FR Notice – 2019 Bigeye Tuna Longline Fishery Closure (July 24, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jul 24, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; fishery closure. SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific...

FR Notice – Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish (June 24, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jul 2, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule establishes an annual catch limit (ACL) of 492,000 lb for Deep 7 bottomfish in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for each of thethree fishing years 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21. If NMFS projects that thefishery will reach...

FR Notice – Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries: 2019 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits (Jun. 21, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jun 7, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

Action Proposed specifications; request for comments. Summary NMFS proposes a 2019 limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)). NMFS...

FR Notice – List of Fisheries for 2019 (May 16, 2019)

by wpcouncil | May 16, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION: Final rule.SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes its final List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2019, as required by the Marine...

FR Notice – Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Procedures for the Active and Inactive Vessel Register (April 16, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Apr 19, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

Federal Register Notices ← Previous Post Next Post →   ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.SUMMARY: NMFS is proposing regulations under the Tuna ConventionsAct of 1950 (TCA), as amended, to implement International MaritimeOrganization (IMO)...

FR Notice – Closure of the 2019 Hawaii Shallow-Set Pelagic Longline Fishery (March 28, 2019)

by wpcouncil | Mar 28, 2019 | Federal Register Notices, News and Updates

Federal Register Notices ← Previous Post Next Post → SUMMARY: This final rule closes the Hawaii shallow-set pelagic longline fishery north of the Equator for all vessels registered under the Hawaii longline limited access program. The shallow-set fishery has...