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Northeast Regional Office
Federal Register Actions & Public Comments
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- Notice; Request For Comments; Northeast Region Logbook Family of Forms
- Written comments must be submitted on or before July 28, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Whiting Fishery EFP
- Comments must be received on or before June 8, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Tilefish Amendment 1
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AS25, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern standard time, on July 2, 2009
- Supporting Documents - RIR/IRFA Volume 1 & Volume 2 (65MB file)
- Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement And Conduct Public Scoping Meetings; Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Relation to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Trawl Fisheries and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings
- Written comments on the scope of the EIS should be sent to Alexis.Gutierrez@noaa.gov
- NMFS will consider all written comments received or postmarked by July 10, 2009
- Additional information, including the Scoping document
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Closure of the Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery to Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Gulf of Maine Research Institute Codend Modification Study EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 21, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Modifications to Chain Mat Regulations; Sea Turtle Conservation
- Final Rule; 2009 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
- Final Rule; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Regulation Revisions
- Notice Of Availability Of A Fishery Management Plan Amendment; Request For Comments; Tilefish Amendment 1
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AS25, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2009
- Notice; Extension Of Comment Period On Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Atlantic Mackerel, Butterfish, Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish, Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean Quahog Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment; Scoping Process
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on May 31, 2009
- Final Rule; 2009 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
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- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Coonamessett Farm Scallop Dredge Twine Top EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 14, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; University of Rhode Island/Rhode Island Sea Grant Loligo Fishery EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 14, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery; NC to VA and VA to NJ Inseason Quota Transfers
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Gulf of Maine Research Institute Turtle Excluder Device EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Closure of the Eastern U.S./Canada Management Area
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Gulf of Maine Research Institute Monkfish RSA Harvest
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; University of Maryland Eastern Shore Monkfish RSA EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Monkfish Tagging EFP
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Notice; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits; Request For Comments; Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Haddock Trawl Study
- Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; State Waters Exemption
- Final Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2009 Georges Bank Cod Hook Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch
- Final Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2009 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch
- Temporary Rule; Closure; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total Allowable Catch Harvested for Management Area 2
- Temporary Final Rule; Interim Measures; Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Interim Action New England Groundfish
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW87, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by June 12, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, FRFA
- Temporary Rule; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Delmarva Scallop Access Area to General Category Scallop Vessels
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Recreational Management Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Fishing Year 2009
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX69, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on May 1, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, IRFA
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- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; Regional Fishery Management Councils; Operations
& Administration Changes
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW18, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. e.d.t. on July 6, 2009
- Final Rule; 2009 Scup and Black Sea Bass Specifications; Correction
- Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement; Notice Of Public Scoping Meetings; Requests For Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Butterfish, Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish, Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean Quahog Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment; Scoping Process
- E-Mail comments may be submitted to Omnibus.NOI@noaa.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on May 15, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; 2009 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX57, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Public comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time on April 3, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, IRFA
- Temporary Rule; Scup Fishery; Reduction of Winter I Commercial Possession Limit
- Final Interim Rule; Temporary Suspension Of Specific FW 42 Regulations & Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Final Interim Action
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX72, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received by April 10, 2009
- Temporary Rule; NE Multispecies Fishery; Modification of the Yellowtail Flounder Landing Limit for the U.S./Canada Management Area
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery Quota Transfer; NC to VA
- Temporary Rule; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Reduction of the Landing Limit for Eastern Georges Bank Cod in the U.S./Canada Management Area
- Temporary Rule; Emergency Action; Request For Comments; Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery
- Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on April 6, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Spiny Dogfish; Framework Adjustment 2
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; 2009 Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Specifications
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX49, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time, on March 17, 2009
- Supporting Documents - EA, RIR, IRFA
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- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Interim Action
- Final Rule; Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Annual Catch Limits; National Standard Guidelines
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Regulatory Revisions for Clarification - Prohibitions and VMS Rules
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW70, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Written comments must be received on or before February 17, 2009
- Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act; Disaster Assistance Programs; Fisheries Assistance Programs
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW38, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be submitted in writing on or before February 17, 2009
- Notice Of Petition Finding; Request For Information; 90–Day Finding on a Petition to List Atlantic Wolffish as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-XM05, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Information related to this petition finding must be received by March 6, 2009
- Temporary Rule; Summer Flounder Fishery Inseason Quota Transfer; NC to VA
- Final Rule; 2009 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; Preliminary 2009 Quota Adjustments; 2009 Summer Flounder Quota for Delaware
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: American Lobster Fishery; Control Date For American Lobster In The Gulf Of Maine Waters Of Lobster Conservation Management Area 1
- E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AX40, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
- Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. EST on or before February 2, 2009
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Last Updated:
July 2, 2009
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