Notices and Rules
2025 Ocean Salmon Specifications and Management Measures
Regulations to manage the 2025-26 ocean season fisheries off the U.S. West Coast
Effective
05/16/2025
Federal Salmon Regulations for Overfished Species Rebuilding Plans; Queets River and Strait of Juan De Fuca Coho Salmon
Revisions to rebuilding plans for Queets River and Strait of Juan de Fuca coho salmon
Published
03/28/2025
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Issuance of an Incidental Take Statement Under the Endangered Species Act for
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzes impacts of alternatives related to the issuance of an incidental take statement for species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act
Published
10/04/2024
Measures to Keep Fishery Impacts within the Conservation Objective for the California Coastal Chinook Salmon
harvest management measures to ensure that ocean salmon fisheries are managed to promote the conservation of the CC Chinook ESU
Effective
09/13/2024
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2024 Management Measures
Regulations to manage the 2024-25 ocean season fisheries off the U.S. West Coast
Effective
05/16/2024
Federal Salmon Regulations for Overfished Species Rebuilding Plans—Snohomish Coho Salmon
Snohomish River coho salmon rebuilding plan is no longer required, and is removed.
Published
05/01/2024
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
Snake River Sockeye Salmon Production Program
Regulatory actions associated with sockeye salmon production and monitoring in the Snake River Basin of Idaho.
Issued
09/26/2023
Chinook and Chum Salmon Bycatch Reduction in Alaska Fisheries - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on management measures to minimize non-Chinook salmon bycatch in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
- Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS, Minimizing Bycatch in the Bering Sea (88 FR 44…
- Emergency Rule for Chinook Salmon PSC Limits (80 FR 47864, 08/10/2015)
- Notice of Public Workshop for AFA Catcher Vessels (78 FR 19214, 03/29/2013)
- Proposed Rule in BSAI Chum/Chinook Salmon Savings Area (72 FR 19454, 04/18/2007)
- Implementation of Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report Program (77 FR 5389, 02/0…
Effective
07/11/2023
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery
In 2018 the Southeast Revitalization Association (SRA) conducted a bid selection process accepting 36 bids to remove Southeast Alaska Purse Seine salmon permits under a proposed second fishing capacity reduction loan program.
Published
06/01/2023