NOAA Fisheries

Crab

• 62 FR 66829, December 22, 1997. BSAI Amendment 40 to establish a prohibited species catch limit for C. opilio
• 62 FR 63878, December 3, 1997. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1998.
• 62 FR 31367, June 9, 1997. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 1997. Comment period through June 30, 1997.
• 62 FR 13839, March 24, 1997. BSAI Amendment 41 to adjust prohibited species allowances for BS tanner crab and BSAI C. bairdi.
• 61 FR 65989, December 16, 1996. Red king crab and Pacific halibut bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997.

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 62 CFR 66531, December 19, 1997. 50 CFR part 600. Interim final rule to implement the EFH provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 62 FR 68228, December 31, 1997. BSAI Amendment 34 - Atka mackerel TAC allocation to jig gear.
• 62 FR 65626, December 15, 1997. Interim 1998 Harvest Specifications for the BSAI.
• 62 FR 65622, December 15, 1997. Interim 1998 Harvest Specifications for the GOA.
• 62 FR 65379, December 12, 1997. GOA Amendment 49 to establish Improved Retention/Improved Utilization.
• 62 FR 63878, December 3, 1997. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1998.
• 62 FR 63880, December 3, 1997. BSAI Amendment 49 to establish Improved Retention/Improved Utilization.
• 62 FR 31367, June 9, 1997. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 1997. Comment period through June 30, 1997.
• 62 FR 15127, March 31, 1997. Correction to regulations that authorize the release of pollock, flatfish, and Pacific cod reserves in the Gulf of Alaska.
• 62 FR 11109, March 11, 1997. Maximum retainable bycatch percentages for the Gulf of Alaska
• 62 FR 8179, February 24, 1997. Final 1997 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the GOA. Effective February 19, 1997.
• 62 FR 7168, February 18, 1997. Final 1997 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI. Effective February 12, 1997.
• 62 FR 2656, January 27, 1997. Amendments 44/44 to define overfishing.
• 62 FR 2043, January 15, 1997. Technical amendment, correction and clarification, NMFS' consolidation.
• 61 FR 65989, December 16, 1996. Red king crab and Pacific halibut bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997.
• 61 FR 64299, December 4, 1996. Interim 1997 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the GOA. Effective January 1, 1997.
• 61 FR 60044, November 26, 1996. Interim 1997 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI. Comment period through December 23, 1996.

Halibut

• 62 FR 63878, December 3, 1997. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1998.
• 62 FR 31367, June 9, 1997. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 1997. Comment period through June 30, 1997.
• 62 FR 12759, March 18, 1997. Annual management measures and approval of Pacific halibut catch sharing plans.
• 61 FR 65989, December 16, 1996. Red king crab and Pacific halibut bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997.

Improved Retention/Improved Utilization (IR/IU)

• 62 FR 65379, December 12, 1997. GOA Amendment 49 to establish Improved Retention/Improved Utilization.
• 62 FR 63880, December 3, 1997. BSAI Amendment 49 to establish Improved Retention/Improved Utilization.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 62 FR 66311, December 18, 1997. Correction to 62 FR 60667 (November 12, 1997).
• 62 FR 60667, November 12, 1997. IFQ ice and slime provision.
• 62 FR 59298, November 3, 1997. Clarification and correction of minor errors in IFQ regulations.
• 62 FR 26246, May 13, 1997. Modification of the IFQ six hour prior notice of landing requirement.
• 62 FR 7947, February 21, 1997. Increase of IFQ halibut quota share use limits in Area 4.

Observer Program (Groundfish)

• 62 FR 67755, December 30, 1997. Extension of the North Pacific Interim Observer Program through 1998.
• 62 FR 60182, November 7, 1997. Clarification of observer insurance coverage.

Recordkeeping and Reporting

• 62 FR 38944, July 21, 1997. Correction 62 FR 35109 (June 30, 1997).
• 62 FR 35109, June 30, 1997. Revise definition for "fishing trip" for purposes of monitoring directed fishing closures.
• 62 FR 26749, May 15, 1997. Corrections to 62 FR 17753 (April 11, 1997).
• 62 FR 17753, April 11, 1997. Revised Recordkeeping and Reporting requirements.

Salmon

• 62 FR 19686, April 23, 1997. Consolidation of 50 CFR 679 High Seas Salmon into 50 CFR 679 Fisheries of the EEZ off Alaska and other revisions to 679.

Scallop

• 62 FR 68230, December 31, 1997. Change scallop fishing season dates in the Yakutat and PWS Registration Areas.
• 62 FR 19659, April 22, 1997. Correction to 62 FR 17749 (April 11, 1997).
• 62 FR 17749, April 11, 1997. Scallop FMP Amendment 2 - moratorium

Seabird Bycatch Reduction and Avoidance Measures

• 62 FR 23176, April 29, 1997. Seabird avoidance management measures in the hook-and-line groundfish fisheries.

Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures

• 62 FR 24345, May 5, 1997. 50 CFR parts 222 and 227. NMFS is now reclassifying Steller sea lions as two distinct population segments under the ESA. The Steller sea lion population segment west of 144 degrees W. long. (a line near Cape Suckling, AK) is reclassified as endangered; the threatened listing is being maintained for the remainder of the U.S. Steller sea lion population.