Fisheries Management Info

New Plan to Improve Recreational Fisheries Data Collection on Gulf Coast

FB24-007: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Bulletin. For more information, contact: Sarah Lazo, sarah.lazo@noaa.gov

February 05, 2024 -

Southeast

IB 24-08: NMFS Opens Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

Notice of fishery management action

February 01, 2024 -

Alaska

Solicitud de comentarios: Reglamentación propuesta sobre una acción para revisar los límites de captura anuales para la langosta espinosa en las aguas federales del Caribe Estadounidense

FB24-006: Caribbean Fishery Bulletin; For more information, contact: Sarah Stephenson, 727-824-5305, sarah.stephenson@noaa.gov, or Maria Lopez, maria.lopez@noaa.gov

January 31, 2024 -

Southeast

Request for Comments: Proposed Rule for a Framework Action to Revise Annual Catch Limits for Spiny Lobster in U.S. Caribbean Federal Waters

FB24-006: Caribbean Fishery Bulletin; For More Information, contact: Sarah Stephenson, 727-824-5305, sarah.stephenson@noaa.gov, or Maria Lopez, maria.lopez@noaa.gov

January 31, 2024 -

Southeast

Recordatorio del comienzo de la temporada de veda para ciertos meros en aguas federales alrededor de Puerto Rico, St. Thomas y St. John y Santa Cruz y cierre de temporada en el Banco Grammanik, St. Thomas, Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses

FB24-005: Caribbean Fishery Bulletin; For more information, contact: Sarah Stephenson, 727-824-5305, sarah.stephenson@noaa.gov, or Maria Lopez, maria.lopez@noaa.gov

January 29, 2024 -

Southeast

Reminder of Seasonal Fishing Closure for Certain Groupers in Federal Waters around Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. John, and St. Croix and Seasonal Closure of Grammanik Bank off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

FB24-005: Caribbean Fishery Bulletin; For More Information, contact: Sarah Stephenson, 727-824-5305, sarah.stephenson@noaa.gov, or Maria Lopez, maria.lopez@noaa.gov

January 29, 2024 -

Southeast

IB 24-07: NOAA Fisheries seeks public comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the issuance of an Incidental Take Statement under the Endangered Species Act for salmon fisheries in Southeast Alaska

Notice of public comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement

January 24, 2024 -

Alaska

IB 24-06: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 feet Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line or Pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Notice of a fishery management action

January 23, 2024 -

Alaska

Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area Possession Limit Adjustment for Atlantic Herring

Atlantic herring catch in the Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area is limited to 2,000 lb per trip/day for Atlantic herring vessels fishing with midwater trawl. Effective 00:01 hr local time on January 23, 2024.

January 22, 2024 -

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Bulletins