NOAA Fisheries

American Fisheries Act (AFA)

• 71 FR 63704, October 31, 2006. Final 2006 and 2007 harvest specifications for the "other species" complex in the GOA. This rule also revises the 06/07 other species harvest sideboard limitations for non-exempt AFA catcher vessels and non-AFA crab vessels. Effective Nov. 30 2006 - Dec. 31, 2007.

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

• 71 FR 48483, August 21, 2006. Temporary rule reallocating the projected unused amounts of Community Development Quota (CDQ) and non-CDQ pollock from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea and Bering Sea subarea pollock from the incidental catch allowance to the directed fisheries. Effective August 16 through December 31, 2006.
• 71 FR 36489, June 27, 2006. Final rule to exclude tagged halibut and tagged sablefish catches from deduction from fishermen’s Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and from Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) accounts; Small Entity Compliance Guide. Effective July 27, 2006.
• 71 FR 27209, May 10, 2006. Final rule to exempt any crab landed under the CDQ Program from the fee regulations for the BSAI King and Tanner Crab Fishing Capacity Reduction Program. Effective date June 9, 2006.

Crab

• 71 FR 63704, October 31, 2006. Final 2006 and 2007 harvest specifications for the "other species" complex in the GOA. This rule also revises the 06/07 other species harvest sideboard limitations for non-exempt AFA catcher vessels and non-AFA crab vessels. Effective Nov. 30 2006 - Dec. 31, 2007.
• 71 FR 44231, August 4, 2006. Final rule to amend the IFQ Cost Recovery Program for the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and the BSAI Crab Rationalization Programs. Effective September 5, 2006.
• 71 FR 40030, July 14, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendment 21 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Effective August 14, 2006.
• 71 FR 38298, July 6, 2006. Final rule to implement changes to the regulations for the Crab Rationalization Program to correct two discrepancies in the scope of the sideboard protections for GOA groundfish fisheries provided in a previous rulemaking. Effective on August 7, 2006.
• 71 FR 38112, July 5, 2006. Final rule to implement revision of the annual economic data reports (EDRs) submission deadline from May 1 to June 28. Effective on July 5, 2006.
• 71 FR 36694, June 28, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI, Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA, Amendments 16 and 12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendments 7 and 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, and Amendments 7 and 8 to the FMP for Salmon Fisheries. These amendments revise the FMPs by identifying and describing EFH, designating HAPC, and include measures to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH. Effective July 28, 2006.
• 71 FR 32862, June 7, 2006. Final rule implementing Amendment 20 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs.
• 71 FR 27209, May 10, 2006. Final rule to exempt any crab landed under the CDQ Program from the fee regulations for the BSAI King and Tanner Crab Fishing Capacity Reduction Program. Effective date June 9, 2006.

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 71 FR 36694, June 28, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI, Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA, Amendments 16 and 12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendments 7 and 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, and Amendments 7 and 8 to the FMP for Salmon Fisheries. These amendments revise the FMPs by identifying and describing EFH, designating HAPC, and include measures to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH. Effective July 28, 2006.

Fur Seals

• 71 FR 8222, February 16, 2006. Notice of final fur seal harvest estimates on St. George and St. Paul Islands (the Pribilof Islands) for 2002 to 2004, and the annual estimates for the fur seal subsistence needs from 2005 through 2007.

GOA Rationalization

• 71 FR 67210, November 20, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendment 68 'Rockfish Pilot Program' to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Effective December 20, 2006.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

• 71 FR 67210, November 20, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendment 68 'Rockfish Pilot Program' to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Effective December 20, 2006.
• 71 FR 63704, October 31, 2006. Final 2006 and 2007 harvest specifications for the "other species" complex in the GOA. This rule also revises the 06/07 other species harvest sideboard limitations for non-exempt AFA catcher vessels and non-AFA crab vessels. Effective Nov. 30 2006 - Dec. 31, 2007.
• 71 FR 57696, September 29, 2006. Final rule implementing the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Catcher Processor Capacity Reduction Program for the longline catcher processor subsector of the BSAI non-pollock groundfish fishery. Effective October 30, 2006.
• 71 FR 48802, August 22, 2006. Final List of Fisheries for 2006, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Effective September 21, 2006.
• 71 FR 48483, August 21, 2006. Temporary rule reallocating the projected unused amounts of Community Development Quota (CDQ) and non-CDQ pollock from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea and Bering Sea subarea pollock from the incidental catch allowance to the directed fisheries. Effective August 16 through December 31, 2006.
• 71 FR 44230, August 4, 2006. 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. Effective August 3 through December 31, 2006.
• 71 FR 38298, July 6, 2006. Final rule to implement changes to the regulations for the Crab Rationalization Program to correct two discrepancies in the scope of the sideboard protections for GOA groundfish fisheries provided in a previous rulemaking. Effective on August 7, 2006.
• 71 FR 36694, June 28, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI, Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA, Amendments 16 and 12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendments 7 and 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, and Amendments 7 and 8 to the FMP for Salmon Fisheries. These amendments revise the FMPs by identifying and describing EFH, designating HAPC, and include measures to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH. Effective July 28, 2006.
• 71 FR 31105, June 1, 2006. Final rule to close the Chiniak Gully Research Area on the east side of Kodiak Island in the GOA to all commercial trawl fishing and testing of trawl gear from August 1 to a date no later than September 20 from 2006 through 2010. Effective July 3, 2006 through December 31, 2010. (Small Entity Compliance Guide)
• 71 FR 17362, April 6, 2006. Final rule for BSAI Amendment 79 to implement a groundfish retention standard (GRS) program in the BSAI for trawl catcher/processor vessels (C/Ps) that are 125 ft (38.1 m)length overall (LOA) or greater and that are not listed AFA catcher/processors referred to throughout this rule as non-AFA trawl C/Ps. Effective January 20, 2008.
• 71 FR 12626, March 13, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendment 69 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Effective April 12, 2006.
• 71 FR 10870, March 3, 2006. Final 2006 and 2007 harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments thereof, Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) 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.), March 3, 2006, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2007.
• 71 FR 10894, March 3, 2006. 2006 and 2007 final harvest specifications and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Effective at 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 3, 2006, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2007.
• 71 FR 1698, January 11, 2006. Final Rule to open the Cape Sarichef Research Restriction Area in the BSAI to directed fishing for groundfish using trawl, pot, and hook-and-line gear from March 15 through March 31, 2006. Effective February 10, 2006.
• 71 FR 247, January 4, 2006. List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2005, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Effective February 3, 2006.

Halibut

• 71 FR 10850, March 3, 2006. Annual management measures for Pacific halibut fisheries and approval of Catch Sharing Plan; changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and to sport fishing management in Area 2A. Effective March 5, 2006.

Halibut Charter Harvest Levels

• 71 FR 38298, July 6, 2006. This action corrects the regulatory text of a final rule published August 8, 2003, that implemented the guideline harvest level (GHL) for the charter sport fishery for Pacific halibut in waters off Alaska. This action is necessary to correct a typographical error in regulations implementing the GHL.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

• 71 FR 78383, December 29, 2006. Notification of the standard prices and percentages for the IFQ Cost Recovery Program in the Halibut and Sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. Cost Recovery fees due by January 31, 2007.
• 71 FR 44231, August 4, 2006. Final rule to amend the IFQ Cost Recovery Program for the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and the BSAI Crab Rationalization Programs. Effective September 5, 2006.
• 71 FR 36489, June 27, 2006. Final rule to exclude tagged halibut and tagged sablefish catches from deduction from fishermen’s Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and from Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) accounts; Small Entity Compliance Guide. Effective July 27, 2006.
• 71 FR 10850, March 3, 2006. Annual management measures for Pacific halibut fisheries and approval of Catch Sharing Plan; changes to the Catch Sharing Plan and to sport fishing management in Area 2A. Effective March 5, 2006.

Marine Mammal Take and Research Permits

• 71 FR 48802, August 22, 2006. Final List of Fisheries for 2006, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Effective September 21, 2006.
• 71 FR 11314, March 7, 2006. Final Rule issuing regulations to govern the unintentional takings of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to operation of an offshore oil and gas platform at the Northstar facility in the Beaufort Sea. Effective from April 6, 2006 through April 6, 2011.
• 71 FR 4297, January 26, 2006. Final Rule issuing regulations to govern the unintentional takings of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to rocket launches from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, AK. Effective from February 27, 2006 through February 28, 2011.

North Pacific Right Whales

• 71 FR 38277, July 6, 2006. Final rule to revise the current critical habitat for the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) by designating additional areas within the North Pacific Ocean. Effective August 7, 2006.

Observer Program (Groundfish)

• 71 FR 20346, April 20, 2006. Final rule to amend regulations supporting the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program. Effective on May 22, 2006.

Observer Program (Marine Mammal)

• 71 FR 48802, August 22, 2006. Final List of Fisheries for 2006, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Effective September 21, 2006.

Salmon

• 71 FR 36694, June 28, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI, Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA, Amendments 16 and 12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendments 7 and 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, and Amendments 7 and 8 to the FMP for Salmon Fisheries. These amendments revise the FMPs by identifying and describing EFH, designating HAPC, and include measures to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH. Effective July 28, 2006.

Scallop

• 71 FR 36694, June 28, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI, Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA, Amendments 16 and 12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, Amendments 7 and 9 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska, and Amendments 7 and 8 to the FMP for Salmon Fisheries. These amendments revise the FMPs by identifying and describing EFH, designating HAPC, and include measures to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH. Effective July 28, 2006.

Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures

• 71 FR 31105, June 1, 2006. Final rule to close the Chiniak Gully Research Area on the east side of Kodiak Island in the GOA to all commercial trawl fishing and testing of trawl gear from August 1 to a date no later than September 20 from 2006 through 2010. Effective July 3, 2006 through December 31, 2010. (Small Entity Compliance Guide)