Analysis of changes to regulations to remove recordkeeping and reporting requirements for a notary certification as well as the requirement for IFQ fishermen using longline pot gear in the GOA to obtain and mark their gear with pot tags.
Analysis of management measures to allow eligible Community Quota Entity (CQE) community residents in Area 3A to fish halibut IFQ derived from CQE-held D class quota share on C or D class vessels in Area 3A.
Analysis of a regulatory amendment to add up to four communities to the list of eligible communities for the Gulf of Alaska Community Quota Entity Program.
Analysis of a proposed amendment to revise the Gulf of Alaska Community Quota Entity Program to allow communities to purchase catcher vessel quota share under the existing halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program.
This Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) evaluates the adverse economic impacts on directly regulated small entities of a regulatory amendment to exclude tagged halibut and tagged sablefish catches from deduction from fishermen’s Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and from Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) accounts.