Notices and Rules
2020–2021 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications
2020 and 2021 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.
Effective
11/16/2021
Amendment 14 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries Off Alaska
Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska is no longer valid.
Published
11/03/2021
Amendment 51 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner Crabs, Amendment 17 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and
Amendment 51 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendment 17 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ Off Alaska to align the FMPs with the way bycatch is currently reported.
Published
09/17/2021
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Halibut Abundance-Based Management (ABM) of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limit
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Halibut Abundance-Based Management (ABM) of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limit.
Published
09/08/2021
Amendment 80 Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices
BSAI Fishery Management Plan Amendment 80 allocated several BSAI non-pollock trawl groundfish species among trawl fishery sectors, and facilitated the formation of harvesting cooperatives.
- Notice of Availability of DEIS for Halibut ABM (86 FR 50331, 09/08/2021)
- Final Rule: Modification of Groundfish Retention Standard (78 FR 12627, 02/25/2…
- Proposed Rule: Modification of Groundfish Retention Standard (77 FR 62482, 10/1…
- Temporary Rule - Emergency Action Extension (76 FR 31881, 06/02/2011)
- Emergency Rule - Groundfish Retention Standard (75 FR 78172, 12/15/2010)
Published
09/08/2021
Removal of the Processing Restrictions on Incidentally Caught Squid and Sculpin Species in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
NOAA Fisheries issues regulations to remove the regulatory restriction that limits processing of squids and sculpins to fishmeal only
Effective
06/09/2021
Amendment 111 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and Regulatory Amendment to the Rockfish Program
Amendment 111 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area (GOA FMP) and a regulatory amendment to reauthorize the Central Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) Rockfish Program.
Effective
03/31/2021
Alaska Rockfish Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices
Two public workshops on the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program) for potentially eligible participants and other interested parties. At each workshop, NOAA Fisheries will provide an overview of the proposal.
Effective
03/19/2021
Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group
The Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group is tasked with reviewing information for mitigating effects of the groundfish fisheries on short-tailed albatross and other seabirds.
Published
02/21/2021
Regulatory Amendment to Limit Access by all Federally Permitted Vessels to the BSAI Pacific Cod Parallel State Waters Fishery
Rule modifying federal permit conditions and requirements for certain vessels fishing for Pacific cod in state waters during the State of Alaska's parallel Pacific cod fishery.
Effective
01/04/2021