# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota Program
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; opening. · Published 2008-02-21 · Effective 2008-03-08 · 73 FR 9493
## Document
- **Document number:** 08-787
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** sablefish
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 9493
- **Publication date:** 2008-02-21
- **Effective date:** 2008-03-08
- **NOAA docket:** Docket Nos. 070213032-7032-01 and 070213033-7033-01
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. The season will open 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 8, 2008, and will close 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 15, 2008. This period is the same as the 2008 IFQ and Community Development Quota season for Pacific halibut adopted by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The IFQ halibut season is specified by a separate publication in the Federal Register of annual management measures.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/21/08-787/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-sablefish-managed-under-the-individual-fishing)
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