Federal Register Notices
FR Notice – Emergency Measures to Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (March 27, 2020)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION: Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS issues this temporary rule (also referred to herein as “emergency action”)...
Press Release – Kudos to the Coast Guard for Combatting IUU Fishing in the Western Pacific Region (27 Feb. 2020)
HONOLULU (27 Feb. 2020) Taotasi Archie Soliai and Kitty M. Simonds, chair and executive director of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, laud the US Coast Guard's recent success in combating illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing in the...
FR Notice – 2020 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline (Feb. 12, 2020)
Action Notification of lobster harvest guideline. Summary NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) for calendar year 2020 at zero lobsters. Dates February 12, 2020. For Further...
FR Notice – 2019–2021 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures (Feb. 10, 2020)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) annual catch limits (ACLs) and...
FR Notice – Proposed Rule Implementing Pelagic FEP Amendment 10 (Sea Turtle Limits in the Hawaii Shallow-set Pelagic Longline Fishery) and Request for Comments (20 March 2020)
AGENCYNational Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTIONProposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARYNMFS proposes to revise measures that govern interactions between the Hawaii shallow-set...
FR Notice – Notice of Availability for Pelagic FEP Amendment 10 (Sea Turtle Limits in the Hawaii Shallow-set Pelagic Longline Fishery) and Request for Comments (23 Jan. 2020)
Action Notice of availability of a fishery ecosystem plan amendment; request for comments. Summary NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western...
FR notice – Draft 2019 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports (Nov. 27, 2019)
ACTION: Notice; request for comments and new information. SUMMARY: NMFS reviewed the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). SARs for marine mammals in the Alaska,...
FR Notice – Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Reopening and Closing of the Purse Seine Fishery in the ELAPS in 2019 (Nov. 29, 2019)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; fishery reopening; fishery closure. SUMMARY: NMFS is temporarily reopening the U.S. purse seine fishery in the Effort Limit Area...
FR Notice – Request for nominations for Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (Nov. 20, 2019)
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. SUMMARY: Nominations are being sought for appointment to a new task force of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) to support its advisory work for the Secretary of Commerce on living marine resource matters. The task...
FR Notice – Area of Overlap Between the Convention Areas of the Inter- American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (Nov. 7, 2019)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.SUMMARY: NMFS seeks comments on this proposed rule issued under authority of the Western and...