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Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan for review by the Secretary of Commerce. Amendment 18 would implement a…
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05/17/2021
2021 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting and 2021 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation
NOAA Fisheries is announcing a revised proposed rule for 2021 Pacific whiting harvest specifications and 2021 Pacific whiting tribal allocation following the lack of a bilateral agreement on the 2021 coastwide total allowable catch (TAC) during the U.S…
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05/19/2021
Framework Action: Modification to Gray Triggerfish Catch Limits
This framework and rule would increase the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) gray triggerfish catch limits. The sector allocations of 79% recreational and 21% commercial, and the prior overfishing limit of 1,220,000 lbs whole weight (ww) would remain in effect. …
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05/21/2021
Notice of Availability of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Draft Management Plan and Environmental Assessment
NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Government, have prepared a draft management plan and environmental assessment for the proper care and management of the Marianas…
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05/25/2021
Potential Aquaculture Management Program in the Pacific Islands
NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), prepared a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) to analyze the potential environmental impacts of a Federal aquaculture management…
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08/05/2021