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Alaska IFQ - Halibut and Sablefish Results

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Longline Pot Gear for the Gulf of Alaska IFQ Sablefish Fishery: Frequently Asked Questions

Summary of regulations governing the use of longline pot gear in the sablefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) fishery in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This Small Entity Compliance Guide satisfies the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996…

Guided Angler Fish (GAF) Program Annual Reports

The Catch Sharing Plan authorizes transfers of Alaska commercial halibut individual fishing quota as guided angler fish (GAF) in IPHC Areas 2C and 3A. These reports are annual summaries of GAF activity and provide details of the Program since inception.
December 02, 2021 - Program Review ,

Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group

The Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group formed in 2016 as a result of the 2015 biological opinion on effects of the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries on short-tailed albatross. The working group is…
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Published
04/18/2024

Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Cost Recovery Reports for Alaska

Annual reviews of cost recovery and fee payments in Alaska for the halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program.
January 29, 2021 - Program Review ,

Alaska Fisheries Reports

Reports for Alaska's federal fisheries including permits and licenses issued, catch and landings reports, management reports, and the status of fisheries report.

Categorical Exclusion (CE) for a Regulatory Amendment to Allow Community Quota Entity Individual Fishing Quota Fish Up in Area 3A.

A "fish up” provision in the halibut and sablefish IFQ Program to allow CQEs located in IFQ regulatory Area 3A holding Area 3A category D halibut quota share to have the associated IFQ harvested on category C vessels beginning August 15.
July 30, 2020 - NEPA ,

Amendment 118 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Final rule that implements Amendment 118 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and a regulatory amendment that revises regulations on Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) requirements in the…
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Effective
04/18/2024

Restricted Access Management Division

The RAM Division is responsible for managing Alaska Region permit programs, including those that limit access to the federally managed fisheries of the North Pacific. 

Final EA/RIR for Proposed Amendment 118 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Federal regulations implementing the sablefish and Pacific halibut fisheries off Alaska

Analysis of management measures to authorize the retention of legal-size halibut in pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, provided the operator holds sufficient halibut IFQ or CDQ for that IFQ regulatory area.
October 02, 2019 - NEPA ,

Final Secretarial Review Regulatory Impact Review for a Proposed Regulatory Amendment to Modify the Medical and Beneficiary Transfer Provisions in the Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program

Analysis of management measures that would modify the medical and beneficiary transfer provisions of the Pacific halibut and sablefish IFQ Program.
September 17, 2019 - Analyses (non-NEPA) ,