NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; REVISIONS TO COMMERCIAL ATLANTIC BLACKNOSE AND RECREATIONAL ATLANTIC SHARK FISHERIES MANAGEMENT MEASURES; EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Revisions to Commercial Atlantic Blacknose and Recreational Atlantic Shark Fisheries Management Measures; Extension of Comment Period.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 25 by Sarah Malloy, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: On January 5, 2026, NMFS published the proposed rule to revise commercial blacknose shark and recreational Atlantic shark fisheries management measures in the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) shark fisheries. In the proposed rule, NMFS announced a 60-day comment period endi...