NAO 216-6, Environmental Review Procedures, requires all proposed actions to be reviewed with respect to environmental consequences on the human environment.
Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis of a Regulatory Amendment to the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ Program to Prohibit Use of Hired Skippers for Future Transfers of Halibut or Sablefish Catcher Vessel Quota Shares.
Analysis to evaluate a final action to amend Pacific halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing Quota regulations to revoke quota share that have been inactive since initially issued in 1995.
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.
Analysis of proposed action to modify the current structure of the IFQ Program to address a unique problem in the halibut and sablefish fisheries as identified by the Council
This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis analyzes the impacts of potential revisions to seabird avoidance (seabird bycatch) measures used in the hook-and-line fisheries conducted in the Bering Sea.