Notices and Rules
Electronic Logbooks in the Hawaiʻi and American Samoa Pelagic Longline Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries will require the use of electronic logbooks in the Hawaii deep-set and shallow-set longline fisheries and for Class C and D vessels in the American Samoa pelagic longline fishery.
Published
11/01/2021
Emergency Action to Temporarily Extend the 2021 Sablefish Primary Fishery
Provide operational flexibility for vessels in the sablefish primary fishery to fully harvest their catch limits despite high economic uncertainty in 2021
Effective
10/29/2021
Emergency Action to Temporarily Remove Seasonal Processing Limitations for Pacific Whiting Motherships and Catcher-Processors
Emergency Rule, effective October 25, 2021, to temporarily allow at-sea Pacific whiting processing vessels to operate as both a mothership (MS) and a catcher-processor (C/P) during the 2021 Pacific whiting fishery.
Published
10/25/2021
Atlantic Shark Fishery Review (SHARE)
Atlantic Shark Fishery Review (SHARE) Document Now Available.
Issued
10/25/2021
2021 Closure of the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet
The Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area is closed to limited access general category (LAGC) individual fishing quota (IFQ) scallop vessels effective 0001 hours, on October 7, 2021.
Effective
10/07/2021
Modifications to the American Samoa Longline Fishery Limited Entry Program
Final rule to modify the American Samoa Longline Fishery Limited Entry Program. The rule is effective November 8, 2021.
Published
10/07/2021
2021 Rule to Delay West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program Regulations
Implementation of the EM program delayed until at least January 1, 2024
Published
10/06/2021
Scup Winter II Period Quota and Possession Limit Adjustment
Scup possession limit winter II
Effective
10/01/2021
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category October through November Subquota Adjustment and Adjustment of 2021 North Atlantic albacore tuna and North and
NOAA Fisheries Adjusts Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
General Category October through November
Subquota to 212.2 mt through Quota Transfer and
announces adjusted 2021 North Atlantic albacore
tuna and North and South Atlantic swordfish
quotas
Issued
10/01/2021
Fishery Closure - Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Fishery (September 2021 Subquota Time Period)
Fishery Closure - Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Fishery (September 2021 Subquota
Time Period)
Issued
09/21/2021