Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Hired Skipper Requirements for the Individual Fishing Quota Program
bis-export-control · Bureau of Industry and Security · Published 1999-05-10 · Effective 1999-06-09 · 64 FR 24960
Document
Document number
99-11699
Federal Register citation
64 FR 24960
CFR reference
50 CFR 679
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
Bureau of Industry and Security
Publication date
1999-05-10
Effective date
1999-06-09
Commerce docket
Docket No. 980923246-9106-02
Abstract
NMFS publishes a final rule implementing a change in the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed gear Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries in and off Alaska. This action modifies the vessel ownership requirements for quota share (QS) holders wishing to hire skippers to harvest the IFQ allocations derived from QS for Pacific halibut and sablefish in the fixed gear IFQ fisheries. This action is necessary to promote an owner-operator catcher vessel fleet in the halibut and sablefish fixed gear fisheries off Alaska and to further the objectives of the IFQ Program.