Rules & Notices
Date |
Number | Short Description | Analysis | Categories |
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| 01/19/2017 | 82 FR 6456 |
NMFS has received an application from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to launching space launch vehicles and other smaller missile systems at the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska for the period of March 15, 2017, through March 15, 2022. Comment period through February 21, 2017. |
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Marine Mammal Take and Research Permits |
| 01/19/2017 | 82 FR 6493 |
Notice of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that has been assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission. the 2017 quota is 75 whales, effective January 19, 2017. |
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Bowhead Whale |
| 01/18/2017 | 82 FR 5533 |
Notice that NMFS has published the standard ex-vessel prices and fee percentage for cost recovery under the Central GOA Rockfish Program for the 2016 fishing year. The fee percentage is 2.54 percent. The fee payments are due from each rockfish cooperative by February 15, 2017. Effective January 18, 2017. |
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Central GOA Rockfish Program, Cost Recovery |
| 01/18/2017 | 82 FR 5539 |
Notice that NMFS has received an application from the Alaska Seafood Cooperative and co-applicants to renew exempted fishing permit (EFP) 2016-01 as modified on January 10, 2017. The objective of this EFP is to remove halibut from a trawl codend on the deck and release those halibut back into the water in a timely manner to increase survivability. Comment period through February 7, 2017. |
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Exempted Fishing Permits |
| 01/17/2017 | 82 FR 4856 |
Notice that the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council's Scallop Plan Team will meet February 22, 2017, in Kodiak, AK. |
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| 01/17/2017 | 82 FR 4860 |
Notice that Fred Sharpe, Phd., Alaska Whale Foundation, has applied for a permit to conduct research on cetaceans and Christopher Cilfone, Be Blue, has applied to conduct commercial/educational photography on humpback whales. Comment period through February 16, 2017. |
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Marine Mammal Take and Research Permits |
| 01/13/2017 | 82 FR 4336 |
Notice of availability for the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Management of the Subsistence Harvest of Northern Fur Seals on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Written comments can by submitted electronically through the www.regulations.gov portal, docket number: NOAA-NMFS-2015-0073. Comment period through February 27, 2017. |
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Fur Seals |
| 01/12/2017 | 82 FR 3726 |
Notice of a request for an extension of a currently approved information collection for the king and Tanner crab fisheries. Comment period through March 13, 2017. |
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Recordkeeping and Reporting |
| 01/12/2017 | 82 FR 3725 |
Notice that NMFS will host a meeting of the Council Coordination Committee, consisting of the Regional Fishery Management Council chairs, vice chairs, and executive directors on February 28–March 1, 2017. |
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act |
| 01/12/2017 | 82 FR 3655 |
Final List of Fisheries for 2017, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Effective February 13, 2017. |
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Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) |
| 01/11/2017 | 82 FR 3293 |
Notice of availability that NMFS, in an effort to increase preparedness for wildlife response under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, has drafted guidelines for marine mammal response in northern Alaska entitled ‘‘Arctic Marine Mammal Disaster Response Guidelines.’’ Comment period through March 13, 2017. |
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Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) |
| 01/11/2017 | 82 FR 3291 |
Notice that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet in Seattle, WA. Meeting to be held January 30, 2017 through February 7, 2017. |
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| 01/10/2017 | 82 FR 2916 |
NMFS is adjusting the 2017 total allowable catch amounts for the BSAI pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific cod fisheries. Effective January 9, 2017, until the effective date of the final 2017 and 2018 harvest specifications for BSAI groundfish, unless otherwise modified. |
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Groundfish Management |
| 01/05/2017 | 82 FR 1325 |
Notice of adoption and availability of an Endangered Species Act Recovery Plan for the Cook Inlet beluga whale distinct population segment found in Cook Inlet, AK. |
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Beluga Whales |
| 01/03/2017 | 82 FR 95 |
Notice that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Crab Plan Team will meet January 17 through January 19, 2017, in Seattle, WA. |
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| 01/03/2017 | 82 FR 94 |
Notice that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan Team will meet January 19–20, 2017, in Seattle, WA. |
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| 12/28/2016 | 81 FR 95063 |
NMFS is adjusting the 2017 total allowable catch TAC amounts for the Gulf of Alaska pollock and Pacific cod fisheries. Effective December 27, 2016, until the effective date of the final 2017 and 2018 harvest specifications for the GOA groundfish. Comment period through January 11, 2017. |
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Groundfish Management |
| 12/28/2016 | 81 FR 95435 |
NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 101 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska for the sablefish individual fishing quota fisheries in the GOA. Effective January 27, 2017. |
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Groundfish Management, Halibut, Individual Fishing Quota, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act |
| 12/27/2016 | 81 FR 95062 |
Notice that NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet length overall using pot gear to catcher/ processors using hook-and-line gear in the BSAI management area. Effective December 21, 2016 through December 31, 2016. |
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Groundfish Management |
| 12/27/2016 | 81 FR 95062 |
Notice that NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA. Effective December 21, 2016 through December 31, 2016. |
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Groundfish Management |
| 12/23/2016 | 81 FR 94339 |
Notice that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish Plan Team will hold a two day meeting. Meeting to be held January 11-12, 2017. |
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| 12/23/2016 | 81 FR 94339 |
Notice of a request for nominations are being sought for appointment by the Secretary of Commerce to fill vacancy openings on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee that will be pending late April 2017. Effective through February 6, 2017. |
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Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee |
| 12/21/2016 | 81 FR 93702 |
Notice of availability of the final revised Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook, which describes requirements, procedures, and guidance for permit issuance and conservation plan development for incidental take permits under the Endangered Species Act. |
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Endangered Species Act - Implementing Regulations |
| 12/20/2016 | 81 FR 92697 |
NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 47 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP) and to make minor clarifications to regulations implementing the Crab FMP. Effective January 19, 2017. |
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Crab |
| 12/16/2016 | 81 FR 91140 |
Notice of a request for an extension of a currently approved information collection for the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program. Comment period through January 9, 2017. |
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Community Development Quota, Recordkeeping and Reporting |