National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration March 31, 2025 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

2025 Recreational Season Announcement and Closure for Golden Tilefish in the South Atlantic; 2025 Recreational Accountability Measure and Closure for Gag in the South Atlantic; Correction
Document Number: 2025-05501
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This document contains corrections to two temporary rules published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2025, with an effective date span of March 21 through December 31, 2025, and March 24, 2025, with an effective date span of June 26 through December 31, 2025. Both of these temporary rules announced the season closure dates for the recreational harvest of golden tilefish and gag, respectively, in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. This document corrects the subject headings of those temporary rules.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Document Number: 2025-05499
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock directed fishing allowances (DFA) from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea. This action is necessary to provide the opportunity for the harvest of the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Using Quick Response Surveys To Understand Public Perception and Response
Document Number: 2025-05488
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Applications and Reporting Requirements for the Incidental Take of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities (Other Than Commercial Fishing Operations) Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Document Number: 2025-05487
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Capital Construction Fund Agreement, Certificate Family of Forms and Deposit/Withdrawal Report
Document Number: 2025-05486
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Logbook
Document Number: 2025-05485
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pacific Islands Protected Species Workshop Participant Registration Form
Document Number: 2025-05484
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Marine Mammals; File No. 28727
Document Number: 2025-05431
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that Amandine Gamble, Ph.D., Cornell University, 606 Tower Road, Ithaca, New York 14853, has applied in due form for a permit to import, export, and collect pinniped parts for scientific research.
Comprehensive Fishery Management Plans for Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John; Correction
Document Number: 2025-05362
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS corrects the final rule that implemented management measures described in the Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John Fishery Management Plans (collectively, island-based FMPs), which published in the Federal Register on September 13, 2022. Among other measures, the final rule revised species tables in Appendix A to part 622 and inadvertently removed banded rudderfish from the South Atlantic snapper-grouper species table. The purpose of this correcting amendment is to fix this inadvertent error.
Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting; Correction
Document Number: 2025-05443
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This notice contains corrections to the notice announcing the SEDAR 101 Data Scoping Webinar for HMS Sandbar Shark published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2025.
Marine Mammals; File No. 28728
Document Number: 2025-05437
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-03-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that Sea Shepherd Global (Daniel Villa, Responsible Party), 1217 South 9th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405 has applied in due form for a permit to conduct commercial and educational photography on marine mammals.
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