Notices and Rules
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program and Fee Percentages
Notification of fee percentages for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. Fee payments must be submitted by July 31.
Published
08/03/2023
Proposed Rule: 2024 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishery Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits
Proposed Rule: 2024 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishery Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits
Issued
08/01/2023
Limited Access for the Western Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Trawl Groundfish Fisheries
Control dates that may be used as reference dates for future management actions to limit future access to the offshore sector of the trawl groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Control Date (88 FR 50097, 08/01/2023 )
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Control Date (80 FR 74744, 11/30/2015)
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Control Date (80 FR 72408, 11/19/2015)
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Control Date (78 FR 17340, 03/21/2013)
Published
08/01/2023
Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harpoon Category Fishery
Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harpoon Category Fishery
Issued
07/28/2023
Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool Fishery
This action closes the Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area to Northeast multispecies common pool vessels fishing with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear, through August 31, 2023.
Effective
07/27/2023
2023-2025 Specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
2023-2025 Specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
Effective
07/27/2023
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program in Alaska Federal Register Rules and Notices 2004–Present
The commercial halibut and sablefish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management areas are managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program that was implemented in 1995.
- Final Rule: Modify the 2023-2027 Halibut IFQ (88 FR 48137, 07/26/2023)
- Proposed Rule: Modify the 2023-2027 Halibut IFQ (88 FR 30272, 05/11/2023)
- Temporary Final Rule: Vessel Use Caps (87 FR 34215, 06/06/2022)
- Proposed Rule: Vessel Use Caps (87 FR 23155, 04/19/2022)
- Final Rule: Sablefish Pot Gear Tags and Notary Certification Requirements (86 F…
Published
07/26/2023
Quota Transfer: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harpoon Category Fishery
Quota Transfer: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harpoon Category Fishery
Published
07/26/2023
2023 Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery
2023 Pacific halibut annual management measures for the Area 2A non-tribal directed commercial fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California.
Effective
07/24/2023
Chinook and Chum Salmon Bycatch Reduction in Alaska Fisheries - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on management measures to minimize non-Chinook salmon bycatch in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
- Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS, Minimizing Bycatch in the Bering Sea (88 FR 44…
- Emergency Rule for Chinook Salmon PSC Limits (80 FR 47864, 08/10/2015)
- Notice of Public Workshop for AFA Catcher Vessels (78 FR 19214, 03/29/2013)
- Proposed Rule in BSAI Chum/Chinook Salmon Savings Area (72 FR 19454, 04/18/2007)
- Implementation of Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report Program (77 FR 5389, 02/0…
Effective
07/11/2023