Regulatory Amendment to allow the retention of Pacific halibut less than 32 inches with the head on, or less than 24 inches with the head off, caught by persons in the Community Development Quota program with setline gear in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area 4E.
Analysis of a regulatory amendment that would require hook-and-line vessels fishing for Pacific halibut in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands and Gulf Of Alaska management areas to employ specified bird avoidance techniques to reduce seabird bycatch.
This review/analysis evaluates a regulatory amendment providing standard allowances for ice and slime found on Pacific halibut and sablefish under the IFQ program.
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.
Amendments 42/42 contain management measures applicable to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for Fixed Gear Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries In and Off of Alaska.