Documents

Taking of Threatened or Endangered Species Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 16, 2003

In response to a request from the public to provide more time to review the loggerhead turtle entanglement data and the sea surface temperature data, NMFS extended the comment period from February 7, 2003 … This final rule does not contain collection-of-information requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Comprehensive Fishery Management Plan for the Exclusive Economic Zone of Puerto Rico

Federal Register · Notice · May 12, 2014

NMFS is re-opening the comment period for an additional 90 days to allow interested parties additional time to prepare and submit comments. … This comment period will be concurrent with the Secretarial review period and will end prior to final agency action to approve, disapprove, or partially approve the FMP.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery Off the South Atlantic States; Amendment 43

Federal Register · Notice · Jan 6, 2017

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. … Consistent with the CEQ regulations, the DEIS will have a 45-day public comment period.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Amendment 5 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Federal Register · Notice · Apr 17, 2009

The EPA will publish a notice of availability of the DEIS for public comment in the Federal Register . The DEIS will have a 45-day comment period. … During Secretarial review, NMFS will also file the FEIS with the EPA for a final 30-day public comment period.

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Allocating Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fishery Resources

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Sep 11, 2008

Public comments are being solicited on proposed Amendment 27 through the end of the comment period (see DATES ). … Comments received after the end of the public comment period for Amendment 27, even if received within the comment period for the proposed rule, will not be considered in the approval/disapproval decision

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jan 5, 2009

DATES: Comments must be received by February 4, 2009. … the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable law, subject to further consideration after public comment.

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Amendment 17 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 22, 2019

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. … NMFS will consider the public comments received during the comment period described above in determining whether to approve, disapprove, or partially approve Amendment 17.

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; License Limitation Program for the Scallop Fishery

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 14, 2000

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Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Reopening of the Comment Period

Federal Register · Notice · Oct 29, 2002

ACTION: Reopening of the comment period. … This document announces the reopening of the comment period. Dated: October 23, 2002. Dean Swanson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Amendment 43

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Apr 16, 2018

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. … Comments received after the comment periods will not be considered by NMFS in this decision.

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Observer Health and Safety

Federal Register · Rule · May 18, 1998

Several comments were received late in the comment period requesting that the comment period be extended. NMFS extended the comment period 30 days (62 FR 55774, October 28, 1997). … By extending the public comment period by an additional 30 days, NMFS doubled the length of the original comment period. NMFS believes that a 60-day public comment period is adequate.

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Gulf of Mexico Bryde's Whale as Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); Correction

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Dec 20, 2016

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. … The original language incorrectly stated that the public comment period would close on January 30, 2017. This date does not allow for a 60-day public comment period.

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks and the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Billfish

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Oct 5, 2005

NMFS is extending the comment period until March 1, 2006. The original comment period was scheduled to conclude on October 18, 2005. … In order to incorporate these rescheduled hearings into the public comment period, and to provide adequate opportunities for public comment by constituents, NMFS is extending the public comment period

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Greater Amberjack Management Measures

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 10, 2011

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period. … The FMP was prepared by the Council and is implemented through regulations at 50 CFR part 622 under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revisions to the Annual Harvest Specifications Process for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jul 27, 2004

Current regulations require a public comment period of 30 days (§§ 679.20(c)(1), 679.21(d)(2), and 679.21(e)(6)(ii)). … In making that determination, NMFS will take into account the data, views, and comments received during the comment period.

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Revised 2020 and Projected 2021 Black Sea Bass and Scup Specifications

Federal Register · Rule · May 15, 2020

This action is being published without prior notice and a formal public comment period. … This final rule is exempt from the procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility Act because the rule is issued without opportunity for prior notice and opportunity for public comment.

Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment on the Effects of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources Coordination and Continued Operation of the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

Federal Register · Notice · Dec 30, 2024

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice begins the official public comment period for this draft EA. … Final determinations will not be completed until after the end of the 30-day comment period and NMFS will fully consider all public comments received during the comment period.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Charter Vessel and Headboat Permit Moratorium

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Feb 27, 2002

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), as amended by the Sustainable Fisheries Act, requires each Regional Fishery Management … All comments received by NMFS on the FMP or the proposed rule during their respective comment periods will be addressed in the final rule. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq .

International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Fishing Restrictions for Tropical Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean for 2018 to 2020

Federal Register · Rule · Apr 11, 2018

The 30-day public comment period for the proposed rule closed on December 14, 2017. The final rule is implemented under the Tuna Conventions Act (16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. ). … Public Comments and Responses NMFS received six comments during the 30-day public comment period that closed on December 14, 2017, and one comment after the comment period closed.

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Mid-Atlantic Unmanaged Forage Fish Omnibus Amendment

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 28, 2017

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. … All comments received by the end of the comment period on the NOA, whether specifically directed to the NOA or the proposed rule, will be considered in the approval/disapproval decision.