FEDERAL REGISTER ACTIONS
NMFS Northeast Region
Year 2002

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December 2002

  • Loligo Squid Fishery; Closure of 2002 Quarter 4 Commercial Quota ___

  • Loligo Squid Fishery; Reopening of 2002 Quarter 4 Commercial Quota ___


    • November 2002

  • Fishing Year May 1, 2002 - April 30, 2003, Spiny Dogfish Fishery Commercial Quota Closure Notice ___

  • Notice and Finding On Petition to Revise Western North Atlantic Right Whale Critical Habitat___
    • Comments must be postmarked or transmitted by facsimile by January 21, 2003

  • Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - 2003 Atlantic Herring Specifications___
    • Comments will be accepted no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on December 16, 2002

  • Notice of availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for Federal Lobster Management in the Exclusive Economic Zone - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before December 9, 2002


    • October 2002

  • Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - 2003 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Specifications___
    • Comments will be accepted no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 27, 2002

  • Proposed Rule; Request for Comments - 2003 Atlantic surfclams, ocean quahogs, and Maine mahogany ocean quahogs Specifications___
    • Comments will be accepted no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 27, 2002

  • Notification of a proposal for EFPs to conduct experimental fishing; request for comments___
    • Comments will be received on or before November 13, 2002

  • Atlanltic Bluefish Fishery; Commercial Quota Adjustments for MD & VA ___


    • September 2002

  • Notification of Restoration to the 2002 Black Sea Bass TAL ___


    • August 2002


    July 2002


    June 2002

  • Proposed Rule - Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan; request for comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., local time, July 23, 2002

  • Interim Final Rule - Sea Turtle Conservation Measures for the Pound Net Fishery in Virginia Waters___
    • Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, July 17, 2002


    • May 2002

  • Loligo Squid Quarter II Closure Notice___

  • Proposed Rule - 2002 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass; request for comments; proposed technical correctionl___
    • Comments must be received on or before June 7, 2002

  • Proposed Rule - Squid, Mackerel, & Butterfish Framework 2; request for comments___
    • Comments on this emergency rule must be received no later than 5 p.m., EST June 10, 2002

  • Monkfish Framework 1 Emergency Measures; request for comments___
    • Comments on this emergency rule must be received no later than 5 p.m., EDT June 14, 2002

  • Final rule; final 2002 specifications for spiny dogfish ___

  • Multispecies Interim final rule; change in effective date; correction; request for comments___
    • Comments on this final rule must be received no later than 5 p.m., local time, on June 5, 2002


    • April 2002

  • Closure of directed fishery for Atlantic Herring Management Area 1A___

  • Notice of receipt of petition for rulemaking and request for comments - Qceana petition___
    • Comments will be accepted through June 17, 2002


    • March 2002

  • 2002 Proposed Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no latter than 5 pm, EST, on April 8, 2002

  • 2002 Proposed Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no latter than 5 pm, EST, on March 28, 2002


    • February 2002


    January 2002


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    2001

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