Notices and Rules
2024 Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Fishery
This temporary rule closes the Northern Gulf of Maine scallop fishery 00:01 on April 20, 2024 until March 31, 2025.
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2024 Specifications for the Golden Tilefish and Blueline Tilefish Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries Announces 2024 Golden and Blueline Tilefish Fishery Specifications
Effective
2024-2026 Specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
This rule proposes to set the 2024 Illex squid and 2024-2026 longfin squid specifications and reaffirms the 2024 chub mackerel and butterfish specifications.
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Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year Review
Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year Review
Published
Gulf of Mexico Lane Snapper Catch Limits Abbreviated Framework
This Abbreviated Framework would increase the Gulf lane snapper overfishing limit to 1,116,331 pounds (lb) whole weight (ww), and the acceptable biological catch and annual catch limit from 1,029,973 lb ww to 1,088,873 lb ww.
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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
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2024-2025 Atlantic Mackerel Specifications
This action approves and implements 2024-2025 Atlantic mackerel specifications. These specifications include reduced acceptable biological catch and reduced trip limits to maintain the rebuilding plan goals of having a rebuilt stock by 2032.
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline
NOAA Fisheries sets 2024 harvest guideline at zero lobsters for the commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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2024 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
Management measures for the 2024 recreational fisheries and updates to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for regulatory Area 2A
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Tori Line Requirement for Stern-Setting Vessels in Hawaiʻi Deep-Set Longline Fishery
NOAA Fisheries is replacing blue-dyed bait and strategic offal discharge requirements with a new tori line (bird-scaring streamer) requirement. The rule applies to Hawaiʻi longline vessels that stern-set above 23° N latitude.
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