Office of Sustainable Fisheries Results
Quota Transfer and Adjustment: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery
Quota Transfer and Adjustment: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery
NOAA Fisheries adjusts the Atlantic bluefin tuna General category December 2023 subquota by transferring quota from the Reserve category to the General…
Issued
Final Rule: 2024 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishery Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits
NOAA Fisheries announces a final rule for 2024 and future fishing years of the Atlantic shark commercial fishery.
What it Will Do
Automatically opens the Atlantic shark commercial fishery on January 1 each year under base quotas and default…
Effective
Submit Nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel
Submit Nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel
Applications due December 7, 2023
NOAA Fisheries is requesting nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel. Ten seats on the advisory panel are…
Issued
Now Accepting Applications for the 2024 Shark Research Fishery
Applications due November 27, 2023
NOAA Fisheries is now accepting applications from commercial shark fishermen, including directed and incidental permit holders, interested in participating in the 2024 Shark Research Fishery. A completed application…
Issued
Comments Requested: 2024 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Exempted Fishing and Related Permits
NOAA Fisheries will issue exempted fishing permits, scientific research permits, display permits, letters of acknowledgement, and shark research fishery permits for the research and collection of Atlantic highly migratory species in 2024.
Exempted…
Issued
Nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review Pool Due by November 15, 2023
NOAA Fisheries is soliciting nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Workshops Advisory Panel—better known as the SEDAR Pool. Selected members will serve a 5-year term beginning in 2024…
Issued