🎣NMFS Regulation on Pacific Cod Fishing in the Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors using hook-and-line (HAL) gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2025 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to catcher/processors using HAL gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Learn More🦀North Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Overview
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee (PNCIAC) will meet on May 27, 2025.
Learn More📊SBA Holds Tribal Consultation for Business Development Programs
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that it is holding a tribal consultation meeting in Anchorage, Alaska requesting comments and input on a variety of topics relating to the 8(a) program and the mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program. SBA is requesting general comments and input on how the 8(a) program is working and is inviting suggestions on potential avenues for making the program more efficient or reducing the regulatory burden on participants in the program. Additionally, SBA requests comments and input on best practices for how entity-owned firms market their capabilities to procuring agencies. SBA is also requesting comments and input on how to ensure the mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program is operating as intended.
Learn More🦦Proposed Incidental Take Authorization for Sea Otters in Alaska
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to a request under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, from Trident Seafoods Corporation, propose to authorize nonlethal incidental take by harassment of small numbers of the Southwest Alaska stock of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) for 1 year from the date of issuance of the incidental harassment authorization. The applicant requested this authorization for take by harassment that may result from activities associated with pile driving and marine construction activities in Near Island Channel in Kodiak, Alaska. We estimate that this project may result in the nonlethal incidental take by harassment of up to 460 northern sea otters from the Southwest Alaska stock. This proposed authorization, if finalized, will be for up to 3,160 takes of 460 northern sea otters by Level B harassment. No take by Level A harassment or lethal take are requested, or expected, and no such take will be authorized.
Learn More🚗EPA Finds Emissions Budgets Adequate for Fairbanks Transportation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that we have found the motor vehicle emissions budgets adequate for transportation conformity purposes for the Fairbanks North Star Borough's 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment area. The budgets were submitted on December 4, 2024, as part of Alaska's state implementation plan revisions (Fairbanks Revised 189(d) Plan). As a result of our finding, these budgets must be used when determining conformity of the Fairbanks transportation plan and transportation improvement program.
Learn More🏗️Denali Commission FY 2026 Draft Work Plan and Business Implications
The Denali Commission (Commission) is an independent Federal agency based on an innovative Federal-State partnership designed to provide critical utilities, infrastructure and support for economic development and training in Alaska by delivering Federal services in the most cost-effective manner possible. The Commission is required to develop an annual work plan for future spending which will be published in the Federal Register, providing an opportunity for a 30-day period of public review and written comment. This Federal Register notice serves to announce the 30-day opportunity for public comment on the Denali Commission Draft Work Plan for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026).
Learn More🐟Notice of Public Meeting for Cook Inlet Salmon Assessment Workshop
The Cook Inlet Salmon Stock Assessment Modeling Workshop will be held in-person and online over two days.
Learn More⚓U.S. Coast Guard Seeks Applications for Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
The U.S. Coast Guard is re-soliciting applications from persons interested in membership on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) to fill one vacant position representing entities engaged in offshore oil exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to Alaska. The Committee advises the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to activities directly involved with, or in support of, the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources, to the extent that such matters are within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Learn More🌊Notice of Environmental Impact Statement for Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project
Rural Development (RD), a mission area within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces its intent to adopt the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) titled "Hydropower License, Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project--FERC Project No. 13563- 003 Alaska," under the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) adoption provisions of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
Learn More🐋Marine Mammal Regulation for Eareckson Air Station Repair
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center (USAF) to incidentally harass marine mammals during construction activities associated with a the Eareckson Air Station (EAS) Fuel Pier Repair project in Alcan Harbor on Shemya Island, Alaska.
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