Federal Register Notices
FINAL RULE: Discontinue rebuilding plan for American Samoa Bottomfish and ACLs/AMs for 2024-26
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
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
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...
Notice of Agency Decision: NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan for American Samoa
NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for American Samoa. This agency decision is effective from August 30, 2024 through July 24, 2027. See Federal Register Notice here. The Government of American Samoa developed the MCP, with concurrence of...
*Update-public comment period extended; Notice of Proposed Rule: Listing Determinations for 10 species of Giant Clams under the Endangered Species Act
NEW *Public Comment Period extended to February 19, 2025. See FR notice here. 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...
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...
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