Notices and Rules
Framework Adjustment 66 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
We are proposing Framework Adjustment 66 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The action would set specifications for 8 stocks and modify some accountability measure triggers.
Published
03/22/2024
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
Regulatory Amendment to the Trade Monitoring Program for Toothfish
NOAA Fisheries releases a final rule to remove a specific import prohibition on toothfish catches from the high seas areas of the Indian Ocean and make updates to the regulation that implements conservation measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
Published
03/21/2024
NOAA Fisheries Implements the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
NOAA Fisheries Implements the Prohibition of Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
Effective
03/18/2024
Final Rule for 2024-2027 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
Final Rule for 2024-2027 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
Effective
03/11/2024
Proposed Rule: Updating and Clarifying Provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
Proposed Rule: Updating and Clarifying Provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
Comments Close
04/25/2024
Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Management Measures - Federal Register Rules and Notices
2020 annual management measures governing the Pacific halibut fishery that have been recommended by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) and accepted by the Secretary of State.
- Final Rule: 2024 Annual Management Measures (89 FR 19275, 03/18/2024)
- Final Rule: 2023 Annual Management Measures (88 FR 14066, 03/07/2023)
- Final Rule: 2022 Annual Management Measures (87 FR 12604, 03/07/2022)
- Final Rule: 2021 Annual Management Measures (86 FR 13475, 03/09/2021)
- Final Rule: Revised 2020 Annual Management Measures (85 37023, 06/19/2020)
Effective
03/09/2024
Amendments 54 and 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted Amendments 54 and 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP) to NMFS for review.
Comments Close
04/29/2024
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Proposed 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
NMFS proposes 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
Published
03/04/2024
2024-2025 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2024-2025 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
- Reallocation of Pacific cod in the BSAI (89 FR 736, 4/0/2024)
- Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (89 FR 18833, 3/…
- Final Rule: BSAI Harvest Specifications (89 FR 17287, 03/11/2024)
- Final Rule: GOA Harvest Specifications (89 FR 15484, 03/04/2023)
- Proposed Rule: BSAI Harvest Specifications (88 FR 84278, 12/05/2023)
Published
03/01/2024