# 2025-10942: Coast Guard Seeks 18 Voices on Commercial Fishing Safety

2025-10942, National Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies, is a Federal Register notice from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2025-06-17, effective 2025-08-18; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10942
- As of: 2026-11-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10942
- Title: National Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 90 FR 25621
- Published: 2025-06-17
- Effective: 2025-08-18
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

Coast Guard Seeks 18 Voices on Commercial Fishing Safety

## Summary

The Coast Guard is looking for 18 new members to join the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee, which helps make fishing safer across the country. If you’re interested, send your application by August 18, 2025. This is a great chance to influence fishing safety rules and protect lives without any cost to you!

## Abstract

The Coast Guard is requesting applications to fill eighteen (18) vacancies on the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee advises the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to national commercial fishing safety. Please read the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for a description of the 18 Committee positions we are seeking to fill.

## Effects PRIA read

- 18 Committee Seats Open for Applicants: benefit, low. The Coast Guard is requesting applications to fill eighteen (18) vacancies on the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee. The solicitation explicitly lists the 18 membership positions (including ten commercial fishing industry seats, one naval architect/marine engineer, one equipment…
- Application Deadline and Submission Method: benefit, low. If you want to apply, your complete application must reach the U.S. Coast Guard on or before August 18, 2025, and must include a cover letter, resume, and a 2-3 paragraph third-person biography, submitted via email with subject line "NCFSAC Vacancy Application" to the address provided.
- No Salary; Travel and Per Diem Reimbursed: cost, low. All committee members will serve at their own expense and receive no salary or other compensation from the Federal Government, but members may be reimbursed for travel and per diem in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations.
- General Public Seats Require Ethics Filing: cost, low. Three general public positions (position group G) will be appointed as Special Government Employees and applicants for those seats must complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) online and receive ethics training; the Coast Guard will keep those forms confidential except as…
- Registered Lobbyists Are Ineligible: cost, low. Registered lobbyists, as defined in 2 U.S.C. 1602 and required to register under 2 U.S.C. 1603, are not eligible to serve on this Federal Advisory Committee in an individual capacity.
- Term Length and Possible Background Check: mixed, low. If appointed, your membership term will expire on December 31 of the third full year after the effective date of your appointment, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may require that you pass an appropriate security background examination before appointment.
- Members Must Sign Agreements to Serve: cost, low. Appointed members will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement and a Gratuitous Services Agreement as conditions of serving on the Committee.
- Meeting Frequency and Locations: mixed, low. The Committee is required to meet at least twice a year (and may meet more frequently); meetings are selected by the U.S. Coast Guard and generally held across the country as close as possible to commercial fishing communities.

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## Sources
- [2025-10942 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-10942/national-commercial-fishing-vessel-safety-advisory-committee-vacancies)
- [2025-10942 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-10942.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10942 (as of 2026-11-02).