Alaska IFQ - Halibut and Sablefish Results
North Pacific Observer Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries regulatory changes revised the monitoring requirements for pot gear catcher/processors (CPs) participating in Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries. This action addresses management challenges created by observer data…
Published
04/30/2025
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program in Alaska Federal Register Rules and Notices 2004–Present
Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries issues this final rule to revise regulations for the commercial individual fishing quota (IFQ) Pacific halibut (halibut) fisheries for 2023 through 2027. This rule removes limits on the maximum amount of halibut IFQ that may…
Published
04/30/2025
Amendment 124 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Amendment 112 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska
This action corrects an inadvertent drafting error in final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 27, 2023, and effective on February 27, 2023. NOAA Fisheries is correcting regulations to revise the date after which only an eligible…
Published
04/30/2025
Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Management Measures - Federal Register Rules and Notices
Final RuleThe Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes as regulations the 2025 annual management measures governing the Pacific…
Effective
04/30/2025
Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program Standard Prices and Fee Percentages
NOAA Fisheries publishes the individual fishing quota standard prices and fee percentage for cost recovery for the IFQ Program for the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. This action is intended to provide holders of halibut and…
Effective
04/30/2025
Recordkeeping and Reporting in Alaska - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries issues a rule to modify recordkeeping and reporting requirements to remove pot gear tag requirements in the sablefish Individual Fishing Quota fishery in the Gulf of Alaska and remove requirements to obtain and submit a notary…
Published
04/30/2025