Recent Department of Commerce regulations affecting small businesses

SEDAR 103 assessment process for Caribbean fisheries includes development and review workshops plus assessment webinars to evaluate alternate assessment methods for regional fish stocks.

Department of Commerce seeks 60 days of public comment on a voluntary self-disclosure form for antiboycott violations before submitting the information collection to OMB for approval.

The USPTO's PCT Informed Examination Request Pilot Program requires selected national stage patent applicants to indicate whether they wish to proceed with, delay, or abandon examination after reviewing international phase work products.

Department of Commerce seeks 60 days of public comment on an information collection regarding restrictive trade practice and boycott requests before submitting to OMB for Paperwork Reduction Act compliance.

NMFS sets the 2025 Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program cost recovery fee at 3.00 percent with cooperative payments due by February 15, 2026.

Bureau of Industry and Security extends the deadline for authorized integrated circuit designer status and applications to become approved IC designers to December 31, 2026.

Arizona State University researcher Jesse Senko has applied for a permit to capture six endangered sea turtle species for scientific research at the School of Ocean Futures.

NMFS approves nine companies to provide at-sea and electronic catch monitoring services for northeast multispecies fishing sectors in 2026.

U.S. Commerce Department preliminarily determines that forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany were not sold at less than normal value during January 1–December 31, 2024, in an antidumping duty review.

NTIA launches Space Launch Frequency Coordination Portal to streamline spectrum requests for commercial space launch providers and federal agency review processes.

NMFS prohibits directed fishing for Pacific cod by trawl-gear catcher vessels in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska to prevent exceeding the 2026 A season allowance.

Virginia transfers a portion of its 2026 commercial summer flounder quota to Massachusetts under the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan quota-transfer provisions.

Foreign-Trade Zone 18 seeks approval for a new subzone in San Leandro, California to serve Energy Recovery, Inc. for duty-deferred manufacturing and trade activities.

Commerce rescinded antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews effective February 13, 2026, with a corrected period of review for boltless steel shelving imports from Taiwan.

NMFS announces North Carolina's transfer of a portion of its 2026 commercial summer flounder quota to New Jersey under the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions.