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Proposed Rule to Change Regulations for Exempted Fishing Permits (12/21/07)

Final Rule to Require Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) in West Coast Fisheries (12/07/07)

Final Rule Regarding Fishing Gear Performance Standards in Northeast Fisheries (12/26/07)

Measures Adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (12/21/07)

Final Rule to Implement Management Measure Changes to the Commercial Pacific Groundfish Fishery (12/18/07)

Comments Requested on Alaska Amendments to Protect Corals and Sponges from Fishing (11/20/07)

NOAA Fisheries Reopens Comment Period for Amendment 2 to the HMS FMP (11/20/07)

Final Rule for American Lobster Fishery Will Increase Escape Vent Sizes (11/20/07)

Temporary Red Snapper Rule Maintains Red Snapper Bycatch Reduction Goal (12/17/07)

Final Rule to Establish New Catch Accounting Requirements for Whiting Fishery (12/17/07)

Proposed Rule to Extend Rule to Reduce Haddock Discards (11/20/07)

Proposed Rule to Implement Reef Fish and Shrimp Amendments to Reduce Bycatch (11/20/07)

Request for Comments on Pelagic Longline Closed Area Research (11/13/07)

Modified Standards Proposed for New Gear Types in Groundfish Fisheries (11/13/07)

Escape Vents Considered for Trap Fisheries in Caribbean (11/13/07)

Proposed Rule for Changes in Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Regulations (11/13/07)

Emergency Final Rule to Reduce Haddock Discards (8/30/07)

Amendments to Reduce Red Snapper Bycatch and Discard Mortality Available for Public Comment (8/30/07)

Proposed Rule for Vessel Monitoring Systems in Open Access Groundfish Fishery (8/30/07)

Notice of Availability of Northeast Region Bycatch Reporting Amendment (8/6/07)

Final Rule for Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Fisheries (7/20/07)

Temporary Closure to Reduce Impact of Haddock Discards off the Northeast United States (7/5/07)

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Address IUU Activities and Bycatch (6/21/07)

Final Rule Suspends Circle Hook Requirement for Tournaments until 2008 (5/30/07)

Temporary Rule to Close Deep-Water Fishery in Gulf of Alaska (6/5/07)

Proposed Rule to Decrease Incidental Catch Allowance for Weakfish (7/5/07)

Scoping for Skate Fishery Management Plan (5/14/07)

Comments Requested for Alaska Groundfish Management Measures (5/14/07)

Fishing Restrictions to Address Overfishing of Red Snapper (4/02/07)

Proposed Rule to Reduce Salmon Bycatch off Alaska (4/18/07)

Final Rule to Implement Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan Measures (3/12/07)

2007 Management Measures Announced for Pacific Halibut (3/14/07)

Public Invited to Comment on Amendment 13 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP (3/19/07)

Conservation Measures Adopted for Antarctic Waters (3/20/07)

Final Rule to Set Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Measures for 2007 and 2008 (3/5/07)

Final Rule to Set Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Measures for 2007 and 2008 (3/02/07)

Proposed Rule to Re-activate Industry-Funded Observers in the Scallop Fishery (4/06/07)

Proposed Rule to Approve and Implement Changes to the Pacific Halibut Sharing Plan (1/16/07)