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2006 Proposed Rules - 50 CFR Parts 680, 679 and 600

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Beluga Whales

  • 71 FR 8268, February 16, 2006. Notice of Availability of the Administrative Law Judge's decision on long term Cook Inlet beluga harvest regulations. The decision is available for public review, and NMFS solicits comments on his recommendations. Comments must be received by March 8, 2006.

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

  • 71 FR 58372, October 3, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 67 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Comment period through December 4, 2006.
  • 71 FR 15687, March 29, 2006. Proposed rule to amend regulations for excluding tagged halibut and tagged sablefish catches from deduction from fishermen’s Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and from Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) accounts. Comment period through April 28, 2006.
  • 71 FR 10459, March 1, 2006. Notice of proposed 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. Comment period through March 31, 2006.

Crab

  • 71 FR 25808, May 2, 2006. Proposed rule to change the economic data report (EDR) submission deadline date from May 1 to June 28 for the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program. Comment period through May 17, 2006.
  • 71 FR 20966, April 24, 2006. Proposed rule to correct two discrepancies in the scope of the sideboard protections for the Crab Rationalization Program for the GOA groundfish fisheries. Comment period through May 9, 2006.
  • 71 FR 20378, April 20, 2006. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 21 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner crabs. Comment period through June 5, 2006.
  • 71 FR 16278, March 31, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 21 to the FMP for the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program. Comment period through May 30, 2006.
  • 71 FR 14153, March 21, 2006. Notice of proposed rule to implement Amendment 20 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through May 5, 2006.
  • 71 FR 10459, March 1, 2006. Notice of proposed 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. Comment period through March 31, 2006.
  • 71 FR 9770, February 27, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 20 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crab. Comment period through April 28, 2006.
  • 71 FR 6031, February 6, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI; 73/65 to the FMP for the GOA; 16/12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs; 7/9/11 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery; and 7/8 to the Salmon Fisheries. These amendments would revise the FMPs by identifying and authorizing protection measures for essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs) and update the biological and management information in the scallop FMP. Comment period through April 7, 2006.

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

  • 71 FR 14470, March 22, 2006. Proposed rule to implement Amendments 78 and 65 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI), Amendments 73 and 65 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), Amendments 16 and 12 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 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 in the Exclusive Economic Zone off the Coast of Alaska. These amendments, if approved, would revise the FMPs by identifying and describing essential fish habitat (EFH), designating habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs), and including measures to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH. Comment period through May 8, 2006.
  • 71 FR 6031, February 6, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI; 73/65 to the FMP for the GOA; 16/12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs; 7/9/11 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery; and 7/8 to the Salmon Fisheries. These amendments would revise the FMPs by identifying and authorizing protection measures for essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs) and update the biological and management information in the scallop FMP. Comment period through April 7, 2006.

Fur Seals

  • 71 FR 32306, June 5, 2006. Notice of Availability for the Draft Conservation Plan for the Eastern Pacific Stock of Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus). Comment period through August 4, 2006.

GOA Rationalization

  • 71 FR 33040, June 7, 2006. Proposed rule for Amendment 68 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA to implement statutory provisions for the Central GOA Rockfish Pilot Program. Comment period through July 24, 2006.

Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management

  • 71 FR 75460, December 15, 2006. NMFS proposes 2007 and 2008 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI. Comment period through January 16, 2007.
  • 71 FR 75437, December 15, 2006. NMFS proposes 2007 and 2008 harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the GOA. Comment period through January 16, 2007.
  • 71 FR 70943, December 7, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 85 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI. Comment period through February 5, 2007.
  • 71 FR 64218, November 1, 2006. Proposed rule for Amendment 67 to the Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management Plan to modify the IFQ program for the fixed-gear commercial Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries. Comment period through December 18, 2006.
  • 71 FR 58372, October 3, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 67 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Comment period through December 4, 2006.
  • 71 FR 46364, August 11, 2006. Proposed rule to implement the BSAI Catcher Processor Capacity Reduction Program for the longline catcher processor subsector of the BSAI nonpollock groundfish fishery. Comment period through September 11, 2006.
  • 71 FR 39046, July 11, 2006. Proposed rule to revise the final 2006 and 2007 harvest specifications for the GOA. Comment period through August 10, 2006.
  • 71 FR 33040, June 7, 2006. Proposed rule for Amendment 68 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA to implement statutory provisions for the Central GOA Rockfish Pilot Program. Comment period through July 24, 2006.
  • 71 FR 27984, May 15, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 68 to the FMP for the groundfish fisheries of the GOA. Comment period through July 14, 2006.
  • 71 FR 15152, March 27, 2006. Proposed rule to close the Chiniak Gully region on the east side of Kodiak Island in the GOA from August 1 to a date no later than September 20 from 2006 through 2010. Comment period through April 26, 2006.
  • 71 FR 6031, February 6, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI; 73/65 to the FMP for the GOA; 16/12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs; 7/9/11 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery; and 7/8 to the Salmon Fisheries. These amendments would revise the FMPs by identifying and authorizing protection measures for essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs) and update the biological and management information in the scallop FMP. Comment period through April 7, 2006.
  • 71 FR 386, January 4, 2006. Correction to Table 1 in 70 FR 74723, for the proposed 2006 and 2007 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI. Comment period through January 17, 2006.

Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ)

  • 71 FR 64218, November 1, 2006. Proposed rule for Amendment 67 to the Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management Plan to modify the IFQ program for the fixed-gear commercial Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries. Comment period through December 18, 2006.
  • 71 FR 58372, October 3, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 67 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Comment period through December 4, 2006.
  • 71 FR 26728, May 8, 2006. Proposed rule for an amendment to the IFQ Cost Recovery Program for the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and the BSAI Crab Rationalization Programs. Comment period through June 7, 2006.
  • 71 FR 15687, March 29, 2006. Proposed rule to amend regulations for excluding tagged halibut and tagged sablefish catches from deduction from fishermen’s Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and from Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) accounts. Comment period through April 28, 2006.

North Pacific Right Whales

  • 71 FR 77694, December 27, 2006. Proposed rule to list the North Pacific right whale and the North Atlantic right whale as endangered species. Comment period through February 26, 2007. Requests for public hearings must be made in writing by February 12, 2007.
  • 71 FR 6999, February 10, 2006. Proposed rule to revise current critical habitat for the northern right whale. Public hearing scheduled for March 2, and comment period extended through March 9, 2006.
  • 71 FR 4344, January 26, 2006. Notice of a 90-day finding regarding a petition to list the North Pacific right whale as an endangered species. Comment period through April 26, 2006.

Observer Program (Marine Mammal)

  • 71 FR 70339, December 4, 2006. Proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2007, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Comment period through January 3, 2007.
  • 71 FR 20941, April 24, 2006. Proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2006, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Comment period through May 24, 2006.

Salmon

  • 71 FR 6031, February 6, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI; 73/65 to the FMP for the GOA; 16/12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs; 7/9/11 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery; and 7/8 to the Salmon Fisheries. These amendments would revise the FMPs by identifying and authorizing protection measures for essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs) and update the biological and management information in the scallop FMP. Comment period through April 7, 2006.

Scallop

  • 71 FR 6031, February 6, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendments 78 and 65 to the FMP for groundfish of the BSAI; 73/65 to the FMP for the GOA; 16/12 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs; 7/9/11 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery; and 7/8 to the Salmon Fisheries. These amendments would revise the FMPs by identifying and authorizing protection measures for essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs) and update the biological and management information in the scallop FMP. Comment period through April 7, 2006.

Seafood Marketing Council

  • 71 FR 3797, January 24, 2006. Notice of proposed regulations implementing the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act governing the establishment and the operation of marketing councils.

Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan

  • 71 FR 41206, July 20, 2006. Notice of Availability of the draft recovery plan for Steller sea lions, comment period extended through September 1, 2006.
  • 71 FR 29919, May 24, 2006. Notice of Availability for public review of the draft revised Recovery Plan for the western and eastern distinct population segments (DPS) of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus).

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