Comments closed June 25
Support Electronic Logbook Reporting in Commercial Fisheries of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Gulf of America, South Atlantic
- What
- NMFS is proposing to switch commercial fishing logbook reporting from paper to electronic format across Gulf of America, South Atlantic, and Atlantic fisheries. It'd also make minor updates to required data fields to support the transition. This affects federally permitted commercial fishermen in those regions and aims to improve the accuracy and timeliness of fisheries data.
- Where
- Gulf of America, South Atlantic, Atlantic
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed June 25, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 27, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-10389 ↗. 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.
- DecidedJune 25, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 27, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
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Protective action worth supporting
NMFS is proposing to switch commercial fishing logbook reporting from paper to electronic format across Gulf of America, South Atlantic, and Atlantic fisheries. It'd also make minor updates to required data fields to support the transition. This affects federally permitted commercial fishermen in those regions and aims to improve the accuracy and timeliness of fisheries data.
In the agency’s own words
NMFS seeks public comment on proposed regulations to implement management measures described in amendments to four fishery management plans (FMPs) in the Gulf of America (Gulf), South Atlantic, and Atlantic, referenced here as the Commercial Electronic Logbook Amendments. If the Commercial Electronic Logbook Amendments are implemented by NMFS through this proposed rule, submission of certain commercial fishing logbooks would be required in an electronic format rather than the current paper format. NMFS is also proposing minor changes to some of the required data fields in the logbooks determined to be necessary t…
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