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2012 News Releases By Headline
Seats Still Available for Coastal Recreational Fishing License Grant Program Symposium
North Carolina to Prohibit Menhaden Purse Seine Fishery in State Waters
Fisheries Commission Extends Flounder Gill Net Closure; Decreases Yardage Limit in Carteret County Waters
Delayed Start Date of the 2012/2013 Commercial Fishing Season for Black Sea Bass in the South Atlantic
(July 1, 2012)
NOAA Fisheries Service is Eliminating the 240-Foot (40-Fathom) Snapper-Grouper Prohibition in the South Atlantic
Commercial, Recreational Landings Decrease Slightly
NOAA Seeks Public Comment for Proposed Rule to Require Turtle Excluder Device Use for Skimmer Trawls, Pusher-Head Trawls, and Wing Nets (Butterfly Trawls)
ASMFC 2012 Spring Meeting Press Releases, Meeting Summaries and Motions
ASMFC Presents Annual Awards of Excellence
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Announces a Proposed Rule to Adjust the 2012 North and South Atlantic Swordfish Quotas and Other Measures
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;North and South Atlantic Swordfish Quotas and Management Measures
Public Scoping Meetings for an Amendment to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan (HMS FMP)(Amendment 7)
NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Public Comment on Amendment 11 for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
Marine Fisheries Commission Slated to Meet in Atlantic Beach (CORRECTION)
Marine Fisheries Commission Slated to Meet in Atlantic Beach
NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Comments on a Supplemental Proposed Rule; Revision of Commercial Quota for Greater Amberjack in the South Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic Council Votes to Initiate Amendment for Deep-Sea Coral Management
Council Seeks Nominations for Atlantic Sturgeon Advisory Panel
Symposium Showcases Five Years of the Coastal Recreational Fishing License Grant Program
ASMFC Black Sea Bass Board Finalizes 2012 Recreational Measures
Public Comments Sought on New Oyster Sanctuary in Neuse River
New Bycatch Reduction Devices Certified for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Shrimp Fisheries and Shrimp Effort Restrictions Relaxed in the Gulf of Mexico
Fishermen Should Take Note that Atlantic Sturgeon Will be Listed as an Endangered Species
NOAA Requests Comments on Proposed Rule to Establish Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper and on Proposed Rule for Amendment 20A (wreckfish)
ASMFC Black Sea Bass Board Finalizes 2012 Recreational Measures
Reminder - Recreational Season Opens for Vermilion Snapper on April 1st in South Atlantic Federal Waters
New Rule Changes Codify Existing Regulations
NOAA Fisheries Service Requests Public Comments on Proposed Regulations for South Atlantic Black Sea Bass
Marine Fisheries Commission Seeks Advisers
Marine Recreational Fishing Forum Set for April 21
NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Regulations for Snapper-Grouper, Golden Crab, and Sargassum Habitat
in the South Atlantic Region; and Dolphin and Wahoo in the Atlantic
Council Seeking Applications for Advisory Panel Members
Marine Fisheries to Host Operation Medicine Drop
Fishermen Should Take Note that Atlantic Sturgeon Will be Listed as an Endangered Species
Marine Fisheries License Offices to Close for Training
Marine Fisheries Commission Chooses Draft Management Measures for Blue Crab
States Schedule Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Amendment 2 Public Information Document
NOAA Seeks Comments on a Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper in the South Atlantic
Public Meeting Scheduled on Monkfish Large Mesh Gill Net Permit
Commercial Harvest of Vermilion Snapper Closing to Vessels Fishing in the South Atlantic Federal Waters on February 29, 2012
Commercial Harvest of Golden Tilefish Closed to Vessels Fishing in the South Atlantic Federal Waters
Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting Set for Morehead City
NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Public Comment on a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
NOAA Fisheries Service Requests Public Comments on Actions Affecting South Atlantic Black Sea Bass
Fisheries, Wildlife Approve 14 Coastal Recreational Fishing License Grants
Proposed Changes to Regulations for Bycatch Reduction Devices and Shrimp Effort Restrictions in the Southeastern Shrimp Fisheries (Correction to previous bulletin)
