Notices and Rules
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
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
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.
Published
03/07/2024
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
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment 24 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
Amendment to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan to clarify technical review of models involving impacts on Southern Resident killer whales
Published
02/27/2024
Final Rule to Close the Wedge Area within the Massachusetts Restricted Area* (not currently in effect)
NOAA Fisheries amended the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (Plan) to expand the boundaries of the seasonal Massachusetts Restricted Area (MRA) to include the wedge between state and Federal waters known as the Massachusetts Restricted Area Wedge (MRA Wedge). *This rule is not currently in effect
Published
02/06/2024
Comprehensive Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule Amendment: Revisions to the ABC Control Rule and specifications for carry-overs and phase
Comprehensive Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule Amendment: Revisions to the ABC Control Rule and specifications for carry-overs and phase-ins
Effective
02/02/2024
Framework Action to Modify the Greater Amberjack Recreational Fixed Closed Season and Commercial Trip Limit
This framework action would modify the greater amberjack recreational fixed-closed season and commercial trip limit to extend the fishing season durations, reduce the likelihood of exceeding the ACL, and eliminate harvest during the spawning period.
Issued
01/31/2024