Notices and Rules
Standard Prices and Fee Percentages for Cost Recovery for the Amendment 80 Program, the American Fisheries Act Program, the Aleutian Islands Pollock
Notice of standard prices and fee percentages for several Alaska fisheries including the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program for groundfish and halibut, The American Fisheries Act, Aleutian Islands Pollock, and Amendment 80 Programs.
- 2023 Standard Prices and Fee Percentages (88 FR 82338, 11/24/2023)
- 2022 Standard Prices and Fee Percentages (87 FR 73540, 11/30/2022)
- 2021 Standard Prices and Fee Percentages (86 FR 67921, 11/30/2021)
- 2020 Standard Prices and Fee Percentages (85 FR 77180, 12/01/2020)
- 2019 Standard Prices and Fee Percentages (84 FR 65357, 11/27/2019)
Published
2020–2021 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2020 and 2021 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 14 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries Off Alaska
Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska is no longer valid.
Published
Amendment 51 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner Crabs, Amendment 17 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and
Amendment 51 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendment 17 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ Off Alaska to align the FMPs with the way bycatch is currently reported.
Published
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Halibut Abundance-Based Management (ABM) of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limit
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Halibut Abundance-Based Management (ABM) of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limit.
Published
Amendment 80 Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices
BSAI Fishery Management Plan Amendment 80 allocated several BSAI non-pollock trawl groundfish species among trawl fishery sectors, and facilitated the formation of harvesting cooperatives.
- Notice of Availability of DEIS for Halibut ABM (86 FR 50331, 09/08/2021)
- Final Rule: Modification of Groundfish Retention Standard (78 FR 12627, 02/25/2…
- Proposed Rule: Modification of Groundfish Retention Standard (77 FR 62482, 10/1…
- Temporary Rule - Emergency Action Extension (76 FR 31881, 06/02/2011)
- Emergency Rule - Groundfish Retention Standard (75 FR 78172, 12/15/2010)
Published
Removal of the Processing Restrictions on Incidentally Caught Squid and Sculpin Species in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to remove the regulatory restriction that limits processing of squids and sculpins to fishmeal only
Effective
Amendment 111 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and Regulatory Amendment to the Rockfish Program
Amendment 111 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area (GOA FMP) and a regulatory amendment to reauthorize the Central Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) Rockfish Program.
Effective
Alaska Rockfish Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices
Two public workshops on the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program) for potentially eligible participants and other interested parties. At each workshop, NOAA Fisheries will provide an overview of the proposal.
Effective
Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group
The Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group is tasked with reviewing information for mitigating effects of the groundfish fisheries on short-tailed albatross and other seabirds.
Published