National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration August 15, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of a Status Review for Alewife and Blueback Herring Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Document Number: 2017-17218

Type: Notice

Date: 2017-08-15

Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

We, NMFS, announce the initiation of a new status review of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) to determine whether listing either species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act is warranted. A comprehensive status review must be based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review. Therefore, we are asking the public to provide such information on alewife and blueback herring that has become available since the listing determination in 2013.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2017/08/15/2017-17218.html

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Establishment of Annual Catch Limits for the Subsistence Harvest of Bowhead Whales by Alaska Natives

Document Number: 2017-17173

Type: Notice

Date: 2017-08-15

Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS announces its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), in order to assess the impacts of issuing annual catch limits for the subsistence harvest of bowhead whales by Alaska Natives from 2019 onward. Publication of this document begins the official scoping period that will help identify issues and alternatives to be considered in the EIS.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2017/08/15/2017-17173.html

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska

Document Number: 2017-17137

Type: Rule

Date: 2017-08-15

Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS is prohibiting retention of sablefish by vessels using trawl gear in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2017 total allowable catch of sablefish allocated to vessels using trawl gear in the West Yakutat District of the GOA will be reached.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2017/08/15/2017-17137.html

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska

Document Number: 2017-17133

Type: Rule

Date: 2017-08-15

Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2017 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2017/08/15/2017-17133.html