Alaska Rockfish Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices

Amendment 113 (89 FR 66633, 08/17/2024) to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska provided increased flexibility and efficiency by changing the season start date from May 1 to April 1, removing the catcher vessel cooperative quota (CQ) cap, and revising the processing and harvesting caps.

Rockfish Program:

Amendment 113 (89 FR 66633, 08/17/2024) modified specific provisions of the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program by changing the season start date, removing the catcher vessel cooperative quota cap, and revising the processing and harvesting caps. Amendment 111 (86 FR 11895, 03/01/2021) and Amendment 88 (77 FR 28013, 06/26/2012) to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska reauthorized and implemented the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program to allocate exclusive harvest privileges to a specific group of license limitation program license holders who used trawl gear to target Pacific ocean perch, pelagic shelf rockfish, and northern rockfish during particular qualifying years. The Rockfish Program retains the conservation, management, safety, and economic gains realized under the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Pilot Program and resolves identified issues in the management and viability of the rockfish fisheries.