NOAA Fisheries

Changes to the 2008/2009 Harvest Specifications

Apportionment of Reserves

• 73 FR 77534, December 19, 2008. Temporary rule, apportionment of reserves of the non-specified reserve of groundfish to the Greenland turbot and rougheye rockfish initial total allowable catch in the BSAI. Effective December 16, 2008 through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2008. Comment period through December 31, 2008. (Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 40193, July 14, 2008. Temporary rule, apportionment of reserves of the non-specified reserve of groundfish to the Greenland turbot initial total allowable catch in the BSAI. Effective July 11, 2008 through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2008. Comment period through July 28, 2008. (Information Bulletin)

Changes

• 74 FR 233, January 5, 2009. Final rule to adjust the 2009 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock and Pacific cod fisheries. Effective January 5, 2009, until the effective date of the final 2009 and 2010 harvest specifications for GOA groundfish. Comments must be received by January 20, 2009.
• 74 FR 38, January 2, 2009. Final rule to adjust the 2009 total allowable catch amount (TAC) for the Bering Sea pollock fishery. Effective December 29, 2008, through December 31, 2009.
• 73 FR 14728, March 19, 2008. Final rule to adjust the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for sablefish in the West Yakutat and Southeast Outside Districts. This action is necessary because NMFS determined that these TACs were incorrectly specified in the Federal Register on February 27, 2008 (73 FR 10562). Effective March 14, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Comments must be received by March 31, 2008.

Reallocations

• 73 FR 69587, November 19, 2008. Temporary rule to reallocate the projected unused amount of halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) from rockfish cooperatives in the Central GOA Rockfish Pilot Program to vessels using trawl gear in the GOA. (Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 63080, October 23, 2008. Temporary rule to reallocate the projected unused amount of the 2008 yellowfin sole total allowable catch assigned to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl limited access sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. (Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 52797, September 11, 2008. Temporary rule; reallocation of the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet LOA using hook-andline gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using pot or hook-and-line gear in the BSAI. (Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 49962, August 25, 2008. Temporary rule; reallocation of the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet LOA using hook-andline gear to the B season allocation for vessels using jig gear in the BSAI. (Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 47559, August 14, 2008. Temporary rule; correction to revise Table 4 that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI.
• 73 FR 44173, July 30, 2008. Temporary rule; reallocation of the projected unused amount of the 2008 incidental catch allowance (ICA) of Atka mackerel to the B season allowance of Atka mackerel for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI.(Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 19748, April 11, 2008. Temporary rule, reallocation of projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using pot or hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. (Information Bulletin)
• 73 FR 11562, March 4, 2008. Temporary rule, reallocation of projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using pot or hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. (Information Bulletin)

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