Notices and Rules
Regulatory Revisions to Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Final rule revising reporting and monitoring provisions for vessels participating in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery., effective July and September 2020.
Effective
07/13/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Commercial Fisheries; halibut retention limit decrease
Final rule announcing a decrease in the incidental halibut retention limit for the sablefish primary fishery north of Point Chehalis, Washington, Pacific coast.
Effective
03/25/2020
Amendment 119 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Amendment 107 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska
Regulations requiring the operator of a federally permitted catcher vessel using hook-and-line, pot, or jig gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska retain and land all rockfish caught while fishing for groundfish or Pacific halibut.
Effective
03/23/2020
Possession and Trip Limit Increases for the Northeast Multispecies (New England Groundfish) Common Pool Fishery
Regulatory action increases possession and trip limits for certain Northeast multispecies (groundfish) common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2019 fishing year, through April 30, 2020.
Effective
03/23/2020
Correction to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2019-2020 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments
Notice of correction to routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial groundfish fisheries. This action corrects publication errors in the trip limit tables for non-individual fishing quota species and limited entry fixed gear vessels that were implemented through the final rule.
Effective
02/13/2020
Amendment 118 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Correction to the proposed rule to improve efficiency and provide economic benefits for the Individual Fishing Quota and Community Development Quota fleets, minimize whale depredation and seabird interactions, and reduce risks of overfishing.
Effective
02/07/2020
2019-2020 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2019-2020 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to establish harvest limits for groundfish.
Effective
01/29/2020
Amendment 120 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Amendment 108 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska
Amendments 120 and 108 to Alaska groundfish fishery management plans affects catcher/processors activity in the Pacific cod fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska.
Effective
01/20/2020
Amendment 21-4 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Final rule for Amendment 21-4, implementing changes to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program, which established an individual fishing quota system for vessels catching groundfish with trawl gear.
Effective
01/16/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Biennial Groundfish Management Measures
Final rule for 2019–2020 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery biennial adjustments.
Effective
01/02/2020