Notices and Rules
NOAA Fisheries Seafood Inspection Program Revises Regulations to Modernize and Improve Inspection Procedures
seafood inspection regulations
Published
04/25/2024
Advanced Notice of Revision to the U.S. Grade Standard for Fish Fillets
Revision to the U.S. Grade Standard for Fish Fillets
Issued
01/03/2023
Notice of Increased Fee Schedule for Seafood Inspection Services
Today, NOAA announces changes to its fee schedule for contract and non-contract inspection services performed by its Seafood Inspection Program, effective November 1, 2022.
Published
10/03/2022
NOAA Fisheries International Trade Data System Information Collection Activities
NOAA Fisheries requests the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the impact of its information collection requirements of the International Trade Data System.
Published
09/23/2022
Notification of Receipt of a Supplemental Petition To Ban Imports of All Fish and Fish Products From New Zealand That Do Not Satisfy the Marine Mammal
Receipt of supplemental petition to ban imports through emergency rulemaking; request for comments.
Published
09/29/2020
Implementation of Fish and Product Import Provisions - Notification of Comparability Findings
Under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries has issued comparability findings for the Government of Mexico's Upper Gulf of California shrimp fishery.
Published
12/06/2018
List of Foreign Fisheries: Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
NOAA Fisheries has published its final 2017 List of Foreign Fisheries, as required by the regulations implementing the Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The final list reflects new information received durin
Published
03/16/2018
Proposed Rule for a Commerce Trusted Trader Program
The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing a Commerce Trusted Trader Program (CTTP) as part of an effective seafood traceability process to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud. The voluntary CTTP supplements
Published
01/17/2018
Final Rule for Electronic Reporting of Trade Data
NOAA Fisheries published a final rule establishing regulations to integrate the collection of trade documentation within the International Trade Data System, and requiring electronic information through a single automated portal. The effective d
Effective
09/20/2016