Notices and Rules
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program and Fee Percentages
Notification of fee percentages for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. Fee payments must be submitted by July 31.
Comments Close
07/31/2025
Amendments 54 and 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement amendments 54 and 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs. This final rule revises two provisions of the Crab Rationalization Program.
Published
06/27/2024
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 of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Cook Inlet; Proposed 2024 Harvest Specifications for Salmon
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Cook Inlet; Proposed 2024 Harvest Specifications for Salmon
Published
06/18/2024
Interim Rule and 2024 South Atlantic Red Snapper Season
Interim Rule to reduce overfishing and implement the 2024 South Atlantic red snapper fishing season
Effective
06/14/2024
Update to Red Snapper Calibrations and Gray Snapper Catch Limits
This action updates state specific private angling component calibration ratios and ACLs to provide a more accurate estimate of state landings for red snapper management and updates gray snapper catch limits including the OFL, ABC, and ACL.
Effective
06/14/2024
2024–2026 Hawaiʻi Kona Crab Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
NOAA Fisheries announces catch limits and accountability measures for main Hawaiian Islands Kona crab, from 2024–2026.
Effective
06/06/2024
Final Management Plan for Mariana Trench Marine National Monument
NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce the availability of the final management plan for the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, and the associated Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.
Published
06/06/2024
Amendment 56: Modifications to Catch Limits, Sector Allocation, and Recreational Fishing Seasons for Gulf of Mexico Gag
This amendment is intended to end overfishing of the Gulf of Mexico gag. The most recent update to Gulf gag stock assessment (SEDAR 72, 2022) estimated that gag is overfished and is undergoing overfishing as of 2019.
Effective
06/01/2024
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