Comments closed April 9
Oppose Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Atlantic Ocean
- What
- NOAA's proposing to remove the one-year deadline that currently causes swordfish and shark commercial fishing permits to permanently expire if they're not renewed on time. Under the current rules, if a permit holder misses the renewal window, they lose the permit forever, but this change would let them renew at any point regardless of how long it's been. The rule would affect commercial fishermen holding Atlantic swordfish and shark limited access permits, and NOAA says it won't change actual fish harvest levels.
- Where
- Atlantic Ocean
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed April 9, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 9, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-03306 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedApril 9, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 9, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 10, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
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Affects public lands
NOAA's proposing to remove the one-year deadline that currently causes swordfish and shark commercial fishing permits to permanently expire if they're not renewed on time. Under the current rules, if a permit holder misses the renewal window, they lose the permit forever, but this change would let them renew at any point regardless of how long it's been. The rule would affect commercial fishermen holding Atlantic swordfish and shark limited access permits, and NOAA says it won't change actual fish harvest levels.
In the agency’s own words
This proposed rule would revise the regulations regarding the termination date for swordfish and shark limited access permits (LAPs). Currently, when a swordfish or shark LAP is not renewed within a year of the expiration date, the permit terminates and can no longer be renewed or used. This action would remove the termination date and allow permits to be renewed at any time. This action would stop the further loss of swordfish and shark LAPs and may benefit permit holders by providing them the ability to renew their LAPs more than one year past their expiration. This action would have no practical effect on harv…
Who signs it
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The ground
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In court on this ground
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