Notices and Rules
Updated Groundfish Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for Fishing Year 2018
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), this final rule adjusts the 2018 fishing year allocations to sectors and the common pool specified in Framework Adjustment 57 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan;
Published
02/05/2019
Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Gear Changes
This rule revises regulations that currently restrict the use and configuration of bottom and midwater trawl gear on the West Coast.
Effective
01/01/2019
2019-2020 Biennial Harvest Specifications for Pacific Coast Groundfish
Final rule establishing the 2019-2020 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Effective
01/01/2019
Amendment 116 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement Amendment 116 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to prevent increased catcher vessel participation from reducing benefits to participants.
Effective
11/05/2018
Amendment 106 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
Amendment 117 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and amendment 106 to the Pln for Groundfish of the Gulf of AK would classify squid in these fishery management plans under the ecosystem component category.
Effective
08/06/2018
Amendment 117 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Regulations to prohibit directed fishing for the squid species complex by Federally permitted groundfish fishermen, specify a squid retention limit in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, and make minor corrections to the octopus species code tables.
Effective
08/06/2018
Amendment 115 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Fishery Management Plan amendment to update the description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) and update information on adverse impacts to EFH.
Effective
05/31/2018
Amendment 105 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
Amendment 105 to the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan of the Gulf of Alaska would update the description and identification of essential fish habitat, and updating information on adverse impacts to EFH based on the best scientific information available.
Effective
05/31/2018
Oregon Midwater Recreational Groundfish Fishery
This rule authorizes the use of midwater long-leader gear for recreational fishing in waters off the coast of Oregon.
Effective
04/01/2018
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Groundfish Fishery;
This rule extends the emergency action to remove the 2017 southern windowpane flounder accountability measures (AM) for non-groundfish trawl vessels. The rule is necessary because the emergency measures would otherwise expire before the end of the 2017 fi
Effective
03/01/2018