United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1be02d619 D09002ee1be02d6a6 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) and Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and a regulatory amendment to the halibut individual fishing quota (IFQ) regulations. This action is necessary to increase the consolidation (``sweep-up'') levels for small quota share (QS) blocks for Pacific halibut and sablefish managed under the IFQ program. This action is intended to maintain consistency with the objectives of the IFQ program (i.e., prevent excessive consolidation of QS, maintain diversity of the fishing fleet, and allow new entrants into the fishery), while increasing the program's flexibility by allowing a moderately greater amount of QS to be ``swept-up'' into larger amounts that can be fished more economically. 61 FR 50797 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-09-27/96-24786 96-24786 fr27se96-34 RIN 0648-AI61 3510-22-F Docket No. 960918264-6264-01 I.D. 091296A https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-09-27/96-24786 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-09-27/html/96-24786.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-09-27/pdf/96-24786.pdf 3 p. 50797 50799 61 FR 50797 Title 50 Part 679 50 CFR Part 679 RIN 0648-AI61 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Individual Fishing Quota Program; Sweep-up Adjustments; Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue PRORULE 96-24786 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1996-11-12 Docket No. 960918264-6264-01 I.D. 091296A 3510-22-F 96-24786 Proposed rule; request for comments.

NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) and Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and a regulatory amendment to the halibut individual fishing quota (IFQ) regulations. This action is necessary to increase the consolidation (``sweep-up'') levels for small quota share (QS) blocks for Pacific halibut and sablefish managed under the IFQ program. This action is intended to maintain consistency with the objectives of the IFQ program (i.e., prevent excessive consolidation of QS, maintain diversity of the fishing fleet, and allow new entrants into the fishery), while increasing the program's flexibility by allowing a moderately greater amount of QS to be ``swept-up'' into larger amounts that can be fished more economically.

Comments must be received by November 12, 1996. John Lepore, 907-586-7228. Vol. 61, no. 189 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-09-27 continuing daily deposited born digital 269 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-09-27 P0b002ee180a30c54 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr27se96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-09-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-09-27/pdf/FR-1996-09-27.pdf fdlp 50689 50946 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-09-27 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-09-27 61 189