NOAA Fisheries

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

• 61 FR 41744, August 12, 1996. NMFS adds the City of Akutan to the list of Western Alaska communities that are eligible to participate in CDQ programs.

Crab

• 61 FR 65985, December 16, 1996. BSAI Amendment 37 closures and increased observer coverage to protect red king crab stocks in Bristol Bay.
• 61 FR 65989, December 16, 1996. Red king crab and Pacific halibut bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997.
• 61 FR 56425, November 1, 1996. Amendments 47/47/6 to implement observer coverage in the CDQ Program and to repeal the North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.
• 61 FR 27312, May 31, 1996. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 1996. Comment period through June 30, 1996.
• 60 FR 61213, November 29, 1995. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1996. Comment period through December 28, 1996.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 61 FR 67962, December 26, 1996. Amendments 43/43 to increase the consolidation ('sweep-up') levels for small quota share blocks for Pacific halibut and sablefish.
• 61 FR 37843, December 22, 1996. Correction to a Final Rule concerning Fisheries Off West Coast and in the Western Pacific, published July 2, 1996 (61 FR 34570).
• 61 FR 65989, December 16, 1996. Red king crab and Pacific halibut bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997.
• 61 FR 65985, December 16, 1996. BSAI Amendment 37 closures and increased observer coverage to protect red king crab stocks in Bristol Bay.
• 61 FR 64299, December 4, 1996. Interim 1997 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the GOA. Effective January 1, 1997.
• 61 FR 63759, December 2, 1996. Final rule to require that all catcher/processor vessels, mothership processor vessels, and shoreside processors subject to observer coverage have electronic communication equipment necessary for transmission of observer data. Effective July 1, 1997.
• 61 FR 60044, November 26, 1996. Interim 1997 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI. Comment period through December 23, 1996.
• 61 FR 59029, November 20, 1996. BSAI Amendment 46 to allocate BSAI Pacific cod.
• 61 FR 56425, November 1, 1996. Amendments 47/47/6 to implement observer coverage in the CDQ Program and to repeal the North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.
• 61 FR 49076, September 18, 1996. Final rule to allow the use of longline pot gear by vessels engaged in directed fishing for sablefish in the BS.
• 61 FR 43312, August 22, 1996. Amendments 42/42 to allow quota shares and their associated IFQ assigned to vessels in larger size categories to be used on smaller vessels.
• 61 FR 39601, July 30, 1996. Delay of BSAI pollock season.
• 61 FR 38358, July 24, 1996. Amendments 26/29 to authorize the Salmon Donation Program.
• 61 FR 37843, July 22, 1996. Correction to a Final Rule concerning Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific, published July 2, 1996 (61 FR 34570).
• 61 FR 33382, June 27, 1996. Amendments 33/37 to allow persons authorized to harvest IFQ sablefish to process species other than IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish.
• 61 FR 27308, May 31, 1996. Amendment 45 pollock seasonal allowances.
• 61 FR 27312, May 31, 1996. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 1996. Comment period through June 30, 1996.
• 60 FR 4304, February 5, 1996. Final 1996 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the GOA. Effective January 30, 1996.
• 60 FR 4311, February 5, 1996. Final 1996 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI. Effective January 30, 1996.
• 61 FR 1844, January 24, 1996. Amendments 36/32 to relieve transfer restrictions on IFQ shares.
• 60 FR 62339, December 6, 1995. Interim 1996 Groundfish Harvest Specifications for the BSAI. Effective January 1, 1996.
• 60 FR 61213, November 29, 1995. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1996. Comment period through December 28, 1996.

Halibut

• 61 FR 65989, December 16, 1996. Red king crab and Pacific halibut bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997.
• 61 FR 11337, March 20, 1996. Final rule and approval of catch sharing plans for Pacific halibut.
• 60 FR 61213, November 29, 1995. Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1996. Comment period through December 28, 1996.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 61 FR 67962, December 26, 1996. Amendments 43/43 to increase the consolidation ('sweep-up') levels for small quota share blocks for Pacific halibut and sablefish.
• 61 FR 43312, August 22, 1996. Amendments 42/42 to allow quota shares and their associated IFQ assigned to vessels in larger size categories to be used on smaller vessels.
• 61 FR 41523, August 9, 1996. Improvements to the IFQ Program after one year of operation.
• 61 FR 33382, June 27, 1996. Amendments 33/37 to allow persons authorized to harvest IFQ sablefish to process species other than IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish.
• 61 FR 1844, January 24, 1996. Amendments 36/32 to relieve transfer restrictions on IFQ shares.

Observer Program (Groundfish)

• 61 FR 63759, December 2, 1996. Final rule to require that all catcher/processor vessels, mothership processor vessels, and shoreside processors subject to observer coverage have electronic communication equipment necessary for transmission of observer data. Effective July 1, 1997.
• 61 FR 56425, November 1, 1996. Amendments 47/47/6 to implement observer coverage in the CDQ Program and to repeal the North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan.

Recordkeeping and Reporting

• 61 FR 44980, September 24, 1996. Correction to 61 FR 31228 (June 19, 1996).
• 61 FR 31228, June 19, 1996. Consolidation of regulations at parts 671, 672, 673, 675, 676, 677 into new part 679.

Salmon

• 61 FR 38358, July 24, 1996. Amendments 26/29 to authorize the Salmon Donation Program.

Scallop

• 61 FR 38099, July 23, 1996. Scallop Amendment 1 to implement management measures and 1996-97 harvest specifications.