Federal Register Notices

Notices of Availability - Final Rules - Proposed Rules
Request for Proposals - Other Federal Register Notices
 

Notices of Availability

• Hawaiian Monk Seal Critical Habitat Revision: Comment Period Reopened. Comments due: 1-6-12 (published 11-7-11)
  
  
• High Seas Fishing Permit Application Information - Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments. Comments due: 10-3-11 (published 8-4-11)
  
  
• Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Management Plan - Notice of Intent and Request for Comments. Comments due: 5-5-11 (published 4-5-11)
  
  
• Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monumnet Management Plan - Notice of Intent and Request for Comments. Comments due: 5-5-11 (published 4-5-11)
  
  
• Non-Commercial Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main Hawaii Island Bottomfish Fishery - Proposed Information Collection (published 3-4-11)
   
• 90-day Finding and Request for Information on a Petition to List Bumphead Parrotfish as Threatened or Endangered (published 4-2-10)
   
• 90-day Finding on a Petition to List 83 Species of Corals as Threatened or Endangered (published 2-10-10)
   

Final Rules

• International Pacific Tuna Fisheries: Fishing Restrictions in the EPO. Implements the resolutions on tuna conservation, prohibiting fishing on data buoys, and prohibiting the retention of oceanic whitetip sharks (published 11-4-11)
  
  
• Determination of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Loggerhead Sea Turtles as Endangered or Threatened (published 9-22-11)
  
  
• 2011-2012 Main Hawaiian Island Deep 7 ACL Specification (published 09-02-11)
  
  
• American Samoa Longline Gear Modifications to Reduce Sea Turtle Interactions. Pelagics Amendment 5, including an EA. (published 8-24-11)
  
  
• Guam MCP Approval (7-12-11)
  
  
• Sustainable Fisheries Fund MCP Approval (published 6-30-11)
  
  
• American Samoa Purse Seine Prohibited Areas - Disapproval and withdrawal of proposed rule (published 7-11-11). Pelagics Amendment 3.
  
  
• Mechanism for Setting Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures in the Pacific Islands Region (published 06-27-11)
  
  
• Longline Fishing Prohibition within 30 nautical miles of CNMI (published 06-27-11)
  
  
• Main Hawaiian Island Deep 7 Bottomfish Change of In-season Closure Period (from 14 to 7 days; published 3-21-11)
  
  
• Hawaii-based Shallow-set Longline Fishery Court Order that reduces the annual allowed loggerhead interactions (published 3-11-11)
  
  
• Community Development Program Process (published 9-3-10) and OMB approval (published 11-05-10)
   
   
   
   

Proposed Rules

• Expansion of Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Comments due: 01-06-12 (published 10-21-11)
  
  
• Hawaiian Monk Seal Critical Habitat Revision Proposed Rule and Request for comments. Comments due: 8-31-11 (published 6-2-11) and subsequent comment deadline extension to 1-6-11 (published 11-7-11)
  
  
• Proposed Endangered Status for Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment Proposed Rule and Request for Comments. Comments due: 02-15-11 (published 11-17-10)
  
   

Request for Proposals

• There are none at this time.
   

Other Federal Register Notices

• Draft NOAA Enforcement Priorities. Comments due: 01-09-12
  
  
• Draft Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions PEIS
  
  
• Draft NOAA Research Strategic Plan - Notice of Availability and Request for Comments. Comments due: 11-11-11 (published 10-18-11)
  
  
• Notice of Overfishing / Overfished Status for Pacific Bluefin Tuna (published 05-17-11)
  
  
• Notice of updates and response to comments: Nominations of existing MPAs to the national system (published 3-25-11). Added 7 sites in American Samoa.
  
  
• Notice and Request for Information: ID of nations whose vessels are engaged in fishing waters beyond any national jurisdiction (published 3-24-11). Information due: 8-1-11.
  
  
• Notice: NOAA has published its policy on the prohibited and approved uses of the asset forfeiture fund (published 3-23-11)
  
  
• 2011 Northwest Hawaiian Island Lobster Harvest Guidelines (published 1-26-11)
  
  
• Notice: National Saltwater Angler Registry Fee of $15 effective January 1, 2011 (published 11-26-10)
  
  
• Western and Central Pacific Ocean Bigeye Tuna Longling Fishery Closure and Temporary Rule (published 11-09-10)
  
  
• Draft Policy for Assessment of Civil Administrative Penalties and Permit Sanctions Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (published 10-21-10). Comments due 12-20-10.
  
  
• Notice: National Saltwater Angler Registry Exemptions for anglers, spear fishers, and for-hire vessels - includes American Samoa and CNMI (published 9-2-10)