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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; General Category Restricted-Fishing Days

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 7, 2022

Comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the close of the comment period, may not be considered by NMFS. … Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Comprehensive Fishery Management Plans for Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John

Federal Register · Rule · Sep 13, 2022

Comments and Responses NMFS received five comments on the notice of availability for the island-based FMPs and two comments on the proposed rule. … Comment 4: In the Puerto Rico FMP and the St. Thomas and St.

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Marine Geophysical Surveys in the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Federal Register · Notice · Jul 21, 2025

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period. … All comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted online at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/incidental-take-authorizations-under-marine-mammal-protection-act

Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Survey off Central America, February-April 2008

Federal Register · Notice · Dec 18, 2007

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an IHA to L-DEO to incidentally take, by Level B harassment only, small numbers of several species … Within 45 days of the close of the comment period, NMFS must either approve or deny the authorization.

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to In-Water Construction at Two Ferry Facilities on Bainbridge Island, Washington

Federal Register · Notice · Aug 10, 2022

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an IHA to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. … Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period.

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Port of Alaska's Petroleum and Cement Terminal, Anchorage, Alaska

Federal Register · Notice · Dec 30, 2019

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue two successive incidental harassment authorizations (IHAs) to incidentally take marine mammals … Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period.

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Kensington Dock Repair Project in Berners Bay, Alaska

Federal Register · Notice · Apr 29, 2026

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified … Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period.

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Bluefin Tuna (BFT) General Category Restricted-Fishing Days (RFDs)

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 6, 2023

Comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the close of the comment period, may not be considered by NMFS. … Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Designated Critical Habitat; Umpqua River Cutthroat Trout

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jul 30, 1997

Public Comments Solicited; Public Hearings NMFS is soliciting information, comments and/or recommendations on any aspect of this proposal from all concerned parties (see ADDRESSES). … National Environmental Policy Act NMFS has determined that Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, as defined under the authority of the National Environmental Policy Act of

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Marine Geophysical Survey in the North Pacific Ocean

Federal Register · Notice · Jun 28, 2018

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified … Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period.

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 21, 2005

(MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). … The DEIS includes several alternatives that NMFS will solicit comment on during a 60-day public comment period.

Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat: Petition To List Eighteen Species of Marine Fishes in Puget Sound, Washington

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 21, 1999

Sound marine fishes and to designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). … DATES: Information and comments on the action must be received by September 20, 1999.

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act; Disaster Assistance Programs; Fisheries Assistance Programs

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Feb 6, 2009

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period. … NMFS has received requests to extend the comment period for the proposed rule beyond its current 30-day comment period.

Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of Public Meetings, Public Hearings and Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Threatened Status for a Distinct Population Segment of Anadromous Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) in Seven Maine Rivers

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Aug 27, 1996

The comment period is reopened for a period of 45 days. … During this comment period the Services desire any scientific and commercial data that may have become available since closure of the previous comment period on December 28, 1995.

International Fisheries; South Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Procedures to Request Licenses and a System to Allocate Licenses

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 28, 2010

No comments will be posted for public viewing until after the comment period has closed. … (B) 1 point will be assigned for each licensing period, starting with the 1988-1989 licensing period, in which a license had been issued for the vessel pursuant to the Act, for a total of no more than

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and Operation of the Liberty Drilling and Production Island, Beaufort Sea, Alaska; Reopening of Public Comment Period

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jul 9, 2019

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of public comment period. … SUMMARY: We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), are reopening the public comment period on the proposed rule under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to authorize the taking of marine

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 16, 2020

After considering several requests for extensions of the public comment period beyond the original 30-day public comment period, we also decided not to extend the public comment period. … to allow a comment period of at least 60 days.

Atlantic Swordfish Fishery; South Atlantic Quotas; Quota Adjustment Procedures

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 10, 1998

NMFS will consider any additional options presented during the comment period. NMFS also seeks comment on the North Atlantic swordfish directed fishery trip limit. … and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin as an Endangered Species Under the Endangered Species Act

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Apr 7, 2023

Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period, may not be considered by NMFS. … Promulgation of any final regulation to list this species will take into consideration the comments and any additional data we receive during the comment period, and this process may lead to a final regulation

Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Regulations

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jul 7, 2003

ACTION: Extension of public comment period. … The public comment period was to expire on July 11, 2003. During the comment period, NOAA received requests from numerous entities seeking an extension of the public comment period.