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Northeast Regional Office
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- Proposed Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Amendment 16
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW72, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by January 20, 2010
- Supporting Documents - SEIS & IRIR
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery; ME to MA Quota Transfer
- Final Rule; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Modifying the fishing vessel permit regulations to include specific terms and conditions for Federal fishing vessel permits obtained through the purchase of fishing vessels using Federal grant awards
- Notice Of Availability Of A Fishery Management Plan Amendment; Request For Comments; Northeast Skate Complex Fishery; Amendment 3 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW30, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2010
- Notice; Request For Comments; Supplemental Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental assessment for Amendment 4 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and environmental impact statement for Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring FMP
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RINs 0648-AW75 and 0648-AY47, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Public comments on the supplementary NOI for Amendments 4 and 5 must be received no later than 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on January 12, 2010
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2010 Sector Operations Plans and Contracts, and Allocation of Northeast Multispecies Annual Catch Entitlements
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-XS55, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before January 21, 2010
- Final Rule; 2010 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; Preliminary 2010 Quota Adjustments; 2010 Summer Flounder Quota for Delaware
- Proposed Rule; Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Revisions to the Guidelines for National Standard 2--Scientific Information
- Final Rule; Notification of U.S. Fish Quotas and an Effort Allocation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Rescission of Prohibition on Atlantic Herring Fishing in Management Area 2
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Scup Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for 2009 Winter II Period
- Supplemental Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Comment Period Reopened; Essential Fish Habitat Components of Fishery Management Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-year Review
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. e.s.t., December 21, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; GMRI Monkfish Tagging EFP
- Comments must be received on or before December 21, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Connecticut and Florida Quota Transfer New York
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- Temporary Rule; Closure; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total Allowable Catch Harvested for Management Area 1A
- Notice; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Closure of Commercial Quota Harvested for New Jersey
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of the Directed Butterfish Fishery
- Temporary Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Gear Restriction for the U.S./Canada Management Area
- Proposed Rule; 2010 Annual Determination for Sea Turtle Observer Requirement
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-XP96, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by December 18, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Request For Comments; Extension of Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin that Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
- Comments must be received by December 14, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA/RIR
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; 2010 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Specifications and Management Measures
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AY13, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Public comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., EST, on December 14, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA/RIR/IRFA
- Notification Of A Listing Determination & Availability Of A Status Review Document; Endangered Species Act Listing Determination for Atlantic Wolffish
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; 2010 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; 2010 Research Set-Aside Projects
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-XR08, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received on or before November 19, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA/IRFA
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- Final Rule; Modification to the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Herring Midwater Trawl Gear Letter of Authorization
- Temporary Rule; Interim Action Extension And Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Modify Northeast Region Experimental Fishing Regulations
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AY09, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before November 25, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery Research Set-Aside/Days-At-Sea Regulatory Amendment
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AY01, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time, on November 25, 2009
- Notice; 2010 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs
- Notice; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice that Vendor Will Provide Year 2010 Cage Tags
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Scup Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for 2009 Summer Period
- Supplemental Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Request For Comments; Essential Fish Habitat Components of Fishery Management Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-year Review
- E-Mail comments may be submitted to comments@nefmc.org
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 pm EST, November 4, 2009
- Emergency Rule; Emergency Action; Request For Comments; Black Sea Bass Fishery Closure
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AY23, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before November 6, 2009
- Supporting Documents - RIR
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AY19, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., EST, on November 2, 2009
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- Notice; Closure of Spiny Dogfish Fishery; Commercial Period 1 Quota Harvested
- Proposed Rule; Reopening Of Comment Period; Modification to the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Herring Midwater Trawl Gear Authorization Letter
- The deadline for written comments on the September 4, 2009 (74 FR 45798), proposed rule is reopened through September 27, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; CCE Offshore Fluke Discard EFP
- Comments must be received on or before October 9, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; URI Drop Chain Trawl Net EFP
- Comments must be received on or before October 1, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery to Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels
- Temporary Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Modification of the Gear Requirements for the U.S./Canada Management Area
- Temporary Rule; Inseason Adjustment; Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 2009 Winter II Quota
- Final Rule; Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation; 2009 Modifications to the Scallop Chain Mat Regulations
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; SMAST Study Fleet Programmatic EFP
- Comments must be received on or before September 29, 2009
- Notice Of Public Workshops; Schedules for Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Modification to the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Herring Midwater Trawl Gear Authorization Letter
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX93, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. local time on September 21, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 10
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AY00, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Public comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern standard time, on October 19, 2009
- Supporting Documents - FSEIS/RIR/IRFA
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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- Final Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Maine State Waters Exemption
- Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking; Request For Comments; Notice of a Control Date for the Purpose of Limiting Entry to the Skate Bait Fishery; NE Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX99, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., local time, August 31, 2009
- Final Rule; American Lobster Fishery
- Supporting Documents - EA
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW51, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments on the proposed rule must be received by 5 p.m. EST on August 20, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA & Figures
- Temporary Rule; Closure of the Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery to Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels
- Notice of Funding Availability; Northeast Region Fishing Gear Exchange Project
- Notice; Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2010
- Notice Of Availability Of A Fishery Management Plan Amendment; Request For Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 10
- Comments must be received on or before September 14, 2009
- Supporting Documents - FEIS
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; CCE Inshore Fluke Discard EFP
- Comments must be received on or before July 28, 2009
- Secretarial Final Interim Action; Georges Bank Winter Flounder & White Hake Interim Measures
- Notice of Availability; Environmental Impact Statement; Second Final Supplement, NOA, Amendment 10 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish FMP
- Supporting Documents - FEIS
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; NEFSC Study Fleet Programmatic EFP
- Comments must be received on or before July 17, 2009
- Notice; Extension of Public Comment Period; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Relation to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Trawl Fisheries and to Conduct Public Scoping Meetings
- Comments will be accepted until August 10, 2009
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- Notice; Request For Comments; Northeast Region Logbook Family of Forms
- Written comments must be submitted on or before July 28, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Whiting Fishery EFP
- Comments must be received on or before June 8, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Tilefish Amendment 1
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AS25, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern standard time, on July 2, 2009
- Supporting Documents - RIR/IRFA Volume 1 & Volume 2 (65MB file)
- Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement And Conduct Public Scoping Meetings; Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Relation to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Trawl Fisheries and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings
- Written comments on the scope of the EIS should be sent to Alexis.Gutierrez@noaa.gov
- NMFS will consider all written comments received or postmarked by July 10, 2009
- Additional information, including the Scoping document
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Closure of the Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery to Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Gulf of Maine Research Institute Codend Modification Study EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 21, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Modifications to Chain Mat Regulations; Sea Turtle Conservation
- Final Rule; 2009 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
- Final Rule; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Regulation Revisions
- Notice Of Availability Of A Fishery Management Plan Amendment; Request For Comments; Tilefish Amendment 1
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AS25, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2009
- Notice; Extension Of Comment Period On Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Atlantic Mackerel, Butterfish, Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish, Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean Quahog Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment; Scoping Process
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on May 31, 2009
- Final Rule; 2009 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
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- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Coonamessett Farm Scallop Dredge Twine Top EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 14, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; University of Rhode Island/Rhode Island Sea Grant Loligo Fishery EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 14, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery; NC to VA and VA to NJ Inseason Quota Transfers
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Gulf of Maine Research Institute Turtle Excluder Device EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Closure of the Eastern U.S./Canada Management Area
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Gulf of Maine Research Institute Monkfish RSA Harvest
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; University of Maryland Eastern Shore Monkfish RSA EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Monkfish Tagging EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Haddock Trawl Study
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; State Waters Exemption
- Final Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2009 Georges Bank Cod Hook Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch
- Final Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2009 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total Allowable Catch Harvested for Management Area 2
- Temporary Final Rule; Interim Measures; Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Interim Action New England Groundfish
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW87, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by June 12, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, FRFA
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Delmarva Scallop Access Area to General Category Scallop Vessels
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Recreational Management Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Fishing Year 2009
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX69, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on May 1, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, IRFA
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- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; Regional Fishery Management Councils; Operations
& Administration Changes
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW18, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. e.d.t. on July 6, 2009
- Final Rule; 2009 Scup and Black Sea Bass Specifications; Correction
- Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Notice Of Public Scoping Meetings; Requests For Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Butterfish, Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish, Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean Quahog Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment; Scoping Process
- E-Mail comments may be submitted to Omnibus.NOI@noaa.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on May 15, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; 2009 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX57, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Public comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time on April 3, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, IRFA
- Temporary Rule; Scup Fishery; Reduction of Winter I Commercial Possession Limit
- Final Interim Rule; Temporary Suspension Of Specific FW 42 Regulations & Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Final Interim Action
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX72, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by April 10, 2009
- Temporary Rule; NE Multispecies Fishery; Modification of the Yellowtail Flounder Landing Limit for the U.S./Canada Management Area
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery Quota Transfer; NC to VA
- Temporary Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Reduction of the Landing Limit for Eastern Georges Bank Cod in the U.S./Canada Management Area
- Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Request For Comments; Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on April 6, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Spiny Dogfish; Framework Adjustment 2
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; 2009 Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Specifications
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX49, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time, on March 17, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, IRFA
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- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Interim Action
- Final Rule; Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Annual Catch Limits; National Standard Guidelines
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Regulatory Revisions for Clarification - Prohibitions and VMS Rules
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW70, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before February 17, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act; Disaster Assistance Programs; Fisheries Assistance Programs
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW38, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be submitted in writing on or before February 17, 2009
- Notice Of Petition Finding; Request For Information; 90–Day Finding on a Petition to List Atlantic Wolffish as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-XM05, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Information related to this petition finding must be received by March 6, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery Inseason Quota Transfer; NC to VA
- Final Rule; 2009 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; Preliminary 2009 Quota Adjustments; 2009 Summer Flounder Quota for Delaware
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: American Lobster Fishery; Control Date For American Lobster In The Gulf Of Maine Waters Of Lobster Conservation Management Area 1
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX40, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. EST on or before February 2, 2009
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January 5, 2010
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