National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration February 9, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer

Document Number: 2018-02660

Type: Rule

Date: 2018-02-09

Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2018 commercial summer flounder quota to the State of Rhode Island. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial quotas for North Carolina and Rhode Island.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2018/02/09/2018-02660.html

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels Operating as Catcher Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

Document Number: 2018-02614

Type: Rule

Date: 2018-02-09

Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by non- American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels that are subject to sideboard limits, and operating as catcher vessels (CVs) using pot gear, in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2018 Pacific cod sideboard limit established for non-AFA crab vessels that are operating as CVs using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2018/02/09/2018-02614.html