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Commerce Department

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Regulatory capture occurs when a regulatory agency advances the interests of the industry it is meant to oversee. The indicators below track evidence of capture for this agency. According to the academic literature (Stigler 1971, Carpenter & Moss 2013), captured agencies exhibit declining enforcement, revolving door personnel pipelines, and rule-making that favors incumbents over public interest.

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Type	Connected To	Details	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From New Jersey to North Carolina	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of America and Atlantic Region; 2025-2026 Commercial Accountability Measure for the King Mackerel Run-Around Gillnet Fishery	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to New Jersey	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 21 to the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Partial Holdback of Commercial Quota for the Other Shallow-Water Grouper Complex	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2026 Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch Amount and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Allocations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; 2026 Red Snapper Private Angling Component Closure in Federal Waters Off Texas	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Several Groundfish Species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From New York to North Carolina	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Adjustments to the 2025 North Atlantic Albacore Tuna, North and South Atlantic Swordfish, and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Category Quotas	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Required Use by Foreign Applicants and Patent Owners of a Patent Practitioner	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2026 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to New York	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 2026 Atlantic Herring Fishery Specifications	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Partial Holdback of Commercial Quota for the Deep-Water Grouper Complex	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #1-#5	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Military Readiness Activities in the Hawaii-California Training and Testing Study Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 36; Limited Entry Fixed Gear Follow-On Actions	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; 2026 and 2027 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 34; Groundfish Exclusion Area for Coral Research and Restoration	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; 2026 and 2027 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2025-2026 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Alaska LNG Project in Cook Inlet	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Reopening of the Red Snapper Recreational For-Hire Fishing Season in the Gulf of America	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 2025-2027 Atlantic Herring Fishery Specifications	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Pribilof Islands Administration; Dogs Prohibited	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Demersal Shelf Rockfish in the Western, Central, and West Yakutat Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Proposed 2026 and Projected 2027 Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Fisheries	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 69	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units Under the Endangered Species Act	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reapportionment of Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Limits in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Closure of the General Category December Fishery for 2025	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	The Commerce Control List	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to Massachusetts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Second 2025 Management Area 1A Possession Limit Adjustment	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From Rhode Island to North Carolina	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic; 2025 Commercial Closure for Gag in the South Atlantic	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Electronic Logbook Reporting in Commercial Fisheries of the Gulf of America and Atlantic	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Big Skates in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Interagency Cooperation Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Halibut Recreational Quota Entity Program Fee Collection; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Update of Public Works and Economic Adjustment Act Grant Rate Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Adjustment to the 2025 Specifications	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #6-#8	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 2025 Commercial Quota Harvested for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	One Year Suspension of Expansion of End-User Controls for Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Revisions to the Entity List	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Blueline Tilefish Fishery; 2025 Blueline Tilefish Commercial Quota Harvested	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Military Readiness Activities in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	2025 Red Snapper Private Angling Component Closure in Gulf Federal Waters Off Texas	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Federal Salmon Regulations for Overfished Species Rebuilding Plans	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Pacific Island Fisheries; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule; Catch and Retention Limits for Striped Marlin in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean North of the Equator	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Temporary Rule To Extend Fishing Year 2025 Measures	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic; Fishery Management Plans of Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John; Amendment 2	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fishery Management Plans of St. Croix and St. Thomas and St. John; Queen Triggerfish Management Measures	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	International Trademark Classification Changes	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From New Jersey to North Carolina	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea Subarea and Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Modify the Timing of Haul Designation for Trawl Catcher Processors in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	2025 Commercial Longline Closure for Golden Tilefish in the South Atlantic	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Closure of the General Category October Through November Fishery for 2025	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Additions to the Entity List	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 2025 Winter II Quota	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf and Atlantic Region; Re-Opening of Commercial Harvest for Atlantic Spanish Mackerel in the Northern Zone	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From Massachusetts to Rhode Island	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Expansion of End-User Controls To Cover Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Revision of Firearms License Requirements	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; “Other Rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Direct Investment Surveys: BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock Fishing in the Winter Herring Savings Area of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	2025-2026 Recreational Closure for Gulf Greater Amberjack	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 2025 Commercial Closure of Red Snapper in the South Atlantic	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2025-2026 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 2025-2026 Specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Closure of the General Category September Fishery for 2025	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to Massachusetts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Re-Opening of Commercial Harvest for Blueline Tilefish in the South Atlantic	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From Massachusetts to North Carolina	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery; 2025 Commercial Atlantic Mackerel Fishery Closure	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Automobile Parts Tariff Inclusions Process	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf and Atlantic Region; Commercial Closure for Atlantic Spanish Mackerel in the Northern Zone	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to New York	Issued the rule.	Source