Publications

Final analysis on linking the Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limit for the Amendment 80 commercial groundfish trawl fleet in the BSAI to halibut abundance.

Draft analysis on linking the Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limit for the Amendment 80 commercial groundfish trawl fleet in the BSAI to halibut abundance.

Annual reviews of cost recovery and fee payments in Alaska for the Amendment 80 groundfish trawl fishery.

Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Amendment 80 Groundfish Trawl Fisheries.

This document is a 5-year review of Amendment 80 to the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish Fishery Management Plan.

Groundfish Retention Standard for Non-AFA Trawl Catcher/Processors, Amendment 80 vessels, and Amendment 80 cooperatives participating in the BSAI groundfish fisheries.

This action would amend the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area by establishing a process for the owners of Amendment 80 vessels to replace eligible trawl catcher/processor vessels.

Regulatory Impact Review/Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis of a proposed action to allow Amendment 80 vessels to engage in post-delivery transfers of their respective shares, to cover catch overages.

Exempted fishing permit application from the Best Use Cooperative.

NOAA Fisheries has received an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Best Use Cooperative (BUC). The EFP would allow three vessels in the BUC to sort halibut removed from a codend on the deck of the vessel, and release those fish back to the water after accounting for the halibut condition using standard International Pacific Halibut Commission viability methods for predicting mortality of individual fish. The EFP will allow these vessels to alter the amount of time that halibut are in a codend, on deck and the amount of handling they receive prior to release.