# 2025-20763: NOAA Confirms Eleven Million Dollar Fishing Business Size Limit

2025-20763, Determination of Size Standard Review, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-11-24 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20763
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20763
- Title: Determination of Size Standard Review
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 52917
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2025-11-24
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NOAA Confirms Eleven Million Dollar Fishing Business Size Limit

## Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service reviewed its $11 million small business size limit for commercial fishing and decided to keep it the same. This means fishing businesses making up to $11 million a year still count as small for certain government rules. No changes or extra costs are coming, so fishing companies can keep sailing smoothly under the current rules.

## Abstract

This action serves as notice that NMFS has determined, after review consistent with NMFS' small business size standards regulations, the U.S. Small Business Administration's review requirements under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the Small Business Administration's regulations establishing size standards, and Small Business Administration's size standards methodology, the NMFS-established and codified single small business size standard of $11 million in annual gross receipts for all businesses in the commercial fishing industry continues to reflect the size distribution of all businesses in the commercial fishing industry and is appropriate for continued use for Regulatory Flexibility Act purposes only. Therefore, no revision to the standard is warranted at this time.

## Effects PRIA read

- $11M Size Standard Kept: benefit, low. NMFS reviewed and will keep the small business size standard of $11,000,000 in annual gross receipts for businesses primarily engaged in commercial fishing (NAICS 11411). This means commercial fishing businesses making up to $11 million a year continue to be counted as "small" for NMFS Regulatory F…
- Who This $11M Standard Applies To: benefit, low. The $11 million standard applies only for NMFS Regulatory Flexibility Act purposes to businesses primarily engaged in commercial fishing (NAICS 11411) and is used in place of certain SBA standards for NMFS rules after July 1, 2016. The standard does not apply to businesses primarily engaged in seaf…

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## Sources
- [2025-20763 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20763/determination-of-size-standard-review)
- [2025-20763 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20763.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20763 (as of 2026-06-08).