🌊NOAA Public Meeting on Estuarine Research Reserve Evaluation
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office for Coastal Management will hold an in-person public meeting to solicit input on the performance evaluation of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. NOAA also invites the public to submit written comments.
Learn More🐟Notice of Public Meetings for Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council including a joint session with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Policy Board.
Learn More🎣Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Overview
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will provide a briefing on preliminary research and data needs to interested Pacific Council members, advisory body members, and the public.
Learn More🎣South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will host a meeting of the Mackerel Cobia Advisory Panel on March 31 and April 1, 2025.
Learn More🐋Proposed Permit for Incidental Take of Endangered Marine Mammals
NMFS is proposing to issue a permit to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, take of specific Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed marine mammal species or stocks under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), in the Category II California (CA) thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet (>=14 inch (in) mesh) fishery and the corresponding high seas component of the fishery as defined on the MMPA List of Fisheries as the Pacific highly migratory species drift gillnet fishery (hereinafter, collectively referred to as the CA thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet (>=14 in mesh)/Pacific highly migratory species drift gillnet fishery.
Learn More🐟Public Meeting Notice from Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold an online meeting that is open to the public.
Learn More🐟North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting Announcement
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (FMAC) will meet May 12, 2025.
Learn More🎣Temporary Closure of Pacific Cod Fishing in Alaska's Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot 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 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod by vessels using pot 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) and its advisory committees will meet on March 27, 2025, and on March 31, 2025, through April 7, 2025.
Learn More🐋Authorization for Marine Mammal Take in Unalaska Channel Deepening Project
NMFS has received a request from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the re-issuance of a previously issued incidental harassment authorization (IHA) with the only change being effective dates. The initial IHA authorized take of four species of marine mammals, by Level A and Level B harassment, incidental to construction associated with the Unalaska Channels Deepening Project in Iliuliuk Bay, Alaska. The project has been delayed and none of the work covered in the initial IHA has been conducted. The scope of the activities and anticipated effects remain the same, authorized take numbers are not changed, and the required mitigation, monitoring, and reporting remains the same as included in the initial IHA. NMFS is, therefore, issuing a second identical IHA to cover the incidental take analyzed and authorized in the initial IHA.
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