FEDERAL REGISTER ACTIONS
NMFS Northeast Region
Year 2001

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December 2001

  • American Lobster Fishery Proposed Rule - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern standard time, February 28, 2002

  • Proposed Rule - Quota Counting Procedure for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before December 28, 2001

  • Notice of Intent to Prepare an Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Amendment 2 to the Northeast Monkfish FMP; Scoping Process - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., local time, February 11, 2002

  • Notice - Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; New York Commercial Quota Harvest Closure___

  • Notice - Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Closure___


    • November 2001

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (Manomet), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before December 14, 2001

  • Notice - Closure of Winter II Scup Fishery___

  • Notice - Closure of Period 2 Spiny Dogfish Fishery___

  • Proposed Rule - Proposed 2002 Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on 12/05/2001.

  • Notice - Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Commercial Quota Transfer___

  • Notice - Extension of the Expiration Date of an Emergency Interim Rule for the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery___

  • Notice - Closure of Atlantic Herring Directed Fishery for Management Area 1A___

  • Notice - Removal of Haddock Daily Trip Limit___

  • Notice - Proposed 2002 Specifications for the Atlantic Herring Fishery; Correction___

  • Notice - Inseason Adjustment of the 2001 Atlantic Herring Specifications___

  • Notice - Black Sea Bass Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Quarter 4 Period___


    • October 2001

  • Proposed Rule - Proposed 2002 Specifications for the Atlantic Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, and Maine Mahogany Ocean Quahogs Fisheries - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on 11/23/2001.

  • Proposed Rule - Proposed 2002 Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and, Butterfish Fisheries - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on 11/23/2001.

  • Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Framework 36 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP - Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., local time, November 5, 2001


    • September 2001

  • Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the for the EFH Components of the Monkfish, Atlantic Herring and Atlantic Salmon FMPs, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2001

  • Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the American Lobster Fishery, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. on or before October 24, 2001

  • Proposed Rule - Delay of the Implementation Date of the Year-4 Default Management Measures for Small-Mesh Multispecies, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before October 17, 2001

  • Notice - Implementation of Conditional Closures in the Gulf of Maine___

  • Notice - Corrected Adjustments to the 2001 Commercial Quotas for Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass___

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    August 2001


    July 2001

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (UNH), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before August 13, 2001

  • Interium Rule - Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5 pm local time on August 22, 2001

  • Final Rule - 2001 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and General Category Effort Controls___

  • Black Sea Bass Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Quarter 3 Period___

  • Notice & Request for Sea Scallop Research Proposals; Correction___

  • Final Rule - Summer Flounder Fishery; Framework 2___

  • Final Rule Correction, 2001 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, & Butterfish Fisheries___

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    June 2001

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (Silver Hale), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received by June 19, 2001


    • May 2001

  • Notice of Solicitation for Applications - Request for Sea Scallop Research Proposals___
    • FY 2001 proposals must be received no later than 5 pm, EST, on June 19, 2001; FY 2002 proposals must be received no later than 5 pm, EST, on November 1, 2001

  • Notice - Closure of Loligo Squid Fishery___

  • Proposed Rule - Recreational Measures for the 2001 Summer Flounder, Scup, & Black Sea Bass Fisheries, Request for Comments___
    • Public comments must be received on or before June 11, 2001

  • Final Rule - 2001 Specifications for Atlantic Herring___

  • Notice - Temporary Whale Protection Zone in Wilkinson Basin___
    • Effective Dates: May 13, 2001, through May 28, 2001

  • Final Rule - Amended Fee Table for Foreign Vessels Fishing in the EEZ___

  • Notice - Maine & Deleware Summer Flounder Commercial quota harvested___

  • Final Rule Republication - Framework 14 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP___

  • Notice - Financial Assistance for Cooperative Research Projects to Strengthen & Develop the Northeast U.S. Groundfish Fishing Industry, Request for Proposals___
    • Preliminary proposals will be accept no later than 5 pm local time on June 25, 2001

  • Emergency Interium Rule - Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5 pm local time on June 7, 2001

  • Proposed Information Collection, Foreign Fishing Reporting Requirements, Request for Comments___
    • Comments should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice

  • Final Rule - 2001 Specifications for Spiny Dogfish___

  • Proposed Information Collection, Atlantic Surf Clam & Ocean Quahog Transfer Log, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before July 2, 2001

  • Final Rule - Framework 14 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP___

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    April 2001

  • Proposed Rule - Golden Tilefish FMP, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before May 18, 2001

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (Blackfin Monkfish), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received by April 25, 2001

  • Notice of Proposed Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery, Request for Comments___
    • NMFS will accept comments through May 25, 2001


    • March 2001

  • Final Rule - 2001 Specifications for Summer Flounder___

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (ME DMR), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received by April 11, 2001

  • Notification of 2001 TAC Levels for the Northeast Multispecies & Monkfish Fisheries.___

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received by April 3, 2001

  • Final Rule - New American Lobster / Black Sea Bass Management Area 5 Gear Waiver Permit___

  • Proposed Rule - NMFS Poposes a Fee Schedule for Foreign Vessels Fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone; Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before April 9, 2001

  • Notice of Determination of Noncompliance - Declaration of Federal Moratorium on Fishing for American Lobster Within Rhode Island State Waters; Effective May 1, 2001___

  • Proposed Rule - 2001 Specifications for Atlantic Herring, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., EST, on April 4, 2001

  • Notice of Comment Period Extention; Intent to Prepare a SEIS for the Northeast Multispecies & Atlantic Sea Scallop FMPs, Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., local time, April 4, 2001

  • Final Rule - 2001 Specifications for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, & Butterfish___

  • Final Rule - 2001 Specifications & Closure Notice for Scup & Black Sea Bass___

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    February 2001

  • Proposed Rule - Proposed 2001 Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Comments must Be Received No Later than 5:00 P.m., Eastern Standard Time, on 03/23/2001.___

  • Notice of Availability - Tilefish Fishery Management Plan Submitted for Secretarial Review; Comments must Be Received Not Later than 5:00 P.m., Eastern Standard Time, on 04/13/2001.___

  • Interim Final Rule - Closure of Hudson Canyon South & Virginia Beach Scallop Closed Areas Extended through March 1, 2001___

  • Final Rule - 2001 Specifications for Surf Clams, Ocean Quahogs and Maine Mahogany Quahogs___

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (Haskin Shellfish Research Lab), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received by March 14, 2001

  • Notice of a Proposal for EFPs to Conduct Experimental Fishing (Gulf of ME Aquarium Dev. Corp. & ME Dept. of Marine Resources), Request for Comments___
    • Comments must be received by March 14, 2001

  • Final Rule; Partial Delay of VMS Requirement for Atlantic Herring Vessels___


    • January 2001


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