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• 73 FR 21578, April 22, 2008. NMFS is extending the date for the final determination to list the beluga whales located in Cook Inlet, Alaska as endangered. A final determination will be made no later than October 20, 2008.

• 73 FR 11851, March 5, 2008. Proposed rule to remove a prohibition against the use of longline pot fishing gear in the Bering Sea sablefish IFQ and sablefish CDQ fisheries in the month of June and add regulatory provisions to allow members of the National Guard and military reserves who are mobilized to active duty to temporarily transfer their annual halibut and sablefish IFQ to other eligible IFQ recipients. Comment period through April 4, 2008.

• 73 FR 16830, March 31, 2008. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 26 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through May 15, 2008.


• 73 FR 15118, March 21, 2008. Notice of availability of Amendment 26 to the FMP for BSAI Crab Rationalization Program. Comments period through May 20, 2008.


• 73 FR 14766, March 19, 2008. Notice of availability of Amendment 24 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through May 19, 2008.


• 73 FR 8838, February 15, 2008. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 25 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through March 17, 2008.

• 73 FR 12357, March 7, 2008. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI Management Area to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation measures prohibiting nonpelagic trawling in certain waters of the Bering Sea subarea and establishing the Northern Bering Sea Research Area. Comment period through April 21, 2008.


• 73 FR 10415, February 27, 2008. Notice of Availability of proposed Amendment 89 to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation measures, prohibiting nonpelagic trawling in certain waters of the Bering Sea subarea and establishing the Northern Bering Sea Research Area. Comment period through April 28, 2008.

• 73 FR 12357, March 7, 2008. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI Management Area to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation measures prohibiting nonpelagic trawling in certain waters of the Bering Sea subarea and establishing the Northern Bering Sea Research Area. Comment period through April 21, 2008.


• 73 FR 10415, February 27, 2008. Notice of Availability of proposed Amendment 89 to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation measures, prohibiting nonpelagic trawling in certain waters of the Bering Sea subarea and establishing the Northern Bering Sea Research Area. Comment period through April 28, 2008.

• 72 FR 74257, December 31, 2007. Proposed regulations to limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 2C of Southeast Alaska to the guideline harvest level for that area under two different scenarios. Comment period through January 30, 2008.

• 73 FR 20008, April 14, 2008. Proposed regulations to address subsistence halibut management concerns in densely populated areas. Comment period through May 14, 2008.

• 73 FR 16617, March 28, 2008. Announcement of a 90–day finding on a petition to list the ribbon seal as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Comment period through May 27, 2008.

• 73 FR 11851, March 5, 2008. Proposed rule to remove a prohibition against the use of longline pot fishing gear in the Bering Sea sablefish IFQ and sablefish CDQ fisheries in the month of June and add regulatory provisions to allow members of the National Guard and military reserves who are mobilized to active duty to temporarily transfer their annual halibut and sablefish IFQ to other eligible IFQ recipients. Comment period through April 4, 2008.

• 73 FR 14428, March 18, 2008. Notice to extend the comment period on the proposed rule containing revised definitions for certain regulatory terms, and procedural and technical changes to the regulations addressing scientific research activities, exempted fishing, and exempted educational activities under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The comment deadline is extended from March 20, 2008, to April 4, 2008.

• 73 FR 16617, March 28, 2008. Extension of comment period for the ANPR on revisions to implement regulations governing the taking of stranded marine mammals. Comment period extended through April 30, 2008.


• 73 FR 5786, January 31, 2008. NMFS proposes to change the implementation regulations governing the taking of stranded marine mammals under section 109(h), section 112(c), and Title IV of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Comment period through March 31, 2008.

• 73 FR 11872, March 5, 2008. Notice of Availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan, dated March 2008, for the western and eastern distinct population segments (DPS) of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus).