Alaska Catch Weighing and Monitoring

Recordkeeping and Reporting in Alaska - Federal Register Rules and Notices

NOAA Fisheries is revising regulations to standardize the time limit in which trawl catcher/processors (C/Ps) participating in the groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management areas must…

Final Rule: Modify the Timing of Haul Designation for Trawl Catcher Processors in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries (91 FR 38309, 06/25/2026)
Proposed Rule: Modify the Timing of Haul Designation for Trawl Catcher Processors in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries (90 FR 47716, 10/02/2025)
Final Rule: Sablefish Pot Gear Tags and Notary Certification Requirements (86 FR 70751, 12/13/2021)

Final Rule,

Alaska

Published

07/21/2026

Amendment 80 Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (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 in the non-American Fisheries…

Notice,

Alaska

Published

07/21/2026

Alaska Recordkeeping and Reporting Forms

Online and fillable forms for Alaska federal fisheries.

Alaska

Monitoring and Reporting in Alaska

A combination of observer data and a suite of electronic reporting and electronic monitoring tools provide comprehensive information to support sustainable management in Alaskan groundfish and halibut fisheries.

Alaska

Scales Approved for Use At-Sea

Before a Scale Inspection can take place, the model of scale must be included on a list of scales approved for weighing catch at sea. The following types and models of scale have been approved by NOAA Fisheries.

Alaska

Catch Weighing and Monitoring in Alaska

Catch share programs require a more intensive suite of monitoring tools for management and include at-sea scales to weigh catch and catch monitoring plans developed by processors to describe how fish will be sort and weighed.

Alaska

Recordkeeping and Reporting for Federal Fisheries in Alaska

All U.S. vessels harvesting Exclusive Economic Zone fish and shoreside processors, stationary floating processors, and motherships receiving EEZ fish are required to hold a Federal permit and thus comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

Alaska

Alaska At-Sea Scales Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices

Final Rule NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to revise the at-sea scales program for catcher/processor vessels (C/Ps) and motherships that are required to weigh catch at sea. This action makes three major changes to current regulations. First, this…

Final Rule,

Alaska

Effective

07/21/2026

Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for a Regulatory Amendment to Modify Monitoring and Enforcement Requirements in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Freezer Longline Fleet

FONSI for a regulatory amendment to modify monitoring and enforcement requirements in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands freezer longline fleet.

September 13, 2012 - NEPA ,

Alaska

Regulatory Amendment to Modify Monitoring and Enforcement Requirements in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Freezer Longline Fleet - Regulatory Impact Review/Environmental Assessment

Economic and environmental impacts of an action to enhance monitoring and enforcement measures used to verify the harvest of Pacific cod by freezer longliners that operate in the BSAI

May 01, 2012 - NEPA ,

Alaska

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