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Alaska Scallop Fishery Management Plan

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Amendment 51 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner Crabs, Amendment 17 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and

Amendment 51 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendment 17 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ Off Alaska to align the FMPs with the way bycatch is currently reported.
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Published
09/17/2021

Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries announces approval of Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. This amendment updates the existing essential essential fish habitat (EFH) provisions in the fishery management plan based on a 5-year EFH review.
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Effective
10/31/2012

Amendment 13 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries announces approval of Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop fishery off Alaska. Amendment 13 implements an annual catch limit and accountability measures to prevent overfishing in the target fishery.
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Effective
09/30/2011

Amendment 12 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule that implements Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. This amendment revises the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area boundary to al
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Effective
03/20/2008

Amendment 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendments 7 and 9 to the fishery management plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. These amendments identify and describe essential fish habitat and designate habitat areas of particular concern.
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Effective
07/28/2006

Amendment 7 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendments 7 and 9 to the fishery management plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. These amendments identify and describe essential fish habitat and designate habitat areas of particular concern.
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Effective
07/28/2006

Amendment 10 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, which modifies the gear endorsements under the License Limitation Program for the scallop fishery.
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Effective
08/10/2005

Amendment 11 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously voted to adopt Amendment 11, a housekeeping amendment that would update the scallop Fishery Management Plan.
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Published
04/30/2005

Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

Four fishery management plan amendments to incorporate the provisions of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) into the Alaska fishery management plans and their implementing regulations.
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Effective
01/29/2003

Amendment 4 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, which creates a license limitation program for the scallop fishery. NOAA Fisheries also announces the application period for this
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Effective
01/16/2001

Amendment 6 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries announces the approval of Amendment 6 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska. This amendment revises definitions of overfishing, maximum sustainable yield, and optimum yield.
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Effective
03/03/1999

Amendment 5 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries announces approval of the following fishery management plan amendments: Amendment 55 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Amendment 55 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Amend
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Effective
01/20/1999

Amendment 3 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, which delegates to the State of Alaska the authority to manage all aspects of the scallop fishery, except limited access. T
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Effective
07/14/1998

Amendment 2 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries approves a temporary moratorium on the entry of additional vessels into the scallop fishery off Alaska. This action implements Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska as recommended by the North Pa
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Effective
05/12/1997

Amendment 1 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

The management measures established under Amendment 1 and implemented by this final rule include gear and efficiency restrictions, scallop registration areas and districts, procedures for specifying total allowable catch and crab bycatch limits, time and
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Effective
08/01/1996

Implementation of the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska

NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement a Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMP). The FMP specifies the optimum yield (OY) for the scallop fishery in Federal waters off Alaska as a numerical range of 0-1.1 million lbs (0-
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Effective
08/29/1995

Last updated by Alaska Regional Office on 09/30/2022