fishery conservation

• Fishery conservation

• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Interim Action; Republication

NMFS is republishing a temporary rule that implements interim Gulf of Maine (GOM) Atlantic cod (cod) management measures for the 2012 fishing year. This republication is necessary to ensure the effective date for the rule's measures are consistent with NMFS's interim rule authority provided by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). This rule is unchanged from the rule published on April 3, 2012, and subsequently withdrawn. The need of the interim measures is unchanged by the withdrawal and republication: To establish GOM cod Annual Catch Limits (ACLs); implement recreational management measures that will constrain catch to the recreational sub-ACL; and reduce overfishing occurring on GOM cod in anticipation of further action to end overfishi...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 25623, May 01, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of Northeastern United States:

• FR, September 29, 2011
• Rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions:

• FR, July 19, 2011
• Proposed rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Notice of Availability of Draft Documents for Public Comment Related to a Fishery Conservation Plan and Research Permits for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has submitted applications to NMFS for four scientific research permits and one incidental take permit (Permits) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). We prepared a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to support permit-issuance decisions. As required by the ESA, WDFW has also prepared a Conservation Plan (Plan) designed to minimize and mitigate any such take of endangered or threatened species. The Permit applications are related to scientific research and fisheries management measures in waters of the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin, Washington. The research permits and fishery permit and the Plan each have a proposed term of 5 years. We request comments from the public on the draft EA, the proposed Plan and as...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 19225, March 30, 2012
• Notices
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions:

• FR, March 03, 2011
• Proposed rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 47

NMFS approves Framework Adjustment 47 (Framework 47) to the Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and implements the approved measures. The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) developed and adopted Framework 47 based on the biennial review process established in the NE Multispecies FMP to develop annual catch limits (ACLs) and revise management measures necessary to rebuild overfished groundfish stocks and achieve the goals and objectives of the FMP. This action also implements management measures and revises existing regulations that are not included in Framework 47, including common pool management measures for fishing year (FY) 2012, modification of the Ruhle trawl definition, and clarification of the regulations for charter/party and recreational gro...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 26104, May 02, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of Northeastern United States:

• FR, April 11, 2011
• Proposed rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery; Amendment 17

This final rule implements measures in Amendment 17 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan which was approved on March 8, 2012. This action amends the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan to explicitly define and facilitate the effective operation of state-operated permit banks. As proposed in Amendment 17, state-operated permit banks may be allocated an annual catch entitlement and specifically authorized to provide their annual catch entitlement and/or days-at-sea to approved groundfish sectors to enhance the fishing opportunities available to sector members. This action also approves a provision allowing NMFS to issue a days-at-sea credit to a vessel that cancels a fishing trip prior to setting or hauling fishing gear.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 16942, March 23, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Interim Action

This temporary rule implements interim Gulf of Maine (GOM) Atlantic cod (cod) management measures for the 2012 fishing year. This action is necessary to: Establish GOM cod Annual Catch Limits (ACLs); implement recreational management measures that will constrain catch to the recreational sub-ACL; and reduce overfishing occurring on GOM cod in anticipation of further action to end overfishing in fishing year 2013.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 19944, April 03, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Fishery conservation and management: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries— Shrimp,

• FR, October 12, 2007
• Proposed rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration