Notices and Rules
Final Rule for Electronic Vessel Trip Reporting for Commercial and For-Hire Vessels
NOAA Fisheries is approving a recommendation from both the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils to require federally permitted commercial fishing vessels to submit vessel trip reports electronically within 48 hours of the end of a…
Effective
11/10/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Coast Guard Base Los Angeles Wharf Expansion, CA
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to the U.S. Coast Guard to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during activities associated with the Base Los Angeles/ Long Beach Wharf Expansion Project in Los…
Effective
02/01/2021
Gulf of Mexico Modifications to Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements
The For-Hire Electronic Reporting Amendment would modify data reporting requirements for federally permitted for-hire vessels (charter vessels and headboats) in the Gulf of Mexico to declare (hail-out) the type of trip (for-hire or other) prior to…
Effective
01/05/2021
Regulatory Amendment to Limit Access by all Federally Permitted Vessels to the BSAI Pacific Cod Parallel State Waters Fishery
This final rule modifies Federal permit conditions and imposes participation requirements for certain federally permitted vessels when fishing for Pacific cod in state waters adjacent to the exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands…
Effective
01/04/2021
2021 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Year Quotas, Opening Dates, and Retention Limits
This final rule establishes quota levels, opening dates, and retention limits for the 2021 Atlantic commercial shark fisheries, including those in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
The 2021 quotas, adjusted as appropriate to account for over- and…
Effective
01/01/2021
2021 Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
This action provides participants in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program with the 2021 cost recovery fee percentages and the average mothership (MS) price per pound to be used in the catcher/processor (C/P) coop program to…
Effective
01/01/2021
Amendment 29 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan & 2021-2022 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
This final rule establishes the 2021–22 harvest specifications for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act…
Effective
01/01/2021
Amendment 109 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska
Correction:
NOAA Fisheries is correcting a final rule that published in the Federal Register on June 25, 2020, implementing Amendment 109 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP) and a regulatory amendment to the…
Effective
01/01/2021
Adjustment to the Swordfish General Commercial Permit Retention Limit
NOAA Fisheries is adjusting the Swordfish General Commercial permit retention limits in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean regions, as shown in the table below. This action is effective January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021,…
Effective
01/01/2021
Final Rule to Delay Implementation of West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
This final rule revises regulations to delay implementation of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program. Implementation of the EM program will be delayed by one year, from January 1, 2021, to…
Effective
12/23/2020