Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Two Proposed Regulatory Amendments Affecting the Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries off Alaska

This document is a Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for two proposed actions to amend halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing Quota regulations. The preferred alternatives would:

1. allow the use of longline pot gear in the Bering Sea sablefish IFQ and Community Development Quota fisheries during June
2. allow the temporary transfer of Individual Fishing Quota held by mobilized military reservists and guardsmen