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2002 Final Rules - 50 CFR Parts 680, 679 and 600

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American Fisheries Act (AFA)

  • 67 FR 79692, December 30, 2002. AFA amendments 61/61/13/8 which incorporate the AFA into four FMPs and their implementing regulations.
  • 67 FR 78733, December 26, 2002. Interim 2003 TAC amounts for each category of groundfish, AFA sideboard amounts, and specifications for PSC amounts for the groundfish fishery of the GOA.
  • 67 FR 78739, December 26, 2002. Interim 2003 TAC amounts for each category of groundfish, CDQ reserve amounts, AFA pollock allocations and sideboard amounts, and PSC allowances and PSQ reserves for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI.

Bowhead Whale

  • 67 FR 20055, April 24, 2002. Aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations adopted at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Effective April 24, 2002.

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

  • 67 FR 78739, December 26, 2002. Interim 2003 TAC amounts for each category of groundfish, CDQ reserve amounts, AFA pollock allocations and sideboard amounts, and PSC allowances and PSQ reserves for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI.
  • 67 FR 13291, March 22, 2002. Final rule to change the CDQ regulations for BSAI crab to allow the State of Alaska greater flexibility in establishing CDQ fishing seasons.

Crab

  • 67 FR 36845, May 28, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 2002. Comment period through June 27, 2002.
  • 67 FR 1160, January 9, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 2002. Comment period through February 7, 2002.

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)


Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

  • 67 FR 78733, December 26, 2002. Interim 2003 TAC amounts for each category of groundfish, AFA sideboard amounts, and specifications for PSC amounts for the groundfish fishery of the GOA.
  • 67 FR 78739, December 26, 2002. Interim 2003 TAC amounts for each category of groundfish, CDQ reserve amounts, AFA pollock allocations and sideboard amounts, and PSC allowances and PSQ reserves for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI.
  • 67 FR 77439, December 18, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 2003. Comment period through January 2, 2003.
  • 67 FR 72595, December 6, 2002. Extension of the Interim Groundfish Observer Program through December 31, 2007
  • 67 FR 70859, November 27, 2002. NMFS implements Amendment 60 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA to prohibit the use of non-pelagic trawl gear in Cook Inlet. Effective December 27, 2002.
  • 67 FR 64315, October 18, 2002. Correction to emergency interim rule for Steller sea lion protection measures and Recordkeeping and Reporting requirements.
  • 67 FR 61826, October 2, 2002. Reallocation of Pacific cod from vessels using trawl and pot gear to catcher/processor vessels using hook and line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
  • 67 FR 57183, September 9, 2002. Revision to the emergency rule for the harvest specifications (67 FR 956, January 8, 2002) and Table 11.
  • 67 FR 47472, July 19, 2002. Correction to FR 45671, emergency interim rule for Steller sea lion protection measures.
  • 67 FR 45671, July 10, 2002. Correction to the emergency interim rule for Steller sea lion protection measures.
  • 67 FR 36845, May 28, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 2002. Comment period through June 27, 2002.
  • 67 FR 34860, May 16, 2002. Extension of emergency interim rule for SSL protection measures and TAC specifications. Comment period through June 14, 2002.
  • 67 FR 21600, May 1, 2002. Emergency interim rule amendment and correction.
  • 67 FR 1160, January 9, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 2002. Comment period through February 7, 2002.
  • 67 FR 956, January 8, 2002. (1 MB file) Emergency rule for Steller sea lion protection measures and Final 2002 Harvest Specifications. Comment period through February 7, 2002.

Halibut

  • 67 FR 36845, May 28, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 2002. Comment period through June 27, 2002.
  • 67 FR 12885, March 20, 2002. Temporary final rule; annual management measures for Pacific halibut fisheries and approval of catch sharing plans.
  • 67 FR 1160, January 9, 2002. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 2002. Comment period through February 7, 2002.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

  • 67 FR 20915, April 29, 2002. Implementation of Amendment 54 to the FMP for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI, Amendment 54 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA (Amendments 54/54), and an amendment to the Pacific halibut commercial fishery regulations for waters in and off Alaska -- three changes in the IFQ Program.
  • 67 FR 9928, March 5, 2002. Opening of sablefish fixed gear IFQ season on March 18, 2002.

License Limitation Program (LLP)


Observer Program (Groundfish)


Recordkeeping and Reporting


Salmon


Scallop

  • 67 FR 55170, August 28, 2002. Correction to part of the definition of eligible applicant in a final rule published December 14, 2000, (65 FR 78110), to implement the LLP for the Scallop Fishery.

Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures