🎣Public Meeting on Fishery Management by Mid-Atlantic Council
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Tilefish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.
Learn More🎣MAFMC Public Meeting on Recreational Fisheries Amendment
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel and Bluefish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (Commission) Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Advisory Panels.
Learn More🦐Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Notice
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a virtual Public Hearing for Shrimp Framework Action.
Learn More🌊NOAA Cancels U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Public Meeting
On February 21, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS[supreg]) Advisory Committee public meeting to be held from March 12th to March 14th, 2025. This notice announces the cancellation of that public meeting.
Learn More🐟Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Public Meetings Overview
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its Program Planning Standing Committee (SC), Pelagic and International SC, Executive and Budget SC, and its 202nd Council meeting to take actions on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.
Learn More📅NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting Canceled
On February 12, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a Hydrographic Services Review Panel public meeting to be held on March 4th and March 5th, 2025. This notice announces the cancellation of that public meeting.
Learn More🎣Inseason Adjustments for Pacific Coast Groundfish Management 2025
This final rule announces routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to allow commercial fishing vessels to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks.
Learn More🐋Renewal Authorization for Marine Mammal Incidental Take in RI
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued a renewal incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) to incidentally harass marine mammals during construction activities associated with the relocation of NOAA research vessels at Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA) in Rhode Island.
Learn More🎣Amendment 25 to Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
NMFS announces that the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) has transmitted Amendment 25 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan to the Secretary of Commerce for review. If approved, Amendment 25 would revise the stocks of Atlantic cod managed in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. This action is necessary to incorporate the best scientific information available into the fishery management plan. The intended effect of Amendment 25 is to revise the fishery management plan to manage Atlantic cod in U.S. waters as four stocks rather than two. This document is intended to alert the public to this action and provide an opportunity for comment.
Learn More🚀Cancellation of Advisory Committee Meeting on Space Commerce
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice in the Federal Register concerning a public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space. The notice is in the Federal Register of January 29, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-01885, on page 8387. The meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) is cancelled.
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