Notices and Rules
Proposed Rule to Implement General Category Restricted-Fishing Days for the 2021 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishing Year
This proposed rule would alert the regulated community of our intent to resume use of restricted-fishing days (RFDs) as an effort control for the General category quota
Issued
05/11/2021
Proposed Rule to Implement Federal Atlantic Tunas Regulations in Maine State Waters
NOAA Fisheries announces a proposed rule to add Maine to the list of states for which federal
Atlantic tunas regulations are applicable within state waters.
Issued
04/23/2021
Rule for Collection-of-Information Requirements for Area of Overlap Between the Convention Areas of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and
Final Rule; for Collection-of-Information Requirements; Area of Overlap Between the Convention Areas of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
Effective
03/23/2021
Fishery Closure: Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks Management Groups in Western Gulf of Mexico Subregion
Commercial fisheries for the linked aggregated large coastal shark (LCS) and hammerhead shark management groups in the western Gulf of Mexico subregion will close at 11:30 p.m. local time on March 8, 2021.
Effective
03/08/2021
NOAA Fisheries Closes the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Fishery
NOAA Fisheries Closes the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Fishery
Published
03/01/2021
General Category Bluefin Fishery to Close for January through March Subquota Period
General Category Bluefin Fishery to Close for January through March Subquota Period
Published
02/26/2021
February 2021 Meeting Announcement; Permanent Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Permanent Advisory Committee to Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; February 2021 Meeting Announcement
Published
02/08/2021
Adjustments to the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Purse Seine and Reserve Category Quotas and the General category January-March 2021 Subquota
NOAA Fisheries has reallocated 164.5 metric tons (mt) of bluefin tuna quota from the Purse Seine to the Reserve category. The available quota for the 2021 Purse Seine category is 55 mt.
Effective
02/08/2021
2021 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Year Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits
NOAA Fisheries Announces a Final Rule to Establish the Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits for the 2021 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Year
Effective
01/01/2021
Adjustment to the Swordfish General Commercial Permit Retention Limit
NOAA Fisheries is adjusting the Swordfish General Commercial permit retention limits in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean regions effective January 1, 2021.
Effective
01/01/2021