Notices and Rules
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fisheries
Congress authorized up to $100 million to finance a buyback program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries to reduce excess capacity and promote economic efficiency in the crab fishery.
Published
12/02/2016
Revision to Cost Recovery Fee Collection Methods for the Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program and the Bering Sea and Aleutian
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to revise the authorized methods for payment of cost recovery fees for the Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program.
Effective
05/23/2016
Amendment 44 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries issues this final rule to implement Amendment 44 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs and a regulatory amendment that modifies regulations governing the Crab Rationalization Program.
Effective
02/12/2016
Amendment 45 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
Amendment 45 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs establishes sideboard limits.
Effective
06/18/2015
Amendment 46 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of Amendments 108, 100, and 46 to the respective fishery management plans in correcting vessel length exemptions to the License Limitation Program.
Published
05/05/2015
Amendment 31 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries implements Amendment 31 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to revise the rules governing acquisition, use and retention of crew quota share under the Crab Rationalization Program.
Effective
05/01/2015
Amendment 43 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries issues final rule to implement Amendment 103, closing the Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Zone to Pacific cod fishing with pot gear to reduce bycatch and overfishing of blue king crab.
Effective
01/01/2015
Amendment 42 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries implements Amendment 42 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to revise the annual economic data reports currently required of participants in the Crab Rationalization Program fisheries.
Effective
07/17/2013
Amendment 41 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to implement Amendment 41 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to mitigate disruptions in a Crab Rationalization Program fishery that prevent complying with requirements.
Effective
06/14/2013
Amendment 40 to the FMP for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
NOAA Fisheries announces approval of Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to update the existing essential fish habitat provisions in the plan based on a five-year review.
Published
11/06/2012