News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


NRCS is Now Accepting Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Applications for the Big Game Conservation Effort Signup #2

NRCS is Now Accepting Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Applications for the Big Game Conservation Effort Signup #2


Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Protections for Tongass National Forest

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Protections for Tongass National Forest


NTIA calls for Changes to Boost Competition in Mobile App Markets

NTIA calls for Changes to Boost Competition in Mobile App Markets


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 in High-Speed Internet Grant to Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 in High-Speed Internet Grant to Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point


Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $33.5 Million in Internet for All Grants to 12 Minority-Serving Colleges and Universities

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $33.5 Million in Internet for All Grants to 12 Minority-Serving Colleges and Universities


America’s First Responders Give NIST Their Communications Tech Wish Lists

America’s First Responders Give NIST Their Communications Tech Wish Lists


IB 23-11: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels Operating as Catcher Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

IB 23-11: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels Operating as Catcher Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska


NEWS Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Southern Zone Commercial Trip Limit Reduction to 1,500 pounds on February 4, 2023

NEWS Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Southern Zone Commercial Trip Limit Reduction to 1,500 pounds on February 4, 2023


Amendment 23 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

Amendment 23 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan


Emergency Closure for Trap/Pot Fisheries: Area Between Massachusetts State Waters and Federal Waters within the Massachusetts Restricted Area for February 1- April 30, 2023

Emergency Closure for Trap/Pot Fisheries: Area Between Massachusetts State Waters and Federal Waters within the Massachusetts Restricted Area for February 1- April 30, 2023


IB 23-10: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Vessels using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

IB 23-10: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Vessels using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska


Request for Comments: Changes to Catch Levels and Management Measures for Atlantic king mackerel and Spanish mackerel

Request for Comments: Changes to Catch Levels and Management Measures for Atlantic king mackerel and Spanish mackerel


Information about Loan Opportunities Available for Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Participants through the Fisheries Finance Program

Information about Loan Opportunities Available for Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Participants through the Fisheries Finance Program


Reminder of Seasonal Fishing Closure for Certain Groupers in Federal Waters around Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. John, and St. Croix and Seasonal Closure of Grammanik Bank off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Reminder of Seasonal Fishing Closure for Certain Groupers in Federal Waters around Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. John, and St. Croix and Seasonal Closure of Grammanik Bank off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands


Request for Comments: Proposed Rule for a framework action to provide federal for-hire operators in the Gulf of Mexico an opportunity to replace their reef fish and coastal migratory pelagic historical captain permits with standard charter/headboat permit

Request for Comments: Proposed Rule for a framework action to provide federal for-hire operators in the Gulf of Mexico an opportunity to replace their reef fish and coastal migratory pelagic historical captain permits with standard charter/headboat permit



The Monk Seal Chronicles: Mimi and the “Monk Seal Matriarchs”

The Monk Seal Chronicles: Mimi and the “Monk Seal Matriarchs”



NOAA Fisheries Denies Request for Emergency Action to Close the Red King Crab Savings Area and Subarea

NOAA Fisheries Denies Request for Emergency Action to Close the Red King Crab Savings Area and Subarea


Democrats REJECT Military Pay Raise and Other Amendments, SUPPORT Title 42

Democrats REJECT Military Pay Raise and Other Amendments, SUPPORT Title 42