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Commercial Fishery Disaster Determinations

 
Listed below is a summary of Commercial Fishery Disaster Determinations. Click the Disaster Name for links to corresponding information, such as Disaster Requests, Decision Letters, related Public Laws, and Press Releases.


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# Disaster Name Authority Date  
1 New England Multispecies Groundfish Fishery I IFA 308(b) 3/18/94 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
2 Northwest Salmon Fisheries IFA 308(d) 5/26/94 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
3 Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Disaster IFA 308(d) 8/2/95 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
4 New England Multispecies Groundfish Fishery II IFA 308(d) 8/2/95 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law
 Press Release
    Public Law  
5 Northwest Salmon Fisheries II IFA 308(d) 8/2/95 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
6 Bristol Bay & Kuskokwin River (Alaska) Salmon MSA 312(a) 11/5/97 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
7 Gulf of Mexico Flooding Events MSA 312(a) 8/7/98 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
8 Northwest Salmon Fisheries III MSA 312(a) 8/7/98 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
9 Bristol Bay, Kuskokwin & Yukon River Salmon MSA 312(a) 9/1/98 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
10 Florida Trap Fisheries MSA 312(a) 9/1/99 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
11 Long Island Sound Lobster Fisheries MSA 312(a) 9/1/99 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
12 North Carolina Fisheries MSA 312(a) 9/22/99 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
13 West Coast Groundfish Fisheries MSA 312(a) 1/1/00 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
14 Bering Sea, Alaska Snow Crab MSA 312(a) 5/11/00 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
  Decision    
  Decision    
15 Alaska Salmon/Norton Sound MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(b)		 8/4/00 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
    Public Law  
16 Fraser River/Lummi Indian Sockeye Salmon MSA 312(a)
MSA 312(a)		 11/13/02
11/13/08		 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
Request Decision    
17 Georgia Blue Crab MSA 312(a) 5/8/03 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
18 Harmful Algae Bloom (Massachusetts) MSA 312(a) 6/16/05 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
19 Harmful Algae Bloom (Maine) MSA 312(a) 6/23/05 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
20 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries (Katrina) IFA 308(d)
MSA 312(a)		 9/9/05 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
21 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries (Rita) IFA 308(d)
MSA 312(a)		 10/4/05 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
  Decision Public Law  
22 Klamath River Basin IFA 308(b)
MSA 312(a)		 7/6/06
8/10/06		 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
      Press Release
23 Northern Mariana Island (Super Typhoon Pongsona) MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(b)		 9/7/06 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
24 Massachusetts Commercial Fisheries MSA 312(a)
MSA 315		 10/22/07 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
25 Rhode Island Commercial Fisheries MSA 312(a)
MSA 315		 10/22/07 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
26 West Coast Salmon 2008 IFA 308(b)
MSA 312(a)		 5/1/08 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
27 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries (Gustav and Ike) IFA 308(d) 9/16/08 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
28 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab MSA 312(a) 9/22/08 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
29 New England Red Tide MSA 312(a) 11/13/08 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
30 West Coast Salmon 2009 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 4/30/09 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
31 Yukon River Chinook Salmon Fishery MSA 312(a) 1/15/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
32 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Oil Spill (Louisiana) MSA 312(a) 5/24/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
33 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Oil Spill (Mississippi) MSA 312(a) 5/24/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
34 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Oil Spill (Alabama) MSA 312(a) 5/24/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
35 Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Oil Spill (Florida) MSA 312(a) 6/02/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
36 West Coast Salmon 2010 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 9/02/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
37 Maine Shellfish Fishery MSA 312(a) 12/22/10 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
38 New York Hard Clam Fishery 2008 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 4/06/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
39 Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery 2009 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 4/7/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
40 Florida Shark Fishery 2007-2008 MSA 312(a) 4/7/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
41 Maine Groundfish Fishery 2008 MSA 312(a) 5/9/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
42 Bering Sea Snow Crab Fishery 2007-2008 MSA 312(a) 5/27/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
43 Fraser River Sockeye Fisheries 2009 MSA 312(a) 5/27/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
44 Oregon Commercial Salmon Fishery 2010 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 5/27/11 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
45 Norton Sound and Port Clearance 2009 MSA 312(a) 1/4/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
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46 American Samoa Tsunami 2009 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 1/26/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
47 Mississippi River Flood 2011 - Mississippi Commercial Fisheries MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)		 9/12/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
48 New England Multispecies Groundfish Fishery 2011-2013 MSA 312(a) 9/13/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
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49 Alaska Chinook Salmon 2011-2012 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(b) 		9/12/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
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50 Texas Red Tide Oyster Fishery 2011 MSA 312(a)
IFA 308(d)(b)		 10/5/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
51 New York and New Jersey Fisheries 2012 (Sandy) MSA 315
IFA 308(d)		 11/16/12 Open/Close
Request Decision Public Law Press Release
  Decision    
 

For more information on Fishery Disaster Assistance please contact:

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Chris Wright
Domestic Fisheries Division (F/SF3)
National Marine Fisheries Service
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 427-8504

CFDA Number: 11.477, Fisheries Disaster Relief
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