NOAA Fisheries

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

• 74 FR 11881, March 20, 2009. NMFS opens directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota Program. The season opens 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 21, 2009, and closes 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 15, 2009. This period is the same as the 2009 IFQ and Community Development Quota season for Pacific halibut.

Crab

• 74 FR 1631, January 13, 2009. Action to correct the regulatory text of a final rule published on December 15, 2008 (73 FR 76136). Effective January 14, 2009.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 74 FR 19021, April 27, 2009. Temporary rule to reallocate the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (< 18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI to allow the B season apportionment of the 2009 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested. Effective April 22, 2009.
• 74 FR 18156, April 21, 2009. Final rule to prohibit a catcher vessel from landing more than 300,000 lb (136 mt) of unprocessed pollock during a calendar day, and from landing a cumulative amount of unprocessed pollock from any Gulf of Alaska reporting area that exceeds 300,000 lb multiplied by the number of calendar days the pollock fishery is open to directed fishing in a season. Effective May 21, 2009.
• 74 FR 17113, April 14, 2009. Correction to the preamble to a final rule published on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3446). This correction is necessary to summarize and respond to public comments received on the proposed rule. No changes to the requirements of the final rule result from this correction. Effective April 14, 2009.
• 74 FR 13348, March 27, 2009. Final rule to revise the maximum retainable amounts of groundfish using arrowtooth flounder as a basis species in the Gulf of Alaska. Effective March 27, 2009.
• 74 FR 13355, March 27, 2009. Final rule eliminating seabird avoidance requirements for vessels less than or equal to 55 ft (16.8 m) length overall in the the hook–and–line groundfish and halibut fisheries in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 4E. Effective April 27, 2009.
• 74 FR 11041, March 17, 2009. Correction to Gulf of Alaska 2009 and 2010 Groundfish Harvest Specifications.
• 74 FR 9965, March 9, 2009. 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.
• 74 FR 7359, February 17, 2009. Final 2009 and 2010 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). Effective from 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 17, 2009, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2010.
• 74 FR 7333, February 17, 2009. Final 2009 and 2010 harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments thereof, Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits, and associated management measures for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Effective at 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 17, 2009, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2010.
• 74 FR 3449, January 21, 2009. Temporary rule to rescind the trawl closure in the Chiniak Gully Research Area. Effective 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 1, 2009, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 20, 2009.
• 74 FR 3446, January 21, 2009. Regulatory amendment to exempt fishermen using dinglebar fishing gear in federal waters of the Gulf of Alaska from the requirement to carry a vessel monitoring system. Effective February 20, 2009.
• 74 FR 1631, January 13, 2009. Action to correct the regulatory text of a final rule published on December 15, 2008 (73 FR 76136). Effective January 14, 2009.
• 74 FR 866, January 9, 2009. Document to correct the comment period and the date for the adjustment of the 2009 total allowable catch amount for the Bering Sea pollock fishery that published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2009 (74 FR 38). Effective December 29, 2008, through December 31, 2009. Comments must be received no later than January 13, 2009.
• 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 80307, December 31, 2008. Final rule to implement Amendment 73 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI and Amendment 77 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the GOA to remove dark rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus) from both fishery management plans. Effective January 30, 2009.

Halibut

• 74 FR 18657, April 24, 2009. Correction to the text of Final Rule (74 FR 11681) published on March 19, 2009, that implemented annual management measures governing the Pacific halibut fishery. Effective April 24, 2009.
• 74 FR 13355, March 27, 2009. Final rule eliminating seabird avoidance requirements for vessels less than or equal to 55 ft (16.8 m) length overall in the the hook–and–line groundfish and halibut fisheries in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 4E. Effective April 27, 2009.
• 74 FR 11681, March 19, 2009. Annual management measures for the Pacific halibut fishery, modifications to the Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) for Area 2A and regulations for 2009, and approval of the Area 2A CSP. Effective March 4, 2009 except for the measures in section 26 which are effective April 20, 2009. The 2009 management measures are effective until superseded by the 2010 management measures.

Halibut Charter Harvest Levels

• 74 FR 21194, May 6, 2009. Final rule to implement regulations to limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Regulatory Area 2C of Southeast Alaska to one halibut per day. Effective June 5, 2009.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 74 FR 11881, March 20, 2009. NMFS opens directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota Program. The season opens 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 21, 2009, and closes 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 15, 2009. This period is the same as the 2009 IFQ and Community Development Quota season for Pacific halibut.

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

• 74 FR 3178, January 16, 2009. Final action to amend the guidelines for National Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This action is necessary to provide guidance on how to comply with new annual catch limit and accountability measure requirements for ending overfishing of fisheries managed by Federal fishery management plans.

Recordkeeping and Reporting

• 74 FR 8883, February 27, 2009. Final rule to update regulations in 50 CFR part 679 and remove regulations that have lapsed. Effective February 27, 2009.
• 74 FR 1631, January 13, 2009. Action to correct the regulatory text of a final rule published on December 15, 2008 (73 FR 76136). Effective January 14, 2009.

Seabird Bycatch Reduction and Avoidance Measures

• 74 FR 13355, March 27, 2009. Final rule eliminating seabird avoidance requirements for vessels less than or equal to 55 ft (16.8 m) length overall in the the hook–and–line groundfish and halibut fisheries in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 4E. Effective April 27, 2009.