Notices and Rules
Amendment 73 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule that implements Amendment 73 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area removing dark rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus) from the plan.
Effective
01/30/2009
Amendment 77 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule that implements Amendment 77 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to remove dark rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus) from the plan in order to let the State of Alaska assume management.
Effective
01/30/2009
Amendment 89 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule that implements Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation measures.
Effective
08/25/2008
Amendment 72 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries announces the approval of Amendment 72 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to support initiatives to monitor and reduce bycatch.
Effective
08/25/2008
Amendment 79 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries announces the Commerce Secretary's approval of Amendment 79 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
Effective
08/20/2008
Amendment 2 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Atlantic Shark Management Measures
In 2008, NOAA Fisheries published a final rule implementing the management measures for Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. The management measures were designed to rebuild overfished species and prevent overfishi
Effective
07/24/2008
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs Fishery Management Plan Historical Amendments 11 - 20
Historic amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs.
Issued
05/27/2008
Pacific Halibut and Red King Crab Bycatch (Incidental Catch) in Alaska Fisheries - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to repeal regulations providing for a groundfish vessel incentive program (VIP) that was designed to reduce the rate at which Pacific halibut and red king crab are taken as incidental catch in Alaska groundfish traw
- Final Rule: Repeal Groundfish VIP (73 FR 12898, 03/11/2008)
- Proposed Rule: Repeal Groundfish VIP (72 FR 67692, 11/30/2007)
- Final Rule: GOA Trawl Bycatch Rate Standards (67 FR 77439, 12/18/2002)
- Final Rule: GOA Trawl Bycatch Rate Standards (67 FR 36845, 05/28/2002)
- Final Rule: GOA Trawl Bycatch Rate Standards (67 FR 1160, 01/09/2002)
Effective
04/10/2008
Amendment 9 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries Off Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule that implements Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. The revisions to the AIHCA required amendments to the scallop fishery management plan.
Effective
03/20/2008
Amendment 88 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule that implements Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area revising the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area boundary.
Effective
03/20/2008