[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 168 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16830]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XF157]


National Saltwater Angler Registry Program

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  NMFS has established an annual fee of 12 dollars ($12.00) for 
anglers, spear fishers, and for hire fishing vessels to register under 
the National Saltwater Angler Registry Program.

DATES: The registration fee will be required effective September 3, 
2025.

ADDRESSES:  NMFS OST-12453, 1215 East West Highway, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Gordon C. Colvin; (240) 357-4524; 
email: [email protected].
SUMMARY:  The final rule implementing the National Saltwater Angler 
Registry program, 50 CFR 600 Subpart P, was published in the Federal 
Register on December 30, 2008. The final rules states that persons 
registering with NMFS must pay an annual fee effective January 1, 2011 
and that NMFS will publish the annual schedule for such fees in the 
Federal Register. The current annual fee for registration has been 
$15.00 since 2022. NMFS policy requires that fees be reviewed 
periodically, at least every 2 years, and be revised to reflect changes 
in estimated costs of administration of the program that administers 
the fees. NMFS has completed a review of the cost of the program and 
has determined that the fee for anglers, spear fishers, and for hire 
fishing vessels will be reduced to $12.00. All persons registering on 
or after September 3, 2025 will be required to pay that fee unless they 
are exempt as indigenous people per the provisions of 50 CFR 
600.1410(f).

    Dated: August 28, 2025.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-16830 Filed 9-2-25; 8:45 am]
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