Guided Sport Halibut Management
Charter Vessel Halibut Fishery Management
Preliminary Injunction
- Preliminary Injunction, June 20, 2008
- News Release: Southeast Alaska Sport Charter Halibut Fishery Keeps a Two-Fish Bag Limit
- Amended Order, June 13, 2008
- Temporary Restraining Order, June 11, 2008
Landing a halibut. Photo: John Hyde, ADF&G
Federal Regulations
- Pacific Halibut Fishery Regulations (see 50 CFR 300.60 through 300.66)
- Annual Management Measures: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
- Halibut Charter Guideline Harvest Levels (GHL): 5/28/08 - correction, 5/6/08 - correction, 2008, 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004
- Changes to Pacific Halibut Regulations
- 73 FR 52795, September 11, 2008. Final rule to withdraw regulations that placed limits on charter vessel anglers, including a one-halibut daily bag limit in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 2C. NEW!
- 73 FR 30504, May 28, 2008. Final rule implementing regulations to limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in IPHC Area 2c of Southeast Alaska to the guideline harvest level (GHL) of 931,000 lb (422.3 mt). Effective June 1, 2008.
- 72 FR 30714, June 4, 2007 . NMFS issues a final rule to restrict the harvest of halibut by persons fishing on a guided sport charter vessel in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area 2C.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
North Pacific Fishery Management Council Halibut Charter Information
Analyses
- Draft for Secretarial Review EA/RIR/IRFA for a Regulatory Amendment to Implement Guideline Harvest Level Measures in the Halibut Charter Fisheries in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area 2C , November 27, 2007
- Final EA/RIR/FRFA for the Regulatory Amendment to Modify the Halibut Bag Limit In the Halibut Charter Fisheries in IPHC Regulatory Area 2C, April 11, 2007
- Draft EA/RIR/IRFA for the Regulatory Amendment to Modify the Halibut Bag Limit In the Halibut Charter Fisheries In IPHC Regulatory Area 2C, March 23, 2007
Related Information
- News Release: NOAA Fisheries begins rulemaking for charter halibut fishing in Southeast Alaska, March 6, 2007
- State Department Response to 2007 International Pacific Halibut Commission recommendations, March 1, 2007