NOAA Fisheries

American Fisheries Act (AFA)

• 64 FR 71396, December 12, 1999. Inshore fee system for repayment of loan to pollock harvesters under AFA, January 5, 2000

At-Sea Scales

• 64 FR 67555, December 2, 1999. Proposed At-Sea Scales and CDQ Amendment of equipment and operational requirements, January 3, 2000

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

• 65 FR 45579, July 24, 2000. Proposed reduction of observer coverage and experience requirements for some CDQ catcher vessels and shoreside processors, 8/23/00
• 65 FR 44018, July 17, 2000. Proposed rule to implement BSAI Amendment 66 to remove the allocation of squid to the CDQ Program, 8/31/00
• 65 FR 34434, May 30, 2000. Notice of Availability for BSAI Amendment 66 to remove squid from CDQ, July 31, 2000
• 64 FR 67555, December 2, 1999. Proposed At-Sea Scales and CDQ Amendment of equipment and operational requirements, January 3, 2000

Crab

• 65 FR 58501, September 29, 2000. Notice of Availability for Amendment 14 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Rebuilding Plan for the overfished stock of Bering Sea snow crab, November 28, 2000
• 65 FR 52405, August 29, 2000. Notice of Availability for King and Tanner Crab FMP Amendment 15, St. Matthew Blue King Crab Rebuilding Plan, October 30, 2000
• 65 FR 11973, March 7, 2000. Notice of Availability for Amendment 11 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, May 8, 2000

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 65 FR 39342, June 26, 2000. Proposed rule to implement GOA Amendment 59 to prohibit groundfish fishing and anchoring in Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, August 10, 2000
• 65 FR 30559, May 12, 2000. Notice of Availability of GOA Amendment 59 to prohibit groundfish fishing and anchoring in Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, July 11, 2000

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 65 FR 58727, October 2, 2000. Withdrawal of 65 FR 41044 (July 3, 2000). Withdrawn because of current litigation on existing Steller sea lion protection measures.
• 65 FR 58727, October 2, 2000. Proposed reallocation of BSAI trawl catcher processor sector Pacific cod TAC to the trawl catcher vessel sector and to hook-and-line or pot gear, October 12, 2000.
• 65 FR 41044, July 3, 2000. Seasonal closure of a portion of the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA to vessels using trawl gear, July 18, 2000 - WITHDRAWN
• 65 FR 39342, June 26, 2000. Proposed rule to implement GOA Amendment 59 to prohibit groundfish fishing and anchoring in Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, August 10, 2000
• 65 FR 34133, May 26, 2000. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 64 for Pacific cod allocation split among hook-and-line and pot gear, July 10, 2000
• 65 FR 30559, May 12, 2000. Notice of Availability of GOA Amendment 59 to prohibit groundfish fishing and anchoring in Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, July 11, 2000
• 65 FR 19354, April 11, 2000. Notice of Availability of BSAI Amendment 64, Pacific cod split, June 12, 2000.
• 64 FR 71390, December 21, 1999. BSAI FMP Amendment 58 to revise Chinook Salmon Savings Areas, 2/4/00
• 64 FR 69464, December 13, 1999. Proposed 2000 Groundfish Harvest Specifications BSAI, January 12, 2000
• 64 FR 69457, December 13, 1999. Proposed 2000 Groundfish Harvest Specifications GOA, January 12, 2000

Halibut Donation Program

• 65 FR 56860, September 20, 2000. Proposed extension of the temporary regulations for the Pacific Halibut Donation Program, October 5, 2000

Humpback Whales

• 65 FR 49782, August 15, 2000. Extension of comment period for the proposed rule to prohibit the approach within 200 yards of humpback whales in Alaska waters. Comment period extended to October 15, 2000.
• 65 FR 39336, June 26, 2000. Proposed rule to prohibit the approach within 200 yards (182.8 m) of a humpback whale in waters within 200 nautical miles (370.4 km) of the coast of Alaska, August 10, 2000.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 65 FR 78126, December 14, 2000. Proposal to amend regulations implementing the IFQ Program, January 16, 2001.
• 65 FR 11756, March 6, 2000. Correction to proposed rule for the IFQ Cost Recovery Program, effective December 27, 1999
• 64 FR 72302, December 27, 1999. Proposed regulations to implement the IFQ Cost Recovery Program, January 26, 2000.

License Limitation Program (LLP)

• 65 FR 12500, March 9, 2000. Notice of availability of Scallop Amendment 4 to establish a Scallop LLP, May 8, 2000.

Observer Program (Groundfish)

• 65 FR 66223, November 3, 2000. Proposed rule to extend through 2002 the existing regulations for the Interim North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program, 11/20/00

Recordkeeping and Reporting

• 65 FR 78131, December 14, 2000. Proposed rule to require groundfish motherships and catcher/processors to submit a State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report, January 16, 2001.

Scallop

• 65 FR 21385, April 21, 2000. Scallop FMP Amendment 4, License Limitation Program, June 5, 2000.
• 65 FR 12500, March 9, 2000. Notice of Availability of Scallop Amendment 4 to establish a Scallop LLP, May 8, 2000.

Seabird Bycatch Reduction and Avoidance Measures

• 64 FR 73017, December 29, 1999. Notice of availability of draft National Plan of Action for the Reduction of Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries, January 8, 2000.

Seabird Critical Habitat

• 65 FR 51577, August 24, 2000. FWS extension of comment periods on proposed critical habitat for the spectacled eider and Steller's eider and Notice of Availability of draft Economic Analysis, September 25, 2000.
• 65 FR 41404, July 5, 2000. FWS extension of comment periods on proposed critical habitat for the spectacled eider and Steller's eider, August 31, 2000.
• 65 FR 20938, April 19, 2000. FWS extension of comment periods on proposed critical habitat for the spectacled eider and Steller's eider, June 30, 2000
• 65 FR 13262, March 13, 2000. FWS proposed critical habitat designation for the Steller's eider, May 12, 2000.
• 65 FR 6114, February 8, 2000. FWS proposed critical habitat designation for the spectacled eider, May 8, 2000.

Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures

• 65 FR 58727, October 2, 2000. Withdrawal of 65 FR 41044 (July 3, 2000). Withdrawn because of current litigation on existing Steller sea lion protection measures.

Vessel Monitoring System

• 65 FR 36810, June 12, 2000. Requirement to use a Vessel Monitoring System transmitter for atka mackerel in the BSAI, June 26, 2000.