Notices and Rules
2023-2024 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine
Annual harvest specifications and management measures for Pacific sardine harvest for July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Published
06/23/2023
2023 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting and 2023 Tribal Allocation
Harvest allocations for the 2023 Pacific whiting fishery
Effective
05/31/2023
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2023 Specifications and Management Measures
Regulations to manage the 2023 ocean season fisheries off the U.S. West Coast.
Effective
05/16/2023
Regulations to Authorize Deep-set Buoy Gear under the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP)
Fishery Management Plan final rule to authorize deep-set buoy gear in federal waters off California and Oregon
Published
05/08/2023
2023 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
Final rule for the 2023 Pacific halibut Area 2A (Washington, Oregon, and California) catch sharing plan and annual management measures
- Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments (89 FR 53361, June 2…
- Temporary rule; closure (88 FR 53383, August 8, 2023)
- Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments (88 FR 47055, July 2…
- Inseason correction; request for comments (88 FR 36973, June 6, 2023)
- Final Rule (88 FR 21503, April 11, 2023)
Published
04/11/2023
International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; 2022-2024 In-Season Action Announcement Procedures for Commercial Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern
NMFS is issuing regulations to revise in-season action announcement procedures for the commercial fisheries for Pacific bluefin tuna.
Published
01/27/2023
2023 Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
2023 cost recovery fee percentages and average mothership cooperative program pricing, Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program.
Effective
01/01/2023
Skagit River Steelhead Fishery Joint Resource Management Plan
Availability of a NMFS proposed evaluation of a resource management plan for Skagit River steelhead harvest.
Published
12/23/2022
Amendment 30 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan & 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Amendment 30 of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, 2023-2024 harvest specifications
- Inseason adjustments to biennial groundfish management measures (89 FR 59681, J…
- Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments (April 1, 2024, 89 FR 22…
- Inseason adjustments to biennial groundfish management measures (April 1, 2024,…
- Inseason trip limits correction final rule (88 FR 90127, December 29, 2023)
- Final rule; corrections to harvest specifications (88 FR 89313, December 27, 20…
Published
12/16/2022
Regulatory Amendment to Increase Pacific Whiting Utilization in the At-Sea Sectors
Rulemaking to address operational flexibility in the Pacific whiting fishery
Published
12/16/2022