Notices and Rules
Final Rule to Implement 2024 Monkfish Fishing Year Quotas
NMFS is implementing specifications for the 2024 monkfish fishery. This action is necessary to ensure allowable monkfish harvest levels that will prevent overfishing and allow harvesting of optimum yield.
Effective
Effective
Published
Test Reg Action 3-14-24
This is a fisheries reg action that affects protected species. Needs to show in multiple feeds.
Effective
Final Rule for 2024-2027 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
Final Rule for 2024-2027 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications
Effective
Framework Adjustment 38 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan
Framework 38 would establish scallop specifications and other measures for fishing years 2024 and 2025, including changes to the catch, effort, and quota allocations and adjustments to the rotational area management program.
Published
Bycatch Reporting Amendments to Pacific Islands Fishery Ecosystem Plans
NOAA Fisheries announces proposed amendments to the Pacific Islands region fishery ecosystem plans. The amendments would ensure these plans clearly describe the bycatch reporting methods used to assess the amount and type of bycatch in the fisheries.
Comments Close
Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Fishery
Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Southern Area Trophy Fishery
Issued
Final Rule to Close the Wedge Area within the Massachusetts Restricted Area
NOAA Fisheries is amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (Plan) to expand the boundaries of the seasonal Massachusetts Restricted Area (MRA) to include the wedge between state and Federal waters known as the Massachusetts Restricted Area Wedge (MRA Wedge).
Published
Proposed 2024–2026 Hawaiʻi Kona Crab Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
NOAA Fisheries welcomes comments on proposed catch limits, targets, and accountability measures for main Hawaiian Islands Kona crab, from 2024–2026.
Published