Notices and Rules
Final Rule for the 2024 and Projected 2025 Specifications for the Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries, and 2024 Specifications for the Black Sea Bass
2024 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications
Published
01/01/2024
Final Rule for 2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications and Minimum Size Suspension for Surfclams
2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog specifications and minimum size
Effective
01/01/2024
FY 2023: Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester 3 TAC Area Closure and Trip Limit Adjustment
This action prohibits possession of GOM cod by common pool vessels through the end of the fishing year and closes the GOM Cod Trimester TAC Area to common pool vessels fishing with trawl, sink gillnet, and longline/hook gear for Trimester 3 of FY 2023.
Effective
12/15/2023
Marine Conservation Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, valid from effective from August 4, 2023, through August 3, 2026.
Published
12/08/2023
Amendment 52: Changes to Catch levels, Allocations, Accountability Measures, and Management Measures for Blueline Tilefish and Golden Tilefish
Amendment 52: Changes to catch levels, allocations, and recreational accountability measures for golden tilefish and to the recreational bag and possession limit and recreational accountability measures for blueline tilefish
Effective
12/07/2023
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Proposed 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
NMFS proposes 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
Published
12/07/2023
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Proposed 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
NMFS proposes 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
Published
12/07/2023
Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery
Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery
Issued
12/05/2023
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Proposed 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
NMFS proposes 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area.
Published
12/05/2023
Amendment 32 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan: Modifications to Non-Trawl Sector Area Management Measures
Modifications to non-trawl sector area management measures for Pacific Coast groundfish
Published
12/01/2023