NOAA Fisheries

At-Sea Scales

• 68 FR 13279, March 19, 2003. Proposed information collection comment request - Alaska Region scale and catch weighing requirements. Comment period through May 19, 2003.

Bycatch

• 68 FR 40888, July 9, 2003. Advanced notice of proposed regulations to define the Zero Mortality Rate. Comment period through September 8, 2003.
• 68 FR 11501, March 11, 2003. Notice of decision on Oceana petition for rulemaking on bycatch - 50 CFR part 600.

Constituent Meetings

• 68 FR 26291, May 15, 2003. NMFS is scheduling a series of eight regional constituent meetings beginning in June and running through September to gather public input on ways to improve the effectiveness of NMFS and its management of living marine resources.

Crab

• 68 FR 71082, December 22, 2003. Notice of qualifying bidders and voters for the fishing capacity reduction program for the crab species managed under the BSAI King and Tanner Crabs Fishery Management Plan. Comment period through January 21, 2004.

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 68 FR 19516, April 22, 2003. NPFMC Essential Fish Habitat Committee to hold a meeting in Juneau, AK, May 5-6, 2003.
• 68 FR 1050, January 8, 2003. NPFMC Essential Fish Habitat Committee to meet in Seattle, WA. on January 26, 2003.

Exempted Fishing Permits

• 68 FR 44927, July 31, 2003. Notice of issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit to conduct an experiment in the Bering Sea on salmon excluder devices.

Fur Seals

• 68 FR 36539, June 18, 2003. Notice of Intent to analyze the effects of the subsistence taking of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands; scoping meetings to be held. Comment period through September 16, 2003.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 68 FR 70233, December 17, 2003. Proposed Information Collection; Alaska Region Gear Identification Requirements. Comment period through February 17, 2003.

Halibut Subsistence

• 68 FR 59912, October 20, 2003. Proposed information collection for subsistence halibut fishery registration and marking of gear. Public comment period through November 19, 2003.
• 68 FR 54716, September 18, 2003. Proposed information collection for annual harvest survey for a subsistence Pacific halibut program. Comment period through October 18, 2003.
• 68 FR 35857, June 17, 2003. Proposed information collection on subsistence halibut fishery registration and gear marking. Comment period through August 18, 2003.
• 68 FR 35858, June 17, 2003. Proposed information collection on subsistence halibut, annual survey. Comment period through August 18, 2003.

Improved Retention/Improved Utilization (IR/IU)

• 68 FR 61792, October 30, 2003. NPFMC Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Technical Committee will meet in Seattle, WA at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center on November 18 and November 19, 2003.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 68 FR 71036, December 22, 2003. Notice of standard prices and fee percentage for the North Pacific halibut and sablefish IFQ cost recovery program.
• 68 FR 7719, February 18, 2003. Directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the IFQ program opens March 1, 2003, and closes November 15, 2003.

Marine Protected Areas

• 68 FR 43495, July 23, 2003. Solicitation of public comments on proposed criteria for building an Inventory of Marine Managed Areas. Comment period through September 22, 2003.

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

• 68 FR 65890, November 24, 2003. Meetings of the NPFMC and its advisory committees in Anchorage, AK, December 8-16, 2003.
• 68 FR 65890, November 24, 2003. NPFMC Joint Protocol Committee meeting in Anchorage, AK on December 8, 2003.
• 68 FR 65889, November 24, 2003. NPFMC Fur Seal Committee meeting in Anchorage AK, on December 11, 2003.
• 68 FR 61792, October 30, 2003. NPFMC Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Technical Committee will meet in Seattle, WA at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center on November 18 and November 19, 2003.
• 68 FR 58315, October 9, 2003. NPFMC Scallop Plan Team meeting October 29-30, 2003 in Juneau, AK.
• 68 FR 53966, September 15, 2003. NPFMC public meeting - the Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee, Seattle, WA, September 29, 2003.
• 68 FR 53140, September 9, 2003. NPFMC IFQ Implementation and Cost Recovery Committee public meeting October 5, 2003 in Anchorage, AK.
• 68 FR 53139, September 9, 2003. NPFMC Non-Target Species Committee public meeting October 9, 2003 in Anchorage, AK.
• 68 FR 53138, September 9, 2003. NPFMC public meetings October 6 - 14, 2003 in Anchorage, AK.
• 68 FR 48885, August 15, 2003. NPFMC GOA/BSAI groundfish plan teams meeting in Seattle, WA, September 8-11, 2003.
• 68 FR 47912, August 12, 2003. NPFMC Steller Sea Lion (SSL) Mitigation Committee meeting in Seattle, WA, August 27 - 29, 2003.
• 68 FR 47912, August 12, 2003. NPFMC Crab Plan Team meeting in Kodiak, AK, September 22 - 24, 2003.
• 68 FR 44926, July 31, 2003. NPFMC Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Technical Committee will meet in Seattle, WA, August 25, 26 and 27, 2003.
• 68 FR 41564, July 14, 2003. NPFMC public meetings July 28 - 29, 2003 in Anchorage, AK.
• 68 FR 27785, May 21, 2003. NPFMC public meetings June 9 - 18, 2003 in Kodiak, AK.
• 68 FR 26291, May 15, 2003. NMFS is scheduling a series of eight regional constituent meetings beginning in June and running through September to gather public input on ways to improve the effectiveness of NMFS and its management of living marine resources.
• 68 FR 23703, May 5, 2003. NPFMC Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee to meet May 27, 2003, Seattle, WA.
• 68 FR 19516, April 22, 2003. NPFMC Essential Fish Habitat Committee to hold a meeting in Juneau, AK, May 5-6, 2003.
• 68 FR 12894, March 18, 2003. NPFMC public meetings Monday, March 31, 2003 through Tuesday, April 8, 2003.
• 68 FR 1050, January 8, 2003. NPFMC's Observer Committee will meet in Seattle, WA. on January 23 and 24, 2003.
• 68 FR 1050, January 8, 2003. NPFMC's Essential Fish Habitat Committee will meet in Seattle, WA. on January 26, 2003.

Recordkeeping and Reporting

• 68 FR 70233, December 17, 2003. Proposed Information Collection; Alaska Region Gear Identification Requirements. Comment period through February 17, 2003.
• 68 FR 64318, November 13, 2003. Submission for OMB review proposed information collection on scale and catch weighing requirements under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. Comments due within 30 days.
• 68 FR 57426, October 3, 2003. Continuing information collection comment period for Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR). Comment period through December 2, 2003.
• 68 FR 54716, September 18, 2003. Proposed information collection for annual harvest survey for a subsistence Pacific halibut program. Comment period through October 18, 2003.
• 68 FR 32012, May 29, 2003. Proposed information collection comment request - American Fisheries Act (OMB control No. 0648-0401). Comment period through June 29, 2003.
• 68 FR 13279, March 19, 2003. Proposed information collection comment request - Alaska Region scale and catch weighing requirements. Comment period through May 19, 2003.
• 68 FR 7107, February 12, 2003. Proposed Information Collection; American Fisheries Act, Vessel and Processor Permit Applications (OMB control No. 0393). Comment period through April 14, 2003.
• 68 FR 6417, February 7, 2003. Proposed information collection for the AFA fisheries (OMB control No. 0648-0401). Comment period through April 8, 2003.

Stock Assessment Reports

• 68 FR 17920, April 14, 2003. Notice of completion and availability of final marine mammal stock assessment reports; response to comments.

Zero Mortality Rate

• 68 FR 40888, July 9, 2003. Advanced notice of proposed regulations to define the Zero Mortality Rate. Comment period through September 8, 2003.