Regulatory Actions to Reduce Fisheries Bycatch- 2006

Final Rule to Implement Amendment 16-4 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP (12/29/06)

Final Rule to Implement Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP (11/13/06)

Temporary Rule to Extend Observer Program for Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery (11/29/06)

Proposed Rule to Reduce Red Snapper Bycatch (12/14/06)

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for American Lobster Fishery (12/18/06)

Proposed Rule to Implement 2007 and 2008 Management Measures for Alaska Groundfish
NOAA Fisheries has proposed harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.

Final Rule to Implement Framework Adjustment (FW) 42 to the NE Multispecies FMP and FW 3 to the Monkfish FMP (10/23/06)

Proposed Rule for Management Measures for Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (12/05/06)

Temporary Rule to Close Closed Area II Scallop Access Area (9/08/06

Final Rule to Implement Amendment 13C to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (9/21/06)

Final Rule to Implement Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (9/26/06)

Data Collection Proposed for Hagfish Fishery (11/01/06)

Final Rule to Implement Framework 43 to the NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (8/15/06)

Final Rule Allows Small Scallop Dredge Vessels to Harvest Scallops in a Manner Consistent with Bycatch Reduction Objectives (8/31/06)

Proposed Rule to Modify Rebuilding Plans for Seven Overfished Pacific Coast Species (9/29/06)

Inseason Changes to Pacific Groundfish Management Measures (10/03/06)

Final Rule to Protect Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) off Alaska (6/28/06)

Gear Restrictions Modified in U.S./Canada Management Area (6/19/06)

Proposed Rule to Implement Framework 42 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Framework 3 to the Monkfish FMP (7/26/06)

Notice of Availability of West Coast Groundfish Amendment 18 (6/09/06)

Proposed Rule to Implement Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (6/27/06)

Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Final Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (7/06)

NOAA Considering Exempted Fishing Permit to Allow Drift Gillnetting in Leatherback Conservation Area (7/11/06)

Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Management (7/03/06)

Final Rule to Implement Revisions to the 2006 Commercial and Recreational Measures for West Coast Groundfish (2/17/06)

Final Rule to Implement Amendment 69 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (3/13/06)

Final Rule to Implement New Groundfish Retention Program to Reduce Bycatch (4/06/06)

Proposed Rule to Allow Additional Scallop Vessels in Great South Channel (7/06/06)