Sustainable Fisheries Results
Amendment 3 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries Off Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the High Seas Salmon Fisheries off the Coast of Alaska East of 175 Degrees East Longitude (FMP). Amendment 3 revises the FMP to:
incorporate recent…
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Alaska Tanner Crab Fishery Management Plan and Fishery Management - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries issues this final rule implementing a technical amendment to remove, in its entirety, the final rule for the King Crab Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area. This action is being taken for the following reasons: 1) The rule…
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Implementation of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs FMP
The Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) was approved by the Secretary of Commerce on June 2, 1989. The FMP establishes a State/Federal cooperative management regime…
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Implementation of the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Emergency Rule:
The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) extends through April 20, 1987, an emergency rule amending regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP) in effect…
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Implementation of the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
Final regulations to implement an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Gulf of Alaska Groundfish establishing an optimum yield (OY), domestic annual harvest (DAH), and total allowable level of foreign fishing (TALFF) for fishes of the…
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Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program in Alaska Federal Register Rules and Notices 1986-2003
The commercial halibut and sablefish fisheries in the GOA and the BSAI management areas are managed under the IFQ Program that was implemented in 1995 (58 FR 59375, November 9, 1993). The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NOAA…
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1980-1989 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…
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