Notices and Rules
2021 Rule to Delay West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program Regulations
Implementation of the EM program delayed until at least January 1, 2024
Published
10/06/2021
Amendment 21 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
NMFS approval of Amendment 21 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan, to limit ocean salmon fishery impacts on the availability of Chinook salmon as prey for Southern Resident killer whales.
Published
09/13/2021
Five Hatchery Programs in the Lake Washington Basin
NOAA Fisheries consideration of approving 5 hatchery plans in the Lake Washington Basin of Washington State
Published
08/27/2021
2021-2022 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine
NOAA Fisheries implements annual harvest specifications and management measures for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine (hereafter, Pacific sardine), for the fishing year from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
Published
07/09/2021
Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan, implementing a rebuilding plan for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine.
Published
06/24/2021
2021 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting and 2021 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation
Final rule implementing 2021 Pacific whiting harvest specifications.
Published
06/23/2021
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2021 Management Measures
NMFS establishes fishery management measures for the 2021 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California, and the 2022 salmon seasons opening earlier than May 16, 2022.
Published
05/13/2021
International Fisheries: Pacific Tuna Fisheries; 2021 Commercial Fishing Restrictions for Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Final rule for 2021 annual harvest limits on commercial catch of Pacific bluefin tuna.
Published
03/29/2021
Salmon Bycatch Minimization Measures for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Salmon bycatch minimization measures to minimize incidental take of Endangered Species Act-listed salmon by vessels in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
Published
02/23/2021
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Rebuilding Coho Salmon Stocks
Final rule for coho salmon rebuilding plans and environmental assessments and FONSIs.
Published
02/12/2021