The individual fishing quota (IFQ) program for the sablefish and halibut longline fisheries off Alaska was implemented in 1995. It culminated fourteen years of deliberations of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) on limited entry.
Analysis of Amendment 40, which would establish a prohibited species catch (PSC) limit for Chionoecetes opilio crab in a new C. opilio PSC Bycatch Limitation Zone of the Bering Sea.
This Environmental Assessment addresses an experimental fishing permit application by the Groundfish Forum to test the effects of an intermediate trawl escape panel on species and size composition of catch in trawls targeting flatfish.