š£Upcoming Public Meeting on Fishery Management Regulations
The MAFMC will hold a public webinar meeting of its Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel and Bluefish Advisory Panel. This meeting will be held jointly with the respective Advisory Panels of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
Learn Moreš£North Pacific Fishery Management Council Webinar Announcement
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) webinar to support public engagement and provide information related to the Council's upcoming discussion of the Programmatic Evaluation will meet on March 6, 2025.
Learn Moreš£New England Fishery Management Council Webinar Notice
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a webinar of its Risk Policy Working Group to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
Learn Moreš£NMFS Prohibits Trawl Fishing for Pacific Cod in Alaska for 2025
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the annual 2025 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI.
Learn Moreš£2025 Atlantic Herring Fishery Possession Limit Adjustment Regulation
NMFS is implementing a 2,000-lb (907.2-kg) possession limit for Atlantic herring for Management Area 3. This is required because NMFS projects that herring catch from Area 3 will reach 98 percent of the Area's sub-annual catch limit (ACL) before the end of the fishing year. This action is intended to prevent overharvest of herring in Area 3, which would result in additional catch limit reductions in a subsequent year.
Learn Moreš£Temporary Fishing Closure for Pacific Cod in Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for the Pacific cod sideboard limit by non-exempt American Fisheries Act (AFA) catcher vessels in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the annual 2025 Pacific cod sideboard limit established for non-exempt AFA catcher vessels in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Learn Moreš«Cancellation of North Pacific Albacore Stakeholder Meeting Notice
On January 3, 2025, NMFS published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North Pacific albacore management would be held virtually on February 20, 2025. This notice announces the cancellation of that meeting.
Learn Moreš£Public Meeting on Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Agenda
The Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) Steering Committee will convene a public meeting to discuss and approve the 5- year calendar for stock assessments, and to address any other concerns related to the WPSAR process.
Learn Moreš£Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) will convene an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG), which is open to the public.
Learn Moreš£Public Meeting on Machine Learning for Fish Aging in Fisheries
The Center of Independent Experts (CIE) review of the Machine Learning Coupled with Fourier Transform Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Otoliths to Age Fish will be held February 11, 2025, through February 13, 2025.
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