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Federal Register-REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS: Deep Seabed Mining

by Council Staff | Apr 3, 2026 | Federal Register Notices

SUMMARY: NOAA has received two applications for licenses to conduct seabed mining exploration activities that are fully compliant with the applicable information requirements of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA or the Act) and the Act’s implementing...

Federal Register-NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING: Permanent Advisory Committee to Advise the US Commissioners to the WCPFC

by Council Staff | Apr 3, 2026 | Federal Register Notices

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) on May 27, 2026....

Federal Register-NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING: North Pacific Swordfish United States Stakeholder Meeting

by Council Staff | Apr 3, 2026 | Federal Register Notices, Uncategorized

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North Pacific swordfish (NP SWO) management. This meeting is intended to gather stakeholder input and prepare for potential discussions at the 2026 annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific...

FINAL RULE: Discontinue rebuilding plan for American Samoa Bottomfish and ACLs/AMs for 2024-26

by Council Staff | Nov 18, 2024 | American Samoa, Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

This final rule amends the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP) to discontinue the rebuilding plan for American Samoa bottomfish and implements single-species annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for bottomfish in the...

Request for Written Comments: Request for public comment on the draft National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy

by Council Staff | Oct 16, 2024 | Federal Register Notices

NOAA announces the request for written public comments on the draft National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy (National Strategy) in accordance with the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (CRCA), as reauthorized and amended by the James M. Inhofe National Defense...

*COMMENT PERIOD REOPENED* Proposed Rule; Request for Comment: Marine Mammal Protection Act List of Fisheries for 2025

by Council Staff | Oct 16, 2024 | Federal Register Notices

NMFS is publishing its proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2025, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The proposed LOF for 2025 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine mammals. NMFS must classify each...
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