Notices and Rules
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.
Effective
Amendment 94 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries hereby issues a final rule that implements Amendment 94 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to reduce potential adverse effects of nonpelagic trawl gear.
Effective
Amendment 87 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendment 87 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to revise the plan to meet the National Standard 1 guidelines for annual catch limits and accountability measures.
Effective
Amendment 95 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendments 95 and 96 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area moving skates from the "other species" category to the "target species" category.
Effective
Amendment 96 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendments 95 and 96 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area moving skates from the "other species" category to the "target species" category.
Effective
Amendment 3 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Atlantic Shark Management Measures
In 2010 NOAA Fisheries published a final rule implementing Amendment 3 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The rule implements conservation and management measures for blacknose sharks, shortfin mako
Published
Amendment 91 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. Amendment 91 is an innovative approach to managing Chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea.
Effective
2009-2010 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2009-2010 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.
Effective
Chiniak Gully Research Area in the Gulf of Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to close the Chiniak Gully Research Area on the east side of Kodiak Island to all commercial trawl fishing and testing of trawl gear from August 1 to a date no later than September 20 from 2006 through 2010.
Published
2008-2009 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2008-2009 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.
Effective