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 2016_register executive 2018-02-07 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f6428a D09002ee1c7f64326 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 111 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). This final rule reduces bycatch limits, also known as prohibited species catch (PSC) limits, for Pacific halibut in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries by specific amounts in four groundfish sectors: The Amendment 80 sector (non-pollock trawl catcher/processors); the BSAI trawl limited access sector (all non-Amendment 80 trawl fishery participants); the non-trawl sector (primarily hook-and-line catcher/ processors); and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program (CDQ Program). This final rule establishes the following halibut PSC limits: 1,745 mt for the Amendment 80 sector; 745 mt for the BSAI trawl limited access sector; 710 mt for the BSAI non-trawl sector; and 315 mt for the CDQ Program. This results in an overall BSAI halibut PSC limit of 3,515 mt. This action is necessary to minimize halibut bycatch in the BSAI groundfish fisheries to the extent practicable and to achieve, on a continuing basis, optimum yield from the BSAI groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws. 81 FR 24714 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-04-27/2016-09680 2016-09680 fr27ap16-12 RIN 0648-BF29 3510-22-P Docket No. 150817730-6320-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-04-27/2016-09680 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-04-27/html/2016-09680.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-04-27/pdf/2016-09680.pdf Alaska Fisheries Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 21 p. 24714 24734 81 FR 24714 Title 50 Part 679 50 CFR Part 679 RIN 0648-BF29 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; American Fisheries Act; Amendment 111; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-09680 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2016-05-27 Docket No. 150817730-6320-02 3510-22-P 2016-09680 Final rule.

NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 111 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). This final rule reduces bycatch limits, also known as prohibited species catch (PSC) limits, for Pacific halibut in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries by specific amounts in four groundfish sectors: The Amendment 80 sector (non-pollock trawl catcher/processors); the BSAI trawl limited access sector (all non-Amendment 80 trawl fishery participants); the non-trawl sector (primarily hook-and-line catcher/ processors); and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program (CDQ Program). This final rule establishes the following halibut PSC limits: 1,745 mt for the Amendment 80 sector; 745 mt for the BSAI trawl limited access sector; 710 mt for the BSAI non-trawl sector; and 315 mt for the CDQ Program. This results in an overall BSAI halibut PSC limit of 3,515 mt. This action is necessary to minimize halibut bycatch in the BSAI groundfish fisheries to the extent practicable and to achieve, on a continuing basis, optimum yield from the BSAI groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.

Effective May 27, 2016. Rachel Baker or Mary Alice McKeen, 907-586-7228. Alaska Fisheries Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; American Fisheries Act; Amendment 111 , http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ http://www.npfmc.org/bsai-halibut-bycatch/ http://www.npfmc.org/council-meeting-archive/ http://www.npfmc.org/npfmc-newsletters/ http://www.regulations.gov www.npfmc.org/council-meeting-archive www.npfmc.org/council-meeting-archive/ Vol. 81, no. 81 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-04-27 continuing daily deposited born digital 641 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-04-27 P0b002ee1984d7b82 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr27ap16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-04-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-04-27/pdf/FR-2016-04-27.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-04-27/xml/FR-2016-04-27.xml fdlp 24693 25322 DGPO 2018-02-07 2024-06-02 FR-2016-04-27 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-04-27 81 81