# Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Hired Skipper Requirements for the Individual Fishing Quota Program
> **Bureau of Industry and Security** · Final rule. · Published 1999-05-10 · Effective 1999-06-09 · 64 FR 24960
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-11699
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Industry and Security
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 24960
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 679
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/05/10/99-11699/fisheries-in-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-hired-skipper-requirements-for-the-individual)
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