Notices and Rules
2007-2008 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2007-2008 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
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Amendment 85 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 85 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to reduce uncertainty about the availability of yearly harvests within sectors.
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Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) Provisions in Alaska Fisheries - Federal Register Rules and Notices
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to correct regulations implementing essential fish habitat provisions for Alaska fisheries. This final rule clarifies that portions of EFH management areas in the vicinity of the Aleutian Islands are located in State of
- Final Rule/Correction to 71 FR 36694 (72 FR 63500, 11/09/2007)
- Correction to 72 FR 33732 (72 FR 42369, 08/02/2007)
- Proposed Rule to Correct 71 FR 36694 (72 FR 33732, 06/19/2007)
- Center for Independent Experts Peer Review; Effects of Fishing (69 FR 34136, 06…
- Public Meeting DEIS (69 FR 10428, 03/05/2004)
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Amendment 84 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NOAA Fisheries amends regulations governing salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to enhance the effectiveness of salmon bycatch measures.
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Amendment 80 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Amendment 80 primarily allocates several BSAI non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, and facilitates the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processor sector.
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Amendment 67 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries adopts a rule that modifies the Individual Fishing Quota Program for the fixed-gear commercial Pacific halibut fishery and sablefish fishery by revising regulations specific to those fisheries.
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2006-2007 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2006-2007 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
- Adjustment: GOA Tables 6, 13, and 16 (72 FR 1671, 01/16/2007)
- Adjustment: BSAI Tables 4, 12, and 14 (72 FR 1463, 01/12/2007)
- BSAI Apportionment of Reserve (71 FR 77626, 12/27/2006)
- Final Rule: Revised Final GOA 2006 and 2007 Harvest Specifications (71 FR 63704…
- Reallocation: BSAI Tables 3 and 10 (71 FR 59407, 10/10/2006)
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Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI and GOA Fisheries
EIS No. 20070004, Final EIS, Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications Project, Establish Harvest Strategy for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Fisheries, AK, Wait Period Ends: 2/12/2007
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Amendment 68 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to implement Amendment 68 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This action implements statutory provisions for the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Pilot Program.
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Amendment 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule implementing Amendments 7 and 9 to the fishery management plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. These amendments identify and describe essential fish habitat and designate habitat areas of particular concern.
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