Notice2025-16830
National Saltwater Angler Registry Program
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Published
September 3, 2025
Effective
September 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 168 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#63040c11070c0d4d000c0f150a0d230d0c02024d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3a4acb1a7acadeda0acafb5aaad83adaca2a2eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a>.
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]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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