Notices and Rules
Notice of Availability for Amendment 5 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago
Notice of Availability; Amendment 5 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago; American Samoa Bottomfish Fishery Rebuilding Plan
Published
01/21/2022
Notice of Intent to Develop Management Plan for Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
NOAA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public input on future plan to manage the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
Published
12/21/2021
Notice of Availability for Amendment 6 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Mariana Archipelago—Rebuilding Plan for Guam Bottomfish
Notice of availability of fishery ecosystem plan amendment; request for comments.
Published
11/15/2021
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
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
Requirements to Safeguard Fishery Observers in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries published a final rule on July 7, 2021 that implements requirements and pre-trip notification procedures to safeguard fishery observers in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Area.
Effective
08/06/2021
Marine Conservation Plan for American Samoa
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of a marine conservation plan (MCP) for American Samoa valid from July 25, 2021 through July 24, 2024.
Published
08/05/2021
Exemption for U.S. Longline Vessels to Fish in Portions of the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area
Final rule removes a regulatory exemption that allowed certain large U.S. Longline Vessels to fish in portions of the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area.
Effective
07/06/2021
Amendment 9 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific
Notification of availability of a fishery ecosystem plan amendment; request for comments.
Published
06/30/2021
Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish
NOAA Fisheries proposes this temporary rule for an interim catch limit (ICL) of 13,000 lb of American Samoa bottomfish for fishing year 2020.
Effective
06/21/2021