NOAA Fisheries Federal Register Final Rules (8,764 docs: 3,069 catch limits + 1,999 fishery management + 520 seasonal closures + 299 endangered species)

Dataset · US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · ingestion source ↗

Every NOAA/NMFS Final Rule 1994-2026 — Magnuson-Stevens Act fishery management plan amendments, annual catch limits across all 10 US fishery management regions (North Pacific, New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, West Coast, Western Pacific, Hawaii, HMS), seasonal closures, vessel monitoring (VMS) requirements, marine protected area designations, and Endangered Species Act listings + critical habitat designations for marine species (whales, sea turtles, salmon, sturgeon, marine mammals). The maritime regulator's enforcement layer — commercial fishing vessels operate under federal permits NOAA can suspend or revoke. Source: `federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json` with NOAA agency filter + RULE type, paginated year-by-year. Loader extracts region (10 regional patterns), species (50+ commercial/protected species regex), and category (8 enforcement-relevant types).

Source organization
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
License / terms
Coverage
8,764 rules
API endpoint

Keywords

NOAANMFSfishery managementMagnuson-Stevens Actannual catch limitmarine protected areaendangered speciesright whalesea turtlesalmonvessel monitoringseasonal closure

Provenance

This dataset was ingested from the listed source URL. Ingestion source: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration. Source-specific terms apply. US federal employee-authored works are generally public domain under 17 USC 105; non-federal and third-party material retains source terms. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms. Metadata and normalization authored by MORVS (AI Analytics LLC) are CC0 only where expressly stated.

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