Notices and Rules
Fisheries off West Coast States: Highly Migratory Species Fishery; El Nino Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area Closure
Temporary rule to close a portion of the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area to drift gillnet fishing
Effective
06/01/2024
Amendment 21 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
"Housekeeping" Amendment to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
Published
05/28/2024
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2024 Management Measures
Regulations to manage the 2024-25 ocean season fisheries off the U.S. West Coast
Effective
05/16/2024
2024 West Coast Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery
2024 Pacific halibut annual management measures for the Area 2A directed commercial fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California
Published
05/10/2024
Federal Salmon Regulations for Overfished Species Rebuilding Plans—Snohomish Coho Salmon
Snohomish River coho salmon rebuilding plan is no longer required, and is removed.
Published
05/01/2024
2024 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
Management measures for the 2024 recreational fisheries and updates to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for regulatory Area 2A
- Inseason adjustment; request for comments (89 FR 77033, September 20, 2024)
- Inseason adjustment; request for comments (89 FR 59673, July 23, 2024)
- Inseason adjustment, request for comments (89 FR 53361, June 26, 2024)
- Final rule; correction (89 FR 46824, May 30, 2024)
- Final Rule (89 FR 22966, April 3, 2024)
Effective
04/04/2024
Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment 24 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
Amendment to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan to clarify technical review of models involving impacts on Southern Resident killer whales
Published
02/27/2024
Amendment 32 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan: Modifications to Non-Trawl Sector Area Management Measures
Modifications to non-trawl sector area management measures for Pacific Coast groundfish
Published
12/01/2023
Amendments to West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
Revisions to regulations that apply to Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program participants and electronic monitoring (EM) service providers
Published
11/22/2023
Amendment 31 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Amendment 31 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which proposes to define the geographic units of 20 stocks for 14 species of groundfish, a subset of 80+ species managed by the FMP
Published
11/16/2023