Notices and Rules
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
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Amendment 12 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska
Amendment 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska revises the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area boundary.
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Amendment 79 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
BSAI Amendment 79 to implement a groundfish retention standard program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island management area for certain trawl catcher/processor vessels.
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2007-2008 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2007-2008 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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Amendment 85 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 85 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to reduce uncertainty about the availability of yearly harvests within sectors.
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Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) Provisions in Alaska Fisheries - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to correct regulations implementing essential fish habitat provisions for Alaska fisheries. This final rule clarifies that portions of EFH management areas in the vicinity of the Aleutian Islands are located in State of
- Final Rule/Correction to 71 FR 36694 (72 FR 63500, 11/09/2007)
- Correction to 72 FR 33732 (72 FR 42369, 08/02/2007)
- Proposed Rule to Correct 71 FR 36694 (72 FR 33732, 06/19/2007)
- Center for Independent Experts Peer Review; Effects of Fishing (69 FR 34136, 06…
- Public Meeting DEIS (69 FR 10428, 03/05/2004)
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