NOAAâs Fisheries Service will require commercial fishermen who fish for yellowfin tuna, swordfish and other species with longlines in the Gulf of Mexico to use a new type of hook, called a weak hook, designed to reduce the incidental catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The hooks will be required starting May 5, 2011.
Price for first-class stamp rises to 49 cents. It's going to cost you a few pennies more to mail a letter. The cost of a first-class postage stamp is now 49 cents â 3 cents more than before. Regulators approved the price hike in December, and it went into effect Sunday. Many people won't feel the increase right away: Forever stamps are good for first-class postage at whatever the future rate.
Re: Using stamps - getting the amount correct with new stamps? The Forever stamp is always going to be worth whatever the current postage rate for 1 ounce is. So even you bought it for 46 cents it is now worth 49 cents of postage. I always have a small supply of add on stamps that I can attach for oversize, overweight, second ounce, etc. letters.