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Northeast Regional Office
Federal Register Actions & Public Comments
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- Final Rule; 2006
Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black
Sea Bass Specifications; Preliminary
2006 Quota Adjustments; 2006
Summer Flounder Quota for Delaware
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total
Allowable Catch Harvested for
Management Area 1B
- Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Extension
of Emergency Fishery Closure Due to
the Presence of the Toxin That Causes
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery;
2006 and 2007 Fishing Quotas for Ocean Quahogs
- Final Rule; Amendment 13 and
Framework Adjustment 40–A Correction
- Temporary Rule; Quota
Adjustment for the Closed Area I Hook
Gear Haddock SAP
- Proposed Specifications; Request for Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; 2006 Specifications
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: SMBSpecs2006@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following: "Comments on SMB Specifications 2006"
- Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., EST, on January 11, 2006
- Supporting Documents - EA/RIR/IRFA
- Availability of Grant Funds;
Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside Program
for Fiscal Year 2007
- Notice of Availability; Recovery Plan of Atlantic Salmon
- Temporary Rule; Closure of the Quarter IV Fishery for Loligo Squid
- Proposed Rule; Request for
Comments; 2006 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications; 2006 Research Set-Aside Project
- Supplemental Notice of Intent; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 11 Atlantic Mackerel Limited Access Program
- Proposed Specifications; Request for
Comments; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2006 Specifications
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: Herr2006Specs@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following: "2006 Herring Specifications"
- Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., EST, on January 17, 2006
- Supporting Documents - EA/RIR/IRFA
- Final Rule; Notification of U.S. Fish Quotas & an Effort Allocation in the NAFO Regulatory Area
- Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking; NOAA Fisheries Announces That It Is Considering, & Seeking Public Comment On The Implementation Of Further Minimum Carapace Length (gauge) Increases & Escape Vent Size Increases In The Federal American Lobster Fishery
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: Lob1205@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following: "Lobster ANPR Comments "
- Comments must be received by January 12, 2006
- Temporary Rule; Inseason NC to VA Summer Flounder Quota
Transfer
- Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Response To Public Comments; Extension Of Effective Period; Haddock
Incidental Catch Allowance for the
Atlantic Herring Fishery
- Temporary Rule; Closure Notice - Atlantic Herring; TAC Harvested for Management Area 1A
- Proposed Rule; Request for
Comments; Atlantic Spiny Dogfish; Framework Adjustment 1
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: DogFrame1@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following: "Comments on Framework 1 "
- Comments must be received on or before December 16, 2005
- Supporting Documents - RIR/IRFA
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Temporary Rule; No Trips Are Authorized Into The Closed Area II Yellowtail Flounder Special Access Program For The 2005 Fishing Year
- Temporary Rule; Tilefish Fishery Closure; Quota
Harvested for Full-time Tier 2 Category
- Temporary Rule; Loligo Squid Quarter III Qota
Adjustment
- Notice of Intent; Request for
Written Comments; Right Whale
Ship Strike Reduction Strategy Notice
of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement and Conduct Public
Scoping
- Notice - Haddock Bycatch
Notification of Landing
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: dHynek@doc.gov
- Written comments must be submitted on or before August 22, 2005
- Temporary Rule; Inseason Quota
Transfer - Summer Flounder Fishery Quota Transfer
- Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction
Plan Regulations
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: whalerule.comments@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "RIN 0648-AS01"
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. EST on July 21, 2005
- Supporting Documents - DEIS
- Emergency Action; Request for Comments - Emergency
Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin that Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: PSPClosure@NOAA.gov. Include in the subject line the following: "Comments on the Emergency Rule for Area Closure Due to PSP."
- Comments must be received by July 18, 2005
- Final Rule - 2005 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries
- Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Request for Comments; Haddock Incidental Catch Allowance for the 2005
Atlantic Herring Fishery
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: HerringEmergencyRule@NOAA.gov. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "Comments on the Emergency Rule for
Incidental Haddock Catch Allowance in the 2005 Herring Fishery"
- Comments must be received by July 13, 2005
- Supporting Documents - RIR
- Proposed Rule; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments - Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, & Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 10 Atlantic Mackerel Limited
Access Program & Control Date
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: MackContDate.gov. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "Comments-Atlantic Mackerel Amendment 10"
- Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., local time, July 11, 2005.
- Final Rule - 2005 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota
Specifications & General Category
Effort Controls
- Proposed Rule - Request for Comments; Atlantic Sea Scallop
Fishery; Framework Adjustment 17
- E-mail comments may be submitted to: ScallopAT10@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "Comments on Frameworks 17"
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m., local time, on June 17, 2005
- Supporting Documents - EA/RIR/IRFA & Addendum
- Final Rule - NE Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 40B
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Final Rule - Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2005 Specifications
- Final Rule - Monkfish
Fishery; Amendment 2
- Final Rule - Monkfish Fishery; Annual
Adjustments
- Final Rule - Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements; Regulatory Amendment
to Modify Seafood Dealer Reporting
Requirements
- Notice - Closure of the
Quarter II Fishery for Loligo Squid
- Temporary Rule - Virginia Summer Flounder Quota Transfer
to Maine, Connecticut,
New York, Delaware, Maryland, and
Massachusetts
- Notice - 2006 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Set-Aside Program
- Proposed Rule; Request fo Comments - NE Multispecies
Fishery; Total Allowable Catches for
Georges Bank Cod, Haddock, & Yellowtail Flounder in the U.S./Canada
Management Area for Fishing Year
2005
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to: USCATAC@NOAA.gov. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "Comments on the proposed TACs for
the U.S./Canada Management Area."
- Comments must be received by
May 16, 2005
- Notice; Request for Comments - NE Multispecies Fishery; 2005 Georges Bank Cod
Hook Sector Operations Plan and Agreement and Allocation of GB Cod
Total Allowable Catch
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to:
codsector@NOAA.gov. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "Comments on GB Cod Hook Sector Operations Plan."
- Written comments must be received on or before April 18, 2005
- Notice of Closure - Fisheries of the NE United States; NE
Multispecies Fishery; Closure of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area &
Prohibition of Harvesting, Possessing, or Landing of Yellowtail
Flounder from the Entire U.S./Canada Management Area
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- Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Minimizing Impacts of the Atlantic Herring Fishery On Essential Fish Habitat
- Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - NE
Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 40-B
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to
FW40B@NOAA.gov. Include in the Subject Line the Following ‘‘Comments on the Proposed Rule for Groundfish Framework
40B.’’
- Comments must be received on or before April 18, 2005
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR & IRFA
- Proposed Rule - Request for Comments; Notice of Public Hearings - 2005 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota
Specifications & General Category Effort Controls
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to: 05BFTSPECS@noaa.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before April 18, 2005
- Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Request for Comments; Golden Tilefish Fishery
- Comments on this notice may be submitted by e-mail to: TILEFISH.NOI@NOAA.GOV. Include in the subject line the following document identifier: "Tilefish Amendment 1 Scoping
Comments."
- Written comments must be
received on or before 5 p.m., local time, on April 22, 2005
- Supporting Documents - Tilefish Amendment 1 Scoping Document
- Notice - Proposal For An Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)To Conduct Experimental Fishing; Request For Comments
- Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association, In Collaboration with the New England Aquarium & NMFS. The EFP Would Allow Up To 20 Vessels To Retain Undersized Atlantic Cod While Fishing In The Georges Bank Cod Hook Sector Area From Approximately May-April 2006.
- Comments on this notice may be submitted by e-mail to: DA5-54@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following document
identifier: "Comments on CCCHFA Sub-legal Cod Survival EFP Proposal."
- Written comments on this action must be received on or before
April 6, 2005
- Final Rule - Atlantic Mackerel,
Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; 2005 Final Initial Specifications
- Final Rule - Atlantic Bluefish
Fishery; 2005 Specifications
- Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - 2005 Monkfish Annual
Adjustment Proposed Rule
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to 2005monkfish@noaa.gov. Include in the Subject Line the Following ‘‘Comments on the Proposed Rule for the 2005 Monkfish Annual
Adjustment.’’
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on April 4, 2005
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR & SAFE Report
- Notice - Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Northeast Region
Sea Scallop Framework 16 Adjustment
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to dHynek@doc.gov
- Written comments must be submitted on or before May 16, 2005
- Notice of Closure - Tilefish Fishery; Quota
Harvested for Part-time Category
- Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - Recreational
Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass Fisheries;
Fishing Year 2005
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to FSBREC05@noaa.gov. Include in the Subject Line the Following ‘‘Comments on Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black
Sea Bass Recreational Measures.’’
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on March 30,
2005
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR & IRFA
- Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - Proposed 2005
Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to DOG2005@noaa.gov. Include in the Subject Line the Following ‘‘Comments-2005 Dogfish specifications.’’
- Public Comments Must Be Received No Later Than 5
p.m., EST, on March 28, 2005
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR & IRFA
- Notice of Closure - Angling Category
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery Closure
- Notice - Commercial Summer Flounder
Quota Transfer from North Carolina to
Virginia
- Final Rule - Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota
Specifications, General Category Effort
Controls, and Catch-and-Release
Provision
- Notice of Intent; Request for Comments - Atlantic Mackerel Fishery;
Scoping Process; Notice of Intent to Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to MackLA9@noaa.gov. Include in the Subject Line the Following ‘‘Scoping
Comments-Mackerel Limited Access.’’
- Comments Must Be Received by April 4, 2005
- Supporting Documents - Scoping Document
- Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - Regulatory Amendment
to Modify Seafood Dealer Reporting
Requirements
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to DealerER@noaa.gov. Include in the Subject Line the Following ‘‘Comments on Dealer Reporting.’’
- Comments Must Be Received by March 21, 2005
- Supporting Documents - RIR & IRFA
- Notice of Scoping Meetings - Public Scoping Meetings on Amendment 1 to the Tilefish FMP
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- Proposed Rule; Reopening of Public Comment Period & Correction - Amendment 2 to the Monkfish FMP
- Notice of Closure - Closure of the
Quarter I Fishery for Loligo Squid
- Notice of Study - USCG Port Access Routes Study of Potential Vessel Routing Measures to Reduce Vessel Strikes of North Atlantic Right Whales
- Comments Must Be Received On Or Before April 19, 2005
- Final Rule - Final
Specifications for the 2005 Atlantic
Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery
- Proposed Rule - Proposed 2005 Specifications for
the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Request for
Comments
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to 2005_Bluefish_Specs@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following: ‘‘Comments–2005 Bluefish Specifications.’’
- Public Comments Must Be
Received No Later Than 5 p.m., EST, on February 23, 2005
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, & IRFA
- Notice of Availability - Final EIS for Minimizing Impacts of the Atlantic Herring Fishery On Essential Fish Habitat
- Electronic Comments Should Be Submitted by E-mail to HerringFEIS@noaa.gov with a Copy to nepa.comments@noaa.gov. Please Include in the Comment Subject Line the Following Document Identifier: Atlantic Herring EFH FEIS. NMFS Is Not Required to Respond to Comments Received as a Result of the Issuance of the FEIS. However, Comments Received Will Be Reviewed and Considered for Their Impact on the Issuance of a Record of Decision (ROD). The ROD Will Be Made Available Publicly Following Final Agency Action.
- Comments or Questions on this Document Must Be Received by March 1, 2005
- Supporting Documents - Final EIS, Response to Comments, DEIS Public Comments (small PDF file) (large PDF file)
- Notice Announcing the Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2005 - 2005 Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program
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- Proposed Rule - Proposed 2005 Specifications for
the Atlantic Herring Fishery; Request for Comments
- E-mail Comments May Be Submitted to Herr2005Specs@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following: ‘‘Comments–2005 Herring
Specifications.’’
- Comments must be received no
later than 5 p.m., EST, on March 2, 2005.
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, & IRFA
- Final Rule - Atlantic Sea Scallop
Fishery & Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework 16 & Framework
39; General Category Scallop Vessels
- Notice - Re-opening of the Eastern
U.S./Canada Area; and Removal of Daily Poundage Limits for Yellowtail
Flounder in the U.S./Canada Management Area, and Cod in the Eastern
U.S./Canada Area
- Correction Notice - 2005 &
2006 Summer Flounder Specifications;
2005 Scup & Black Sea Bass
Specifications
- Proposed Rule - Amendment 2 to the Monkfish FMP (NOTE - See February 24, 2005 Proposed Rule Correction)
- Notice of Availability - Request
for Comments; CORRECTION; Amendment 2 to the Monkfish
FMP
- Final Rule - Final 2005, 2006, & 2007
Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams,
Ocean Quahogs, & Maine Mahogany
Ocean Quahogs
- Proposed Rule - 2005 Initial Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, & Butterfish Specifications; Request for Comments
- Comments may be submitted via e-mail by clicking on the following address: SMB2005Specs@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line of the e-mail the following document identifier: "Comments–2005 MSB
Specifications."
- Public Comments Must Be Received No Later than 5 p.m., EST, on February 9, 2005.
- Supporting Documents - RIR, IRFA & EA
- Proposed Rule - Amendments & Technical Refinements to Civil
Procedures; Reopening of the Comment
Period
- Final Rule - 2005 Final Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Delaware Summer Flounder Fishery Closure Notice; Commercial Scup Fisheries Regulations
- Notice of Availability - Request for Comments; Amendment 2 to the Monkfish FMP
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Last Updated:
August 30, 2006
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