NOAA Fisheries

Bowhead Whale

• 67 FR 72919, December 9, 2002. NMFS announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment to assess the impacts of issuing a subsistence quota for bowhead whales to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for the years 2003 through 2007. Comment period through January 8, 2003.

Bycatch

• 67 FR 19154, April 18, 2002. NOAA announces receipt of a petition for rulemaking from Oceana to promulgate immediately a rule to establish a program to count, cap, and control bycatch in U.S. fisheries.

Crab

• 67 FR 79062, December 27, 2002. The NPFMC Crab Rationalization Community Protection Committee will meet in Anchorage, AK. on January 8-9, 2003.
• 67 FR 62212, October 4, 2002. NMFS has identified the Pribilof Islands blue king crab stock as overfished.
• 67 FR 56805, September 5, 2002. NPFMC Bering Sea Crab Plan Team meeting September 19-20, 2002 in Anchorage, AK.
• 67 FR 54794, August 26, 2002. NPFMC Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee to meet September 13, 2002.
• 67 FR 5796, February 7, 2002. The Pacific Northwest Crab Advisory Committee to meet in Seattle (Ballard), WA, February 21, 2002.

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon

• 67 FR 44216, July 1, 2002. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) registration with NOAA and certification by U.S. Coast Guard

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 67 FR 55819, August 30, 2002. NPFMC to hold an EFH Steering Committee Meeting in Kodiak, AK, September 16-18, 2002.
• 67 FR 21639, May 1, 2002. Notice of NPFMC EFH Steering Committee Meeting in Sitka, AK, May 15-17, 2002.
• 67 FR 11676, March 15, 2002. Notification of public workshop to discuss effects of fishing on habitat, mitigation tools and fishery descriptions.
• 67 FR 1325, January 10, 2002. Notification of preliminary alternative approaches for essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular concern. Comment period through January 22, 2002.

Grants

• 67 FR 34427, May 14, 2002. FY 2002 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program request for proposals. Proposals must be submitted by close of business July 15, 2002.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 67 FR 65092, October 23, 2002. Notice of public scoping meeting on the SEIS for the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the GOA (FMP)
• 67 FR 37393, May 29, 2002. Notice of intent to prepare an SEIS in accordance with NEPA for the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA.
• 67 FR 19154, April 18, 2002. NOAA announces receipt of a petition for rulemaking from Oceana to promulgate immediately a rule to establish a program to count, cap, and control bycatch in U.S. fisheries.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 67 FR 76998, December 16, 2002. Notice of standard prices and fee percentage for North Pacific halibut and sablefish IFQ cost recovery program.
• 67 FR 66126, October 30, 2002. Proposed information collection for the IFQ Fees Program. Comment period through December 30, 2002.

Information Integrity

• 67 FR 62685, October 8, 2002. Government-wide guidelines that provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies.

License Limitation Program (LLP)

• 67 FR 9250, February 28, 2002. Notice of information collection and permit requirements for the License Limitation Program for Groundfish, Crab and Scallops. Comment period through April 29, 2002.

Marine Mammal Strandings

• 67 FR 13602, March 25, 2002. Application deadline extended to 5 p.m. EST on April 8, 2002, for the Financial Assistance for Marine Mammal Stranding Networks - John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program.
• 67 FR 1720, January 14, 2002. Financial Assistance for Marine Mammal Stranding Networks - John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program. Applications to be received by March 15, 2002.

North Pacific Fishery Management Council

• 67 FR 79062, December 27, 2002. The NPFMC Crab Rationalization Community Protection Committee will meet in Anchorage, AK. on January 8-9, 2003.
• 67 FR 69508, November 18, 2002. NPFMC Advisory Committees to hold public meetings December 2-9, 2002 in Anchorage, AK.
• 67 FR 68106, November 8, 2002. NPFMC Gulf of Alaska Working Group to meet in Anchorage November 25-26, 2002
• 67 FR 58356, September 16, 2002. NPFMC and NMFS to hold public meetings September 30 - October 8, 2002, in Seattle, WA.
• 67 FR 56805, September 5, 2002. NPFMC Bering Sea Crab Plan Team meeting September 19-20, 2002 in Anchorage, AK.
• 67 FR 55819, August 30, 2002. NPFMC to hold an EFH Steering Committee Meeting in Kodiak, AK, September 16-18, 2002.
• 67 FR 54794, August 26, 2002. NPFMC Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee to meet September 13, 2002.
• 67 FR 54171, August 21, 2002. NPFMC GOA and BS/AI Groundfish Plan Team will meet in Seattle, WA on September 9-10, 2002.
• 67 FR 54171, August 21, 2002. NPFMC Gulf of Alaska Working Group will meet in Kodiak, AK on September 19-21, 2002.
• 67 FR 53368, August 16, 2002. NPFMC VMS Committee to meet August 30, 2002 in Juneau, AK
• 67 FR 52952, August 14, 2002. Notice of NPFMC Improved Retention/Improved Utilization (IR/IU) Technical Committee meeting in Seattle, WA, August 28-29, 2002.
• 67 FR 44185, July 1, 2002. Notice of NPFMC Halibut Subsistence Committee meeting and Observer Advisory Committee meeting.
• 67 FR 35101, May 17, 2002. Notice of NPFMC meeting June 3-12, 2002 in Dutch Harbor
• 67 FR 34434, May 14, 2002. Annual meeting of Regional Fishery Management Council and NMFS representatives.
• 67 FR 21639, May 1, 2002. Notice of NPFMC EFH Steering Committee Meeting in Sitka, AK, May 15-17, 2002.
• 67 FR 21202, April 30, 2002. NPFMC Gulf of Alaska Workgroup to meet May 13-14, 2002.
• 67 FR 13316, March 22, 2002. NPFMC public meetings April 8-17, 2002, in Anchorage, AK.

Observer Program (Marine Mammal)

• 67 FR 2410, January 17, 2002. Notice of Continuing Effect of the List of Fisheries.

Prohibited Species Donation Program

• 67 FR 47352, July 18, 2002. Renewal of permits to Northwest Food Strategies authorizing this organization to distribute Pacific salmon and Pacific halibut to economically disadvantaged individuals under the prohibited species donation program.

Recordkeeping and Reporting

• 67 FR 79904, December 31, 2002. Renewal of OMB 0648-0206 Permit family of forms. Comment period through March 3, 2002.
• 67 FR 63078, October 10, 2002. Notice of Recordkeeping and Reporting workshops in Seattle, WA in November.
• 67 FR 38470, June 4, 2002. Proposed information collection for the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program.
• 67 FR 35097, May 17, 2002. Submission for OMB Review; NMFS AKR requests R&R information from participating fishermen to manage and monitor the Alaska groundlings fisheries. Comment period through June 17, 2002.
• 67 FR 15359, April 1, 2002. Announcement of approval of data collection for IFQ program: gear types on landing report and annual updates on the status of corporations, partnerships, and other collective entities holding IFQ quota shares
• 67 FR 15179, March 31, 2002. Announcement of approval of information collection for the Prohibited Species Donation Program
• 67 FR 9250, February 28, 2002. Notice of information collection and permit requirements for the License Limitation Program for Groundfish, Crab and Scallops. Comment period through April 29, 2002.
• 67 FR 5749, February 7, 2002. Notice of information collection and recordkeeping requirements for the inspection of scales approved for weighing catch of Alaska groundfish.
• 67 FR 2633 , January 18, 2002. Notice of proposed information collection, High Seas Fishing Vessel Identification Requirements. Comment period through February 18, 2002.
• 67 FR 2633, January 18, 2002. Notice of proposed information collection, Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the Alaska Fisheries. Comment period through February 18, 2002.
• 67 FR 2633, January 18, 2002. Notice of proposed information collection, Prohibited Species Donation Program. Comment period through February 18, 2002.
• 67 FR 1440, January 11, 2002. Notice of proposed information collection, Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) for Alaska region. Comment period through March 13, 2002.

Seabird Bycatch Reduction and Avoidance Measures

• 67 FR 19154, April 18, 2002. NOAA announces receipt of a petition for rulemaking from Oceana to promulgate immediately a rule to establish a program to count, cap, and control bycatch in U.S. fisheries.

Vessel Monitoring System

• 67 FR 38470, June 4, 2002. Proposed information collection for the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program.