🦀North Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Overview
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Crab Plan Team will meet September 8, 2025, through September 12, 2025.
Learn More🎣Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meetings Announcement
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its American Samoa Archipelago Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Advisory Panel (AP), Mariana Archipelago FEP Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) AP, Hawaii Archipelago and Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) FEP AP, Fishing Industry Advisory Committee (FIAC), and Mariana Archipelago FEP Guam AP to discuss and make recommendations on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.
Learn More🎣New England Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a hybrid meeting of its On-Demand Fishing Gear Conflict 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 More🎣Regulatory Notice on Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Information Collection
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Learn More🐟Notice on Endangered Species and Hatchery Operations Compliance
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received applications for renewal of two enhancement permit applications pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for hatchery operations rearing and releasing Snake River Fall-run Chinook salmon in the Snake River basin of Idaho. The applications are in the form of two existing hatchery and genetic management plans (HGMPs), and two addendums. This new addendum and the associated prior documents describe programs operated by the Nez Perce Tribe (NPT), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG), and funded by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) through the Lower Snake Compensation Plan (LSRCP), Idaho Power Company (IPC), and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). This document serves to notify the public of the availability and opportunity to comment on an HGMP and associated Addendums on the proposed hatchery programs.
Learn More🎣Upcoming Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meetings
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council, Council) will convene webinar meetings of its Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP), Groundfish Management Team (GMT), Ecosystem Working Group (EWG), Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS), Salmon Technical Team (STT), Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS), Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS), Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT), Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS), Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT), Habitat Committee (HC), and the Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) (hereafter "advisory bodies") to discuss items on the Pacific Council's September Council meeting agenda as detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. The FIW will also discuss items related to the Pacific Council's November Council meeting agenda. These meetings are open to the public.
Learn More🎣Gulf Fishery Management Council Announces Public Hearings on Fishing Regulations
The Gulf Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) will hold three in-person public hearings and one webinar to solicit public comments on Reef Fish Amendment 58B: Modifications to Deep-water Grouper complex changes based on the recent stock assessment for Yellowedge Grouper, Scientific and Statistical Committee recommendations, and feedback from the June 2025 Council meeting.
Learn More🎣Inseason Action for Pacific Halibut Commercial Fishery 2025
NMFS announces inseason action for the 2025 Pacific halibut non-Tribal directed commercial fishery in the International Pacific Halibut Commission's (IPHC) regulatory Area 2A. This action adds a fishing period, July 22 through July 24, 2025, with a fishing period catch limit of 5,000 pounds (2.3 metric tons (mt)) per vessel, dressed weight. This action is intended to provide opportunity to achieve the 2025 non-Tribal directed commercial fishery allocation.
Learn More🎣Public Meeting Notice by Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public webinar meeting.
Learn More📊NOAA Requests Comments on Southeast Region Logbook Forms
The Department of Commerce seeks public comment on a necessary information collection for the Southeast Region Logbook Forms regarding fisheries. This process, mandated under federal law, involves commercial and recreational fishery data collection to assess fishing impact and management. Comments are invited to refine the collection requirements before submission for OMB review.
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