Federal Register Notices
Notification of Public Hearings: Listing Determinations for 10 species of Giant Clams under the Endangered Species Act
NMFS will hold seven public hearings and three listening sessions related to their proposed rule to list five species of giant clams as endangered and five species of giant clams as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On July 25, 2024, NOAA Fisheries...
Public Meeting Notice: Uku Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS will convene a Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) of the main Hawaiian Islands Aprion virescens (locally known as uku or gray/green jobfish) stock assessment update. The WPSAR meeting will...
Proposed Rule: Discontinue Rebuilding Plan for American Samoa Bottomfish and Implement Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Fishing Years 2024–2026
NMFS proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP) to discontinue the rebuilding plan for American Samoa bottomfish and to implement single-species annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for bottomfish in the...
Federal Register Notice: Protective Regulations for the Oceanic Whitetip Shark Public Hearings
NMFS will hold two public hearings related to the proposed rule to apply protective regulations to the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Public hearings on the proposed protective regulations for the oceanic...
Federal Register Notice: Changes to Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits in Longline Fisheries
NMFS seeks comments on this interim final rule issued under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFC Implementation Act) that implements a recent decision of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of...
Federal Register Notice: Final Rule for CNMI Bottomfish ACL and AM for 2024-2025
This final rule implements an annual catch limit (ACL) and annual catch target (ACT) for bottomfish in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for fishing years 2024 and 2025. This rule does not revise, add, or remove the most recent current...
Federal Register Notice: NMFS to Discontinue Rebuilding plan for American Samoa Bottomfish and Implement ACL and AMs for Fishing Years 2024-2026
NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP). If approved, the FEP would be amended to discontinue the rebuilding plan for American Samoa bottomfish...
Public Hearings for NMFS Proposed Rule on Oceanic Whitetip Shark Take Prohibitions
NMFS will hold two public hearings on the proposed protective regulations for the oceanic whitetip shark. NMFS has scheduled the hearings in response to a request to allow fishing communities in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern...
Final Rules and Federal Register Notices for Western Pacific Fisheries
The following Federal Register Notices have been published notifying the public of rule changes to fisheries in the Western Pacific: NWHI Lobster Harvest Guidelines FR Notice: NMFS manages the NWHI commercial lobster fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the...
Notice of Availability for American Samoa Longline Permits
NMFS announces that 34 American Samoa pelagic longline limited entry permits in two permit size classes are available for 2024. NMFS is accepting applications for these available permits. Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.816 allow NMFS to re-issue permits for the...