Halibut Results
2025 West Coast Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery
NOAA Fisheries has announced fishing periods and catch limits for the 2025 non-Tribal directed commercial Pacific halibut fishery. Additionally, to aid fishery participants in complying with regulations, certain requirements during the fishery are…
Effective
07/07/2025
2025 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
NOAA Fisheries announces publication of the final rule (90 FR 14422, April 2, 2025) approving changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) for the International Pacific Halibut Commission's (IPHC) regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon,…
Effective
07/07/2025
2024 West Coast Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery
NOAA Fisheries adopted annual management measures for the 2024 Pacific halibut directed commercial fishery in Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California, including fishing periods and fishing period limits (i.e., season dates and vessel catch limits…
Published
07/07/2025
2024 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
NOAA Fisheries announces publication of the final rule (89 FR 22966, April 3, 2024) to approve changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the International Pacific Halibut Commission's regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California…
Effective
07/07/2025
2023 Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery
NOAA Fisheries has issued a final rule in the Federal Register for the 2023 Pacific halibut directed commercial fishery annual management measures for Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California.
This action implements the 2023 management measures…
Effective
07/07/2025
2023 Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishery
NOAA Fisheries announces publication of the final rule (88 FR 21503, April 11, 2023) for 2023 Pacific halibut Area 2A (Washington, Oregon, and California) catch sharing plan and annual management measures. The season dates and bag limits are effective…
Published
07/07/2025
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Halibut Abundance-Based Management (ABM) of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limit
Notice of availability of a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS); request for comments. This DEIS is prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to assess the environmental impacts from alternatives associated with a…
Published
07/07/2025