer safety in West Coast commercial fisheries.
Effective
06/17/2020
2020-2021 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine
Proposal to implement annual harvest specifications and management measures for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine.
Published
05/27/2020
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2020 Management Measures
NMFS establishes fishery management measures for
the 2020 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California and the 2021
salmon seasons
Effective
05/06/2020
2020 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
NOAA Fisheries has approved changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California.
Published
05/01/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Commercial Fisheries; halibut retention limit decrease
Final rule announcing a decrease in the incidental halibut retention limit for the sablefish primary fishery north of Point Chehalis, Washington, Pacific coast.
Effective
03/25/2020
Protected Species Hard Caps for the California/Oregon Large-Mesh Drift Gillnet Fishery
Final rule for managing immediate closure of the California/Oregon drift gillnet fishery under certain circumstances.
Effective
03/09/2020
Correction to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2019-2020 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments
Notice of correction to routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial groundfish fisheries. This action corrects publication errors in the trip limit tables for non-individual fishing quota species and limited entry fixed gear vessels that were implemented through the final rule.
Effective
02/13/2020
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