Notices and Rules
Amendment 84 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries amends regulations governing salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to enhance the effectiveness of salmon bycatch measures.
Effective
11/28/2007
Amendment 80 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Amendment 80 primarily allocates several BSAI non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, and facilitates the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processor sector.
Effective
10/15/2007
Amendment 67 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries adopts a rule that modifies the Individual Fishing Quota Program for the fixed-gear commercial Pacific halibut fishery and sablefish fishery by revising regulations specific to those fisheries.
Effective
09/10/2007
2006-2007 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2006-2007 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.
- Adjustment: GOA Tables 6, 13, and 16 (72 FR 1671, 01/16/2007)
- Adjustment: BSAI Tables 4, 12, and 14 (72 FR 1463, 01/12/2007)
- BSAI Apportionment of Reserve (71 FR 77626, 12/27/2006)
- Final Rule: Revised Final GOA 2006 and 2007 Harvest Specifications (71 FR 63704…
- Reallocation: BSAI Tables 3 and 10 (71 FR 59407, 10/10/2006)
Effective
01/16/2007
Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI and GOA Fisheries
EIS No. 20070004, Final EIS, Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications Project, Establish Harvest Strategy for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Fisheries, AK, Wait Period Ends: 2/12/2007
Published
01/12/2007
Amendment 68 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendment 68 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This action implements statutory provisions for the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Pilot Program.
Effective
12/20/2006
Amendment 7 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendments 7 and 9 to the fishery management plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. These amendments identify and describe essential fish habitat and designate habitat areas of particular concern.
Effective
07/28/2006
Amendment 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendments 7 and 9 to the fishery management plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. These amendments identify and describe essential fish habitat and designate habitat areas of particular concern.
Effective
07/28/2006
Amendment 73 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to revise the plan by identifying and describing essential fish habitat and designating habitat areas of particular concern.
Effective
07/28/2006
Amendment 7 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries Off Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendment 7 to the fishery management plan for the salmon fisheries off Alaska. This amendment identifies and describes essential fish habitat and designates habit areas of particular concern.
Effective
07/28/2006