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Cook Inlet Salmon Harvest Specifications

The Inseason Management Branch monitors and manages salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet EEZ Area according to the final harvest specifications for each fishing year.
Alaska

Cook Inlet Small Entity Compliance Guide

The Small Entity Compliance Guide (select "View Document" below) contains a summary of regulations and frequently asked questions pertaining to the federal management of salmon in the Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Please note that the Small Entity Compliance guide is not a complete list of limitations and prohibitions for this fishery. See the "More Information" section for additional details. Prior to 2024, salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet EEZ was managed by the State of Alaska. Please go to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website (https://www.adfg.alaska.gov) for information regarding fishing in waters managed by the State of Alaska.
June 17, 2026 - Other Reports ,
Alaska

Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

The Alaska Region annually publishes groundfish harvest specifications of the annual catch limits for the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands in the Federal Register to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the Alaska Region.
Alaska

Small Entity Compliance Guide for Amendment 125 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI FMP)

This Small Entity Compliance Guide (Select ‘View Document’ below) contains a summary of regulations and frequently asked questions pertaining to vessels operating in the Federal BSAI Pacific cod less than 60 ft (18.3 m) length overall hook-and-line and pot catcher vessel (CV) and jig gear sectors.
March 05, 2026 - Other Reports ,
Alaska

Electronic Monitoring in Alaska

A number of electronic monitoring (EM) technologies have been applied to fisheries monitoring. Within the North Pacific, video technology is used for estimating catch and discard for fisheries management and monitoring for compliance with regulations.
Alaska

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…
Alaska

Halibut Recreational Quota Entity Program Small Entity Compliance Guide

This Small Entity Compliance Guide (select "View Document" below) contains a summary of regulations and frequently asked questions pertaining to charter halibut stamps for the Recreational Quota Entity Program in regulatory Areas 2C (Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska).
July 03, 2025 - Document ,
Alaska

Central Gulf of Alaska Small Entity Compliance Guide

The rockfish fisheries managed under this program are conducted in federal waters near Kodiak, Alaska, primarily by trawl vessels, and to a lesser extent by longline vessels. Prior to 2007, the Central Gulf of Alaska, (GOA) rockfish fisheries were managed under the License Limitation Program (LLP).
November 21, 2024 - Other Reports ,
Alaska

Crab Rationalization Program Frequently Asked Questions and Small Entity Compliance Guide

The Crab Rationalization Program allocates BSAI crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. The CR Program is a limited access system that balances the interests of several groups who depend on these fisheries. The CR Program addresses conservation and management issues associated with the previous derby fishery, reduces bycatch and associated discard mortality, and increases the safety of crab fishermen by ending the race for fish.
August 21, 2024 - Other Reports ,
Alaska

Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program Small Entity Compliance Guide

The Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program assigns Pacific cod harvest quota to qualifying groundfish License Limitation Program license holders and qualifying processors. The Program is a limited access privilege program for the harvest of Pacific cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area trawl catcher vessel sector. Under the Program, participants holding quota share form harvesting cooperatives in association with a processor to harvest the annual harvest privilege of Pacific cod.
August 21, 2024 - Other Reports ,
Alaska