NOAA Fisheries

Administrative Proceedings

• 69 FR 60569, October 12, 2004. Proposed amendments and technical refinements to the civil procedures which govern NOAA's administrative proceedings for assessment of civil penalties found at 15 C.F.R part 904. Comment period through December 13, 2004.

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

• 69 FR 68865, November 26, 2004. Proposed revisions to the regulations governing the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program. Comment period through December 27, 2004.

Crab

• 69 FR 63200, October 29, 2004. Proposed regulations to implement Amendments 18 and 19 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Amendments 18 and 19 amend the FMP to include the Voluntary Three-Pie Cooperative Program (the Crab Rationalization Program). Comments must be received no later than December 13, 2004.
• 69 FR 53915, September 3, 2004. Notice of Availability of the Final EIS for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fisheries and FMP. Wait period ends October 4, 2004.
• 69 FR 53998, September 1, 2004. Notice of Availability of Amendments 18 and 19 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs to implement the Voluntary Three-Pie Cooperative Program to allocate BSAI crab resources.
• 69 FR 13036, March 19, 2004. Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the BSAI King and Tanner Crab Fisheries. Comment period through May 3, 2004.

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 69 FR 8615, February 25, 2004. Reopening of 68 FR 69070 comment period through April 26, 2004; public input on the EFH guidelines promulgated through regulation in the final rule: 67 FR 2343.
• 69 FR 2593, January 16, 2004. Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS for Essential Fish Habitat Identification and Conservation. Comment period through April 15, 2004.

Fur Seals

• 69 FR 53915, September 3, 2004. Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS for the Pribilof Islands Annual Subsistence Harvest of Northern Fur Seals to determine and publish the Take Ranges. Comment period through October 19, 2004.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 69 FR 76682, December 22, 2004. Correction to Table 8 in 69 FR 70974, for the BSAI harvest specifications and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances. Comments must be received by January 7, 2005.
• 69 FR 70974, December 8, 2004. NMFS proposes 2005 and 2006 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. Comment period through January 7, 2005.
• 69 FR 70589, December 7, 2004. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 82 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI, to establish a framework for management of the Aleutian Islands subarea directed pollock fishery. Comment period through January 21, 2005.
• 69 FR 70605, December 7, 2004. NMFS proposes 2005 and 2006 harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Comment period through January 6, 2005.
• 69 FR 70589, December 7, 2004. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 82 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI, to establish a framework for management of the Aleutian Islands subarea directed pollock fishery. Comment period through January 21, 2005
• 69 FR 776, December 5, 2004. Comment period extended through March 4, 2005 for the Proposed List of Fisheries.
• 69 FR 70094, December 2, 2004. Proposed List of Fisheries for 2005. Comment period through January 3, 2005.
• 69 FR 67107, November 16, 2004. Notice of Availability for proposed Amendment 82 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI, to establish a framework for management of the Aleutian Islands subarea directed pollock fishery. Comment period through January 18, 2005.
• 69 FR 56384, September 21, 2004. Proposed rule to revise the Steller sea lion protection measures and adjust Pacific cod and pollock fishing closure areas near four Steller sea lion haulouts and modify the seasonal management of pollock harvest in the GOA. Comment period through October 21, 2004.
• 69 FR 44634, July 27, 2004. Proposed rule to implement Amendments 48/48 to the FMPs for Groundfish of the GOA and BSAI - changes to the annual harvest specification process. Comment period through September 10, 2004.
• 69 FR 42128, July 14, 2004. Notice of Availability for Amendments 48/48 to revise the annual harvest specifications process for the groundfish fisheries of the GOA and BSAI. Comment period through September 13, 2004.
• 69 FR 31613, June 4, 2004. Notice of Availability for the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Final Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (PSEIS)
• 69 FR 31091, June 2, 2004. Notice of Availability for Amendment 81 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI, and Amendment 74 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA. Comment period through August 2, 2004.
• 69 FR 31085, June 2, 2004. NMFS proposes to remove a harvest restriction on participants in the Atka mackerel fishery in the Aleutian Island subarea. Comment period through June 17, 2004.
• 69 FR 25056, May 5, 2004. NMFS proposes to allow processors to use the offal from Pacific halibut and salmon intended for the Prohibited Species Donation (PSD) program for commercial products including fish and bone meal. Comment period through June 4, 2004.
• 69 FR 23477, April 29, 2004. To implement the Zero Mortality Rate Goal, NMFS must establish a threshold level for mortality and serious injury that would meet this requirement. NMFS proposes in this rule that this threshold level be 10 percent of the Potential Biological Removal level for a stock of marine mammals. NMFS solicits comments on this proposed rule and on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for this action. Comment period through June 1, 2004.
• 69 FR 10190, March 4, 2004. Proposed rule for 2004 harvest specifications for skates and associated management measures for the skate fishery of the GOA.
• 69 FR 4285, January 29, 2004. Proposed regulation to revise port codes (Tables 14a and 14b) used in data collection for the Alaska Federal groundfish fisheries and the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. Comment period through March 1, 2004.
• 69 FR 4281, January 29, 2004. Proposed amendment to establish pollock Maximum Retainable Amounts (MRA) by adjusting the MRA enforcement period for pollock harvested in the BSAI from enforcement at anytime during a fishing trip to enforcement at the time of offload. Comment period through March 1, 2004.
• 69 FR 2875, January 21, 2004. Proposed rule for full retention of Demersal Shelf Rockfish (DSR) in the southeast outside district of the GOA. Comment period through February 20, 2004.
• 69 FR 614, January 6, 2004. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 63 to the FMP for groundfish of the GOA - skates management. Comment period through February 20, 2004.

Halibut

• 69 FR 41447, July 9, 2004. Proposed regulations to amend the subsistance fishery rules for Pacific halibut in waters off Alaska. Comment period through August 9, 2004.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 69 FR 4285, January 29, 2004. Proposed regulation to revise port codes (Tables 14a and 14b) used in data collection for the Alaska Federal groundfish fisheries and the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. Comment period through March 1, 2004.

Marine Mammal Take and Research Permits

• 69 FR 63114, October 29, 2004. Proposed Rule issuing regulations to govern the unintentional takings of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to rocket launches from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, AK. Comment period through December 13, 2004.

Observer Program (Marine Mammal)

• 69 FR 70094, December 2, 2004. Proposed List of Fisheries for 2005. Comment period through January 3, 2005.

Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures

• 69 FR 56384, September 21, 2004. Proposed rule to revise the Steller sea lion protection measures and adjust Pacific cod and pollock fishing closure areas near four Steller sea lion haulouts and modify the seasonal management of pollock harvest in the GOA. Comment period through October 21, 2004.

Stock Assessment Reports

• 69 FR 67541, November 18, 2004. Notice of Availability of Draft Stock Assessment Reports and proposed changes to the guidelines for preparing SARs. Comment period through February 16, 2005.

Zero Mortality Rate

• 69 FR 23477, April 29, 2004. To implement the Zero Mortality Rate Goal, NMFS must establish a threshold level for mortality and serious injury that would meet this requirement. NMFS proposes in this rule that this threshold level be 10 percent of the Potential Biological Removal level for a stock of marine mammals. NMFS solicits comments on this proposed rule and on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for this action. Comment period through June 1, 2004.