News + Announcements
Request for Comments – Purse Seine Observer Exemptions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Comments due by March 7, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the...
Request for Comment – Garapan Fishing Base Shoreline Revetment (Comments due by Feb. 28, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft environmental assessment; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS announces the availability of a draft...
Request for comments: Amendment 5 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago; American Samoa Bottomfish Fishery Rebuilding Plan (Comments due by March 22, 2022)
Action Announcement of availability of fishery ecosystem plan amendment; request for comments. Summary NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the American Samoa Archipelago (FEP)....
Request for Comments: Review of Nomination for Mariana Trench National Marine Sanctuary (Comments due by Feb. 22, 2022)
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC). ACTION: Notice; request for written comments. SUMMARY: The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries...
Request for Comments: Pelagic Longline Gear and Operational Requirements (Comments due by Feb. 18, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to prohibit the use of wire leaders in the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery, and...
2022 Lunar Calendars are now available
2022 Amerika Samoa Lunar Calendar 2022 Eskaleran Pulan Chamorro/Refaluwasch Pápáál Maram (CNMI Lunar calendar) 2022 Fanha’aniyan Pulan CHamoru (Guam Lunar Calendar) 2022 Kaulana Mahina Hawai’i Lunar Calendar (Classroom version) 2022 Kaulana Mahina Hawai’i Lunar...
FR notice: 2022 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits (Dec. 29, 2021)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final specifications. SUMMARY: NMFS specifies a 2022 limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific...
Request for Comments – 2022-2025 Annual Catch Limits and Accountablility Measures for Main Hawaiian Islands Uku (Gray Jobfish) (comments due by Jan. 26, 2022)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement an annual catch limit (ACL) of 295,419 lb (134 metric tons (t)), an...
Request for Comments – Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument; Monument Management Plan (Comments due Jan. 20, 2022)
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce; Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments. SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
FR Notice – 2022 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline (Dec. 16, 2021)
AGENCY:National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION:Notification of lobster harvest guideline. SUMMARY:NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the commercial lobster fishery in the...