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RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, crab, salmon and scallop; correction,
Published: 2007-11-09
NMFS issues a final rule to correct regulations implementing
essential fish habitat (EFH) 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 Alaska (State)
waters. This rule also applies EFH vessel monitoring system (VMS) and
closure
RULES: Pollock,
Published: 2007-02-15
NMFS is reopening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical
Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 48 hours. This action is
necessary to fully use the A season allowance of the 2007 total
allowable catch (TAC) of pollock specified for Statistical Area 630 of
the GOA.
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Berring Sea and Aleutian Islands pacific cod,
Published: 2007-04-16
NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher
vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using
pot or hookandline gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2007
total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod specified for catcher
vessels less than
RULES: Pacific ocean perch,
Published: 2007-07-23
NMFS is prohibiting retention of Pacific ocean perch in the
West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). NMFS is requiring
that Pacific ocean perch in this area be treated in the same manner as
prohibited species and discarded at sea with a minimum of injury. This
action is necessary because the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of
Pacific
RULES: Shallow-water species; opening to vessels using trawl gear in Gulf of Alaska,
Published: 2007-09-26
NMFS is opening directed fishing for species that comprise the
shallowwater species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf
of Alaska (GOA) for 48 hours, effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time,
September 21, 2007.
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pacific halibut and sablefish,
Published: 2007-12-28
NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) of collectionofinformation requirements implementing the
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for the fixedgear commercial Pacific
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halibut fishery and sablefish fishery. OMB assigned OMB Control Number
06480569 to the collection of information contained in these
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pacific cod,
Published: 2007-03-01
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by
catcher vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA)
using jig or hookandline gear in the Bogoslof Pacific cod exemption
area of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI).
This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the limit of Pacific cod
for catcher
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pacific cod,
Published: 2007-05-30
NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher
vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using
pot or hookandline gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2007
total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod specified for catcher
vessels less than
RULES: Rock sole, flathead sole, and other flatfish,
Published: 2007-08-09
NMFS is closing directed fishing for rock sole, flathead
sole, and ``other flatfish'' by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is
necessary to prevent exceeding the third seasonal allowance of the 2007
halibut bycatch allowance specified for the trawl rock sole, flathead
sole, and
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pacific cod; correction,
Published: 2007-10-24
NMFS is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal
Register on September 4, 2007. The final rule implemented Amendment 85
to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP) as partially approved by NMFS,
and implemented recent changes to the MagnusonStevens Fishery
Conservation and
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pollock,
Published: 2007-01-23
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in
Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is
necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2007 total
allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
RULES: Pacific cod,
Published: 2007-03-21
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by
catcher processor vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the 2007 first seasonal allowance of the Pacific cod
total allowable catch (TAC) specified for catcher processor vessels
using trawl gear in
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Deep water species,
Published: 2007-06-29
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise
the deepwater species fishery for catcher processor rockfish
cooperatives subject to sideboard limits established under the Central
Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program in the GOA. This action is
necessary because the 2007 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch
(PSC) sideboard limit
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Atka mackerel,
Published: 2007-09-14
NMFS is announcing the opening and closing dates of the first
and second directed fisheries within the harvest limit area (HLA) in
Statistical Areas 542 and 543. This action is necessary to conduct
directed fishing in the HLA in areas 542 and 543 and to prevent
exceeding the HLA limits established for area 542 and area 543 pursuant
to the 2007
PROPOSED RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, crab, salmon, and scallop,
Published: 2007-11-13
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has
submitted Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area,
Amendment 23 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner
Crabs, Amendment 12 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska, and
Amendment 9 to
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Chiniak Gully Research Area groundfish,
Published: 2007-02-20
NMFS is rescinding the trawl closure in the Chiniak Gully
Research Area. This action is necessary to allow vessels using trawl
gear to participate in directed fishing for groundfish in the Chiniak
Gully Research Area.
PROPOSED RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Gulf of Alaska rockfish,
Published: 2007-04-16
NMFS issues this proposed rule for the Central Gulf of Alaska
(GOA) rockfish fisheries to revise monitoring and enforcement (M&E)
provisions related to catcher/processor vessels harvesting under the
optout fishery, and to make changes to regulations governing the
rockfish fisheries. This action is necessary to clarify procedures and
to correct
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pelagic shelf rockfish,
Published: 2007-07-24
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf
rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This
action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 total allowable catch
(TAC) of pelagic shelf rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the
GOA.
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pollock,
Published: 2007-09-28
NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical
Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully
use the C season allowance of the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of
pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish,
Published: 2007-03-02
NMFS announces 2007 and 2008 final harvest specifications and
prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action
is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2007
and 2008 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of
Part II: Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Published: 2007-05-30
NMFS issues a proposed rule to implement Amendment 80 to the
Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 80 (hereinafter the
``Program'') primarily would allocate several Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands (BSAI) nonpollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing
sectors, and
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Yellowfin sole,
Published: 2007-08-09
NMFS is closing directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels
using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area
(BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 halibut
bycatch allowance specified for the trawl yellowfin sole fishery
category in the BSAI.
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pacific cod,
Published: 2007-10-23
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by
catcher vessels using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding
the 2007 directed fishing allowance (DFA) of Pacific cod specified for
catcher vessels using pot gear in the BSAI.
RULES: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—; Pacific cod,
Published: 2007-01-26
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for the A season allowance of the 2007 Pacific cod sideboard limits
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apportioned to nonAmerican Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels catching
Pacific cod for processing by the inshore component in the Central
Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary
to prevent exceeding the
RULES: Pollock,
Published: 2007-03-21
NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical
Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 48 hours. This action is
necessary to fully use the B season allowance of the 2007 total
allowable catch (TAC) of pollock specified for Statistical Area 610 of
the GOA.
