Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2025 and 2026 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
catch-limit · north pacific · Published 2025-03-18 · Effective 2025-03-18 · 90 FR 12468
Document
Document number
2025-04371
Federal Register citation
90 FR 12468
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; harvest specifications and closures.
Category
catch-limit
Region
north pacific
Publication date
2025-03-18
Effective date
2025-03-18
NOAA docket
Docket No. 250312-0037
Abstract
NMFS announces final 2025 and 2026 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the remainder of the 2025 and the start of the 2026 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the GOA in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).