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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2024-0113-0001
Deadline: Mar 24, 2026

Fisheries Off West Coast States: West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Rebuilding Plan for the Overfished Queets River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Stock

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-1466-0001
Deadline: Mar 24, 2026

Fisheries off West Coast States: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2026 Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications, 2026 Tribal Allocation, and 2026 Incidental Set-Aside

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-0638-0006
Deadline: Mar 27, 2026

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Incidental to Geophysical Surveys in the Gulf of America

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-0054-0001
Deadline: Apr 4, 2026

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Amendment 57 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP); Crab FMP Housekeeping

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-1428-0001
Deadline: Apr 7, 2026

Fisheries off West Coast States: Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 37; Stock Definitions

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-0036-0001
Deadline: Apr 10, 2026

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Revision of the Termination Date for Swordfish and Shark Limited Access Permits

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-0999-0001
Deadline: Apr 10, 2026

Taking or Importing of Marine Mammals: U.S. Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar in the Western and Central North Pacific Ocean and Eastern Indian Ocean

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2025-0768-0001
Deadline: Apr 16, 2026

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: 2026 Chub Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Specifications

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2026-0661-0001
Deadline: May 5, 2026

Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America: Amendment 58B

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2024-0039-0003
Deadline: May 30, 2026

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Commercial Atlantic Blacknose and Recreational Atlantic Shark Fisheries Management Measures

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2024-0039-0009
Deadline: May 30, 2026

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Commercial Atlantic Blacknose and Recreational Atlantic Shark Fisheries Management Measures; Extension of Comment Period

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2024-0039-0002
Deadline: May 30, 2026

Proposed Rule for Revisions to Commercial Atlantic Blacknose and Recreational Atlantic Shark Fisheries

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Open CommentNOAA-NMFS-2026-0364-0001
Deadline: Jun 3, 2026

North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

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ProposedNOAA-NMFS-2025-0966-0001

Endangered and Threatened Species: Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat

ProposedNOAA-NMFS-2025-1098-0008

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; 2026 and 2027 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish

ProposedNOAA-NMFS-2025-1032-0001

Endangered and Threatened Species: Interagency Cooperation

Recent Rules

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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Prohibit Retention of Mobulid Rays in Fisheries for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

NOAA-NMFS-2025-0015-0001 · Sep 23, 2025

Comment Closed

Fisheries off West Coast States: Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Biennial Specifications; 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Specifications for Pacific Mackerel

NOAA-NMFS-2025-0034-0001 · Sep 25, 2025

Comment Closed

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Recreational For-Hire Fisheries

NOAA-NMFS-2025-0029-0001 · Sep 25, 2025

Comment Closed

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

NOAA-NMFS-2024-0132-0007 · Sep 25, 2025

Comment Closed

Pacific Island Fisheries: Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish for Fishing Years 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027

NOAA-NMFS-2024-0090-0001 · Oct 7, 2025

Comment Closed

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