Notices and Rules
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs Fishery Management Plan Historical Amendments 21 - 30
Historic amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs.
Effective
Gulf of Mexico Stone Crab Historical Amendments and Rulemaking (1978-2011)
The following is a list of historic rulemakings to the Fishery Management Plan for Gulf of Mexico Stone Crab effective 2011 and earlier. The federal stone crab fishery management plan (FMP) was originally implemented in 1979,
Issued
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.
Effective
Amendment 38 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of Amendments 38 and 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs establishing a mechanism in the plan to specify annual catch limits and accountability measures.
Effective
Amendment 39 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of Amendments 38 and 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to modify the snow crab rebuilding plan to produce maximum sustainable yield.
Effective
Amendment 37 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs.
Effective
Amendment 34 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to give recipients an opportunity to participate in the Pacific cod and pollock fisheries at historic levels.
Effective
Groundfish Retention Standard in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
NOAA Fisheries is exempting, through this emergency rule extension, trawl catcher/processor vessels (C/Ps) that are not specified in regulation as American Fisheries Act (AFA) vessels, and Amendment 80 cooperatives from the groundfish retention stand
Published
Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries regulations implement Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This action adds a Pacific cod endorsement on licenses issued under the License Limitation Program in specific management areas.
Effective
2010-2011 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2010-2011 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
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