Federal Register Notices: 2009

Federal Register Notices 2009

Notices published in the Federal Register relating to Pacific Fishery Management Council business (calendar year 2009).

January February March April May June

July August September October November December

December

• Notice of Availability of Reports; Public Meetings, and Hearings Pacific Fishery Management Council Has Begun its Annual Preseason Management Process for the 2010 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (December 30, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery
  Management Council’s Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (December 28, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery
  Management Council’s Groundfish Management Team (December 28, 2009)
• Temporary Rule NMFS is Prohibiting the
  Incidental Harvest of Pacific Sardine off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California (December 22, 2009)
• Notification Notification of Determination of
  Overfishing and/or Overfished Condition (December 22, 2009)
• Temporary Rule Reapportionment of Surplus Pacific
  Whiting Allocation (December 18, 2009)
• Notice; Request for Nominations Department of Commerce Soliciting Nominations For Appointments to a New Recreational Fisheries Working Group of the Marine Fisheries Advisory
  Committee (December 16, 2009)
• Proposed Rule and Request for Comments NMFS Proposes Revisions to the Guidelines for National Standard 2 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (December 11, 2009)
• Proposed Rule and Request for Comments NMFS Proposes Revisions to the Guidelines for National Standard 2 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (December 11, 2009)
• Final Rule NMFS Issues Regulations Under Authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to Establish a Catch Limit for Bigeye Tuna (December 7, 2009)
• Supplementary Proposed Rule; Request for Comments NMFS Proposes Changes to
  the Regulations That Address the Operations and Administration of Regional Fishery Management Councils (December 7, 2009)
• Environmental Impacts Statements;
  Notice of Availability EIS No. 20090407, Draft EIS, NOAA, 00, Rationalization of the Pacific Coast
  Groundfish Limited Entry Trawl Fishery, Amendment 20, Implementation, WA, OR and CA, Comment Period Ends: 01/19/2010 (December 4, 2009)

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November

• Modification of Fishing Seasons Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8, #9, #10, #11, and #12 (November 24, 2009)
• Notice of Funding Availability NOAA Announces Funding Availability for New NOAA Cooperative Institutes (November 13, 2009)
• Notice of Availability NOAA and USFWS Announce a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Proposed Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan, and Associated Implementation
  Agreement for Public Review (November 13, 2009)
• Modification of Fishing Seasons Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #4, #5, #6, and #7 (November 6, 2009)
• Notice Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments on NMFS Southwest Region Family of Forms for Permit Applications (CPS and HMS) (November 5, 2009)
• Final Rule To Revise the November-December 2009 Management
  Measures for Petrale Sole (November 4, 2009)
• Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement;
  Request for Written Comments; Notice of Public Scoping Meetings NMFS and the Pacific Fishery Management Announce Their Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the 2011-2012 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Coast Groundfish (November 3, 2009)

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October

• Final Rule Inseason Changes to Management
  Measures in the Commercial Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (October 28, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery
  Management Council’s Ad Hoc Salmon Amendment Committee (October 20, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Request for Comments; Public Hearing Via Teleconference NMFS Proposes Regulations
  Under the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to Implement a Decision of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (October 19, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its Advisory Entities Will Hold Public Meetings, October 31-November 5, 2009 (October 15, 2009)
• Notice and Request for Applications OCNMS Announces Availability of Seats for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (October 14, 2009)
• Notice of Availability; Request for Comments and Notice of Public Meetings NMFS Announces Availability for Public Review and Comment of the Draft Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Plan (October 7, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meetings Pacific Fishery
  Management Council’s Salmon Advisory Subpanel (October 7, 2009)

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September

• Proposed Rule NMFS Proposes a Regulation
  to Implement the Annual Harvest Guideline for Pacific Mackerel in the U.S. EEZ off the Pacific Coast (September 29, 2009)
• Temporary Rule; Closure NMFS is Prohibiting Directed
  Fishing for Pacific Sardine off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon and California (September 23, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Management Team (September 18, 2009)
• National Environmental Policy
  Act Record of Decision NOAA Issues Notice on Approval for Replacement of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (September 17, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Notification of
  Additional Public Meeting NMFS to Hold Public Meetings on Protective Regulations for Killer Whales in the
  Northwest Region Under the ESA and MMPA (September 17, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Request for
  Comments NMFS Proposes to Collect Data to Support Implementation of a Future Trawl Rationalization Program under the Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (September 16, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Request for
  Comments for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2009-2010 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures for Canary Rockfish and Petrale Sole (September 11, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Groundfish Subcommittee (September 11, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Ad Hoc Salmon Amendment Committee (September 11, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Salmon Technical Team, Scientific and Statistical Committee Salmon Subcommittee, and Model Evaluation Workgroup (September 8, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Vessel Monitoring System Committee (September 8, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting First Fall Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (September 2, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS Will Hold a Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Panel Meeting (September 1, 2009)

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August

• Final Rule; Correction NMFS Publishes Fraser River Salmon Inseason Orders to Regulate Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries (August 31, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its Advisory Entities Will Hold Public Meetings, September 11-17, 2009 (August 27, 2009)
• National Aquatic Animal Health Plan
  for the U.S. Department of Interior, Department of Commerce, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Requesting Comments (August 21, 2009)
• Deadline Extension Notice and
  Request for Applications NOAA’s Office of National Marine
  Sanctuaries is Extending the Deadline for Applications for a Vacant Seat on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (August 13, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Model Evaluation Workgroup (August 11, 2009)
• Final Rule NMFS Issues Regulations Under Authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (August 3, 2009)
• Notice of Two Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC); and Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittees of the SSC (August 3, 2009)

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July

• Final Rule to
  Initiate Collection of a Permit Fee for Vessel Owners Participating in Commercial and Charter Recreational Fishing for Highly Migratory Species (July 28, 2009)
• Fishing Closure Restrictions NMFS Announces the Closure of the Primary Season for the Pacific Whiting Fishery for the Shore-Based Sector (July 28, 2009)
• Temporary Rule; Closure NMFS is Prohibiting Directed Fishing for Pacific Sardine Off the Coast of Washington, Oregon and California (July 17, 2009)
• Notice List of Limited Entry Trawl Vessels Issued Pacific Whiting Vessel Licenses (July 17, 2009)
• Final Rule to
  Implement Amendment 12 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery
  Management Plan (July 13, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Request for Comments NMFS Proposes Regulations Under Authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (July 8, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Ad Hoc Salmon Plan Amendment Committee (SPAC) (July 6, 2009)
• Final Rule Announcing Inseason Changes to Management Measures in the Commercial Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (July 6, 2009)

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June

• Proposed Rule and Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Regulations That Address the Operations and Administration of Regional Fishery Management Councils (June 30, 2009)
• Final Rule Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications Modification (June 30, 2009)
• Notice of Availability for Public Comment on Guidance for Monitoring the Recovery of Pacific Northwest Salmon and Steelhead Listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act (June 29, 2009)
• Fishing Restrictions NMFS Announces Closure of the Primary Season for the Mothership Sector of the Pacific Whiting Fishery at 10:00 p.m. Local Time, June 1, 2009 (June 22, 2009)
• Fishing Restrictions NMFS Announces the Suspension of the Primary Season for Pacific Whiting Fishery for the Shore-Based Sector South of 42° N. Latitude (June 5, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Request for Comments NMFS Proposes Under Authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to Implement Certain Decisions of the Commission for
  the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
  Western and Central Pacific Ocean (June 1, 2009)

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May

• Notice of Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its Advisory Entities Will Hold Public Meetings, June 11-18, 2009 (May 26, 2009)
• Proposed Rule NMFS Proposes Regulations to Implement, In Part, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (May 22, 2009)
• Notice Department of Commerce, Proposed Information Collection for Northwest Region Logbook Family of
  Forms (May 19, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Habitat Committee (May 11, 2009)
• Notice of Availability of
  Record of Decision NMFS Announces the Availability of the Record of Decision For the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (May 8, 2009)
• Proposed Rule NMFS Proposes a Regulation to Adjust the Harvest Specifications for Pacific Sardine in the U.S. EEZ Off the Pacific Coast (May 5, 2009)
• Final Rule NMFS Establishes Fishery Management Measures for the 2009 Ocean Salmon Fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California and the 2010 Salmon Seasons Opening Earlier than May 1, 2010 (May 5, 2009)
• Notice of Funding Availability of Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funds for Fiscal Year 2009; Amendment (May 5, 2009)
• Final Rule For Inseason Adjustments to Groundfish Management Measures; Pacific Whiting Reapportionment; Correction and Request for Comments (May 5, 2009)
• Final Rule Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act (May 4, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Regional Councils – Council Coordination Committee (May 1, 2009)

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April

• Notice of a Public Meeting NMFS Announces a Meeting of the General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (April 30, 2009)
• Initiation of Status Review for the Oregon Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon (April 29, 2009)
• Final Rule and Inseason Adjustments to the Commercial Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (April 27, 2009)
• Final Rule Correction to the Pacific Halibut Fisheries Catch Sharing Plan (April 24, 2009)
• Notice; Request for Nominations Nominations are Being Sought for Appointment by the Secretary of Commerce to Serve on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (April 21, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Meeting (April 21, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council and National Marine Fisheries Service Will Hold a Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Panel Meeting (April 10, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Allocation Committee (April 10, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Ad Hoc Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (April 9, 2009)

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March

• Notice NMFS Announces the Receipt of Exempted Fishing Permit Applications, and is Considering Issuance of EFPs (March 27, 2009)
• Proposed Rule; Request for Comments Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act – Regional Fishery Management Councils Operations (March 27, 2009)
• Notice of Effective Date NOAA Published a Final Revised Management Plan and Revised Regulations for the Gulf of the Farallones, Cordell Bank, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries (March 23, 2009)
• Notice of Effective Date NOAA Published a Final Revised Management Plan and Revised Regulations for the Gulf of the Farallones, Cordell Bank, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries (March 23, 2009)
• Notice of Effective Date NOAA Published a Final Revised Management Plan and Revised Regulations for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (March 23, 2009)
• Final Rule; Correction Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 15 (March 20, 2009)
• Final Rule Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan (March 19, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council and Its Advisory Entities Will Hold Public Meetings, April 2-9, 2009 (March 19, 2009)
• Notice of Public Hearing; Request
  for Comments; Correction Nations Whose Fishing vessels Are Engaged in Illegal, Unreported, or Unregulated Fishing or Bycatch of Protected Living Marine Resources;
  Correction (March 16, 2009)
• Notice; Request for Comments Notice of Decision to Expand Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement Analyzing Mitchell Act Funding and Operation of Columbia River Hatcheries (March 12, 2009)
• Final Rule to
  implement Amendment 15 to the Pacific
  Coast Groundfish Fishery Management
  Plan (March 10, 2009)
• Notice of Public Hearings; Request for Comments on a Proposed Rule for Developing Identification and Certification Procedures to Address IUU Fishing Activities and Bycatch of Protected Living Marine Resources Pursuant to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (March 3, 2009)
• Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the
  International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (March 3, 2009)
• Notice of Intent to Issue EFPs to Pacific Whiting Shoreside Vessels and First Receivers That
  Participate in a Maximized Retention and Monitor Program (March 2, 2009)

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February

• Notice And Request for Applications Availability of Seats for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (February 18, 2009)
• Notice of Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council and Its Advisory Entities Will Hold Public Meetings, March 7-13, 2009 (February 17, 2009)
• Request for Comments Reapportionment of Surplus Pacific Whiting Allocation (February 12, 2009)
• Notice of Intent to Evaluate and Notice of Availability of Final Findings State Coastal Management Programs (February 10, 2009)
• Notice of Availability and Request for Comment The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Has Submitted an Amendment to its Tribal Resource Management Plan for NMFS to Evaluate (February 10, 2009)
• Proposed Rule NMFS is Extending the Public Comment Period on the Proposed Rule to Govern the Requests for Determinations of Fishery Resource Disasters as a Basis for Acquiring Potential Disaster Assistance (February 6, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting NMFS’ Council Coordination Committee (February 3, 2009)

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January

• Notice of Public Meetings Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Bodies (January 26, 2009)
• Final Rule Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions for Annual Catch Limits; National Standard Guideline 1 (January 16, 2009)
• Final Rule Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Regulations (January 16, 2009)
• Proposed Rule Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act, Disaster Assistance Programs, and Fisheries Assistance Programs (January 15, 2009)
• Proposed Rule to Implement
  Identification and Certification Procedures to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Activities and Bycatch of Protected Living Marine Resources Pursuant to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (January 14, 2009)
• Proposed Rule to Approve
  and Implement Changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (January 14, 2009)
• Final Rule Issued by NMFS Issues to
  Revise Regulations Governing Vessels Authorized by the U.S. to Fish For Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the ETP (January 13, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel for Pacific Hake/Whiting (January 12, 2009)
• Notice of a Public Meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Allocation Committee (January 9, 2009)
• Proposed Rule Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications (January 5, 2009)

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