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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Site Characterization Surveys Offshore From Massachusetts to New Jersey for Vineyard Northeast, LLC

Federal Register · Notice · Jun 18, 2024

the initial 30-day comment period. … 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.

Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting, March 4th-5th, 2025

Federal Register · Notice · Feb 12, 2025

These public comments will be read into the record during public comment periods. … As time allows, commenters may be invited to orally expand on their written comments during the meeting's public comment periods.

Taking of Threatened or Endangered Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Issuance of Permit

Federal Register · Notice · Apr 23, 2015

by the Secretary of Commerce, shall for a period of up to three years allow the incidental taking of marine mammal species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., by … Response: NMFS appreciates the comment and references its responses to Comments 2 and 5.

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List 10 Species of Giant Clams as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 26, 2017

docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-0029, click the “Comment Now” icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments. … Instructions: NMFS may not consider comments if they are sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the comment period ends.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 18

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Aug 1, 2019

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 NMFS on the amendment or the proposed rule during their respective comment periods will be addressed in the final rule. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Issues and Options Paper for Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and Sharks (HMS FMP) and Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan (Billfish FMP); Additional Public Scoping Meeting and Extension of Comment Period

Federal Register · Notice · May 26, 2004

ACTION: Notice of additional public scoping meeting; extension of comment period. … The July 14, 2004, comment period on the issues and options paper has been extended to July 23, 2004.

Fisheries off the West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Fishing Conducted Under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Oct 15, 2003

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS); announcement of public scoping period; request for written comments. … The comment period on the DEIS will be 45 days from the date the Environmental Protection Agency's notice of availability appears in the Federal Register .

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of Intent

Federal Register · Notice · May 30, 2008

Management measures designed to achieve the OYs will be established for each year and, as in the past, may vary from period to period within any one year. … The comment period on the DEIS will be 45 days from the date the Environmental Protection Agency's notice of availability appears in the Federal Register .

Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Notice of Public Comment Period for the DEIS and Schedule of Public Hearings for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management's Review of Amendments to the Washington Coastal Management Program

Federal Register · Notice · Mar 10, 2008

Public Comment Hearings: The start of the public comment period on the DEIS commenced February 29, 2008 and will close on April 14, 2008. … The comments period will close on April 14, 2008. Dated: March 4, 2008. David M.

Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off Alaska; Groundfish and Crab Fisheries Moratorium

Federal Register · Rule · Aug 10, 1995

Response to Comments Twelve letters of comment were received on the proposed rule before the end of the comment period. The following paragraphs summarize and respond to those comments. … NMFS will review that recommendation for consistency with the Magnuson Act and other applicable laws, and provide opportunity for public comment.

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Greater Atlantic Region Catch Share Cost Recovery Program Updates

Federal Register · Rule · Sep 11, 2026

Comments and Responses We received three comments on the proposed rule. … period.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 16A; OMB Control Numbers

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 9, 1999

NMFS received several comments during the public comment period that addressed the economic impacts of the proposed accelerated phaseout of fish trapping in the area south of 25 deg.03' N. lat. … The Magnuson-Stevens Act provides the legal basis for all the approved provisions of the rule. Under existing regulations, all fish traps are to be phased out over a 10-year period.

Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Notice of Availability of Amendment 16-3 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 18, 2004

or plan amendment is available for public review and comment. … At the end of the comment period, NMFS considers the public comments received during the comment period described above in determining whether to approve, partially approve, or disapprove the fishery management

Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting, September 24th-26th, 2024

Federal Register · Notice · Aug 26, 2024

These public comments will be read into the record during public comment periods. … As time allows, commenters may be invited to orally expand on their written comments during the meeting's public comment periods.

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Red Snapper Rebuilding Plan

Federal Register · Rule · Jun 2, 2005

Comment 7: The amendment contains an impermissibly narrow range of management choices and does not consider the use of various measures identified and supported during scoping and other comment periods … As discussed in Comment 7, other alternatives that would shorten the rebuilding period for red snapper or end overfishing sooner would require a decrease in TAC for the directed fishery or additional reductions

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 21-4; Trawl Catch Share Program

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Aug 30, 2019

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. … NMFS welcomes comments on the proposed FMP amendment through the end of the comment period.

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Interim 2012 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; 2012 Research Set-Aside Projects

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 30, 2011

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. … This is true even if an abbreviated public comment period and waiver of the 30-day delay in effectiveness were used by NMFS.

Plan for Periodic Review of Regulations

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Apr 26, 2017

ACTION: Notice of plan for periodic review of regulations; request for comments. … SUMMARY: Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) section 610 requires that the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) periodically review existing regulations that have a significant economic impact

Designated Critical Habitat: Critical Habitat for 19 Evolutionarily Significant Units of Salmon and Steelhead in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California

Federal Register · Rule · Feb 16, 2000

In response to numerous requests, NMFS twice extended the comment periods (63 FR 30455, June 4, 1998; 64 FR 20248, April 26, 1999) to allow additional time for the public to submit comments. … Based on commenters' concerns and on new information received during the public comment period, NMFS has refined its designation of critical habitat for all 19 ESUs of salmon and steelhead.

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Amendment 111

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Oct 29, 2015

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. … NMFS is soliciting public comments on proposed Amendment 111 through the end of the comment period (see DATES ).