NMFS seeks comment on a proposed rule to modify turtle excluder device-related requirements for skimmer trawl vessels less than 40 feet in length operating in shrimp fisheries in the southeastern United States. 

NMFS issued an incidental harassment authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act for marine site characterization surveys off of Delaware.

Pursuant to Exec. Order No. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, NOAA seeks recommendations on how to make fisheries and protected resources more resilient to climate change, including changes in management and conservation measures, and improvements in science, monitoring, and cooperative research.

NMFS proposed regulations to implement annual limits on commercial catch of Pacific bluefin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean for 2021 in order to conserve the species and satisfy the United States' obligations as a member of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.

EPA announced and seeks comment on a proposed rule under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act that would establish national standards of performance for marine pollution control devices for discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain primarily non-military and non-recreational vessels into waters of the United States or waters of the contiguous zone.

EPA amended the national marine diesel engine program with relief provisions that provide additional lead time for qualifying engines and vessels to install certified Tier 4 marine diesel engines.

Pursuant to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, EPA designated one ocean dredged material disposal site, the Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site, located in the Gulf of Maine off the coast of southern Maine and New Hampshire.

EPA and DOD promulgated discharge performance standards for 11 discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces in the navigable waters of the United States, the territorial seas, and the contiguous zone; the discharge performance standards are intended to reduce the adverse environmental impacts associated with the vessel discharges, stimulate the development of improved vessel pollution control devices, and advance the development of environmentally sound vessels of the Armed Forces.

The president issued Proclamation 10049, Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, on June 5, 2020, to amend Proclamation 9496 by removing restrictions on commercial fishing in the marine national monument.