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).
Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration. Underlying content is a US federal government work (public domain under 17 USC §105); our derived data is licensed CC0 1.0.