Notices and Rules
Permit Amendment—Testing Tori Lines in Hawaiʻi Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
NOAA Fisheries is amending an experimental fishing permit to investigate the use of bird-deterring lines to increase operational flexibility in the Hawaiʻi swordfish fishery.
Published
09/29/2023
2023-2024 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2023-2024 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to establish harvest limits for groundfish.
- Reallocation of Atka mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management…
- Several Groundfish Species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Ar…
- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Co…
- BSAI Reallocation (88 FR 18443, 03/29/2023)
- Correction to BSAI Harvest Specifications (88 FR 18258, 03/28/2023)
Published
09/27/2023
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery Quota Transfer
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery Quota Transfer
Issued
09/27/2023
Improvement and Modernization of Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Vessel Reporting Regulations
Improvement and Modernization of Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Vessel Reporting Regulations
Effective
09/27/2023
Proposed Rule for Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern
NOAA is requesting comment on Proposed Rule for Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern
Published
09/26/2023
Snake River Sockeye Salmon Production Program
Regulatory actions associated with sockeye salmon production and monitoring in the Snake River Basin of Idaho.
Issued
09/26/2023
2023 Quota Adjustments for the North Atlantic Albacore Tuna, North and South Atlantic Swordfish, and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
2023 Quota Adjustments for the North Atlantic Albacore Tuna, North and South Atlantic Swordfish, and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
Issued
09/20/2023
Federal Register Notices of Proposed and/or Continuing Information Collections as Required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
Public comment periods for proposed new or extensions of existing collections of information in the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
- Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the Alaska Fishe…
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Managemen…
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Managemen…
- Alaska Pacific Halibut Fisheries: Charter Extension (88 FR 66817, 9/28/2023)
- NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System Program Extension (88 FR 66816, 9/2…
Published
09/19/2023
Quota Transfer and Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery
Quota Transfer and Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery
Issued
09/14/2023
Modification of Gray Triggerfish Commercial Trip Limits
The purpose of the Framework Action and proposed rule is to increase the Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish commercial trip limit to allow commercial fishermen the opportunity to land the commercial annual catch target (ACT).
Effective
09/01/2023