Recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regulations affecting small businesses

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.

University of Rochester researcher Jing Guo applied for a permit to import, export, and receive cetacean parts for scientific research purposes.

NMFS convenes a U.S. stakeholder meeting on North Pacific albacore management to gather input ahead of 2026 IATTC and WCPFC NC annual meetings.

Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 94 will assess Florida hogfish stock through data workshops, assessment webinars, and a review workshop for Gulf of America and South Atlantic fisheries management.

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.

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.

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

Gulf Fishery Management Council holds a one-day in-person meeting of its Ad Hoc Red Snapper Grouper/Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Programs Advisory Panel.

The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of ICCAT holds its spring meeting April 27-28, 2026, to address Atlantic tuna conservation policy.

NOAA extends the public comment deadline to May 26, 2026 for deep seabed mining exploration license applications from American Metal Resources and SeaX, with virtual public hearings scheduled.

Caribbean Fishery Management Council holds its 189th public hybrid meeting to address fishery management agenda items for Caribbean commercial and recreational fishing operations.

NMFS issued an incidental harassment authorization to Hampton Roads Connector Partners for marine mammal takes during the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project in Norfolk, Virginia, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.