This Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) evaluates the costs and benefits of a regulatory action to modify the halibut Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program to remove vessel cap limitations.
This action would temporarily remove IFQ halibut vessel caps for the remainder of the 2022 fishing year in IFQ regulatory areas 4A (Eastern Aleutian Islands), 4B (Central and Western Aleutian Islands), 4C (Central Bering Sea), and 4D (Eastern Bering Sea).
Analysis of the designation of critical habitat (CH) for Arctic ringed seals in waters of the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea, adjacent to the coast of Alaska, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Analysis of the economic, socioeconomic, and other costs and benefits associated with designating critical habitat for the Beringia DPS of the bearded seal in waters of the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea.
This Annual Report provides information, analysis, and recommendations based on the deployment of observers and Electronic Monitoring (EM) systems by the North Pacific Observer Program during 2019.