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).

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.ai-analytics.org. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

API endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/noaa/rules/recent
Dataset landing page: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/noaa-rules
DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json
DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/noaa/rules/recent?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/noaa-rules'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

Agency: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Primary source: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under 5 USC 105 / 17 USC 105.
Update cadence: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger)

Keywords

NOAA, NMFS, fishery management, Magnuson-Stevens Act, annual catch limit, marine protected area, endangered species, right whale, sea turtle, salmon, vessel monitoring, seasonal closure

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_noaa_rules_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {AI Analytics},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/noaa-rules},
  note   = {Derived from US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. License: CC0 1.0.}
}

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NOAA Fisheries Federal Register Final Rules (8,764 docs: 3,069 catch limits + 1,999 fishery management + 520 seasonal closures + 299 endangered species)