Notices and Rules
Amendments 54 and 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted Amendments 54 and 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP) to NMFS for review.
Comments Close
04/29/2024
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program and Fee Percentages
Notification of fee percentages for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. Fee payments must be submitted by July 31.
Published
08/03/2023
Amendment 53 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
Amendment 53 would add a new rebuilding plan for snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner crabs.
Published
06/15/2023
Amendment 52 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
Rule to implement amendment 52 to the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fishery Management Plan, and amendment to revise regulations on Economic Data Reports requirements for groundfish and crab fisheries off Alaska.
Published
02/06/2023
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Rationalization Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices
Federal Register rules and notices for the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program, proposed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in 2004, to allocate crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities for 9 BSAI crab fisheries.
Effective
07/15/2022
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
09/17/2021
Amendment 50 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
Approval of Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP) to add a new rebuilding plan for St. Matthew blue king crab (SMBKC) to the Crab FMP.
Published
11/09/2020
Amendment 49 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
Amendment 115 to BSAI Groundfish FMP, 49 to BSAI and Tanner Crab FMP, 105 to GOA Groundfish FMP, 13 to Salmon FMP, 2 to Arctic FMP. These amendments would update the description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH).
Published
07/05/2018
Amendment 48 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
Amendment 48 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs and revisions to regulations implementing the American Fisheries Act (AFA) Program and the Crab Rationalization Program that determine limited access privileges held and used by CDQ groups.
Effective
12/11/2017
Amendment 47 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
BSAI crab FMP Amendment 47 and regulations to exempt eastern bairdi and western bairdi IPQ crab, custom processed through a contractual agreement, from being applied against the IPQ use cap of the processing facility owners.
Effective
01/19/2017