Notices and Rules
Pacific Coast Sablefish Electronic Fish Tickets
This final rule establishes a requirement for submitting electronic fish tickets (EFT) in the limited entry fixed gear fisheries and open access fisheries for sablefish.
Effective
01/01/2017
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fisheries
Congress authorized up to $100 million to finance a buyback program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries to reduce excess capacity and promote economic efficiency in the crab fishery.
Published
12/02/2016
Amendment 113 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
BSAI groundfish FMP amendment 113 sets aside a portion of the Aleutian Islands (AI) Pacific cod TAC for harvest by vessels directed fishing for AI Pacific cod and delivering their catch for processing to a shoreside processor west of 170°W.
Effective
11/23/2016
Amendment 103 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
GOA groundfish FMP amendment 103 and this final rule allow NOAA Fisheries to reapportion unused Chinook salmon prohibited species catch (PSC) within and among specific trawl sectors in the Central and Western Gulf of Alaska.
Effective
10/12/2016
Final Rule for Electronic Reporting of Trade Data
NOAA Fisheries published a final rule establishing regulations to integrate the collection of trade documentation within the International Trade Data System, and requiring electronic information through a single automated portal. The effective d
Effective
09/20/2016
Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Trawl Fishery Rationalization - Federal Register Rules and Notices
Intent to expand the scope of an Environmental Impact Statement for a new bycatch management program for trawl groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska to provide incentives to reduce Chinook salmon and Pacific halibut bycatch.
- Notice of Intent to Expand Scope of EIS; Trawl Bycatch Management Program (81 F…
- Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS (80 FR 40988, 07/14/2015)
- Final Rule; GOA Trawl Economic Data Report Program (79 FR 71313, 12/02/2014)
- Proposed Rule; GOA Trawl Economic Data Report Program (79 FR 46758, 08/11/2014)
- Notice of Control Date for an Allocation-based Management or Catch Share Progra…
Published
07/28/2016
Amendment 110 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
GOA groundfish FMP amendment 110 and final rule to improve the management of Chinook and chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery by creating a comprehensive salmon bycatch avoidance program.
Effective
07/11/2016
Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program Scale Requirements
Final rule revising scale requirements for processing vessels that are required to weigh fish at sea.
Effective
06/06/2016
Amendment 109 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
BSAI groundfish FMP amendment 109 and rule to exempt operators of catcher vessels greater than 32 ft LOA and less than or equal to 46 ft LOA using hook-and-line gear from the requirement to carry a LLP license, and reduce observer coverage requirements.
Effective
06/03/2016
Amendment 111 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
BSAI groundfish FMP amendment 111and final rule to reduce bycatch limits, also known as prohibited species catch (PSC) limits, for Pacific halibut in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries by specific amounts in four groundfish sectors.
Effective
05/27/2016