# Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Pacific Halibut Bycatch
> **Rule** · Final rule; final 1995 specification of Pacific halibut bycatch allowances; change of effective date. · Published 1995-03-21 · Effective 1995-03-15 · 60 FR 14912
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-6845
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** halibut
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 14912
- **Publication date:** 1995-03-21
- **Effective date:** 1995-03-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 95022357-5057-01
## Abstract

On March 6, 1995, NMFS published a final rule that authorizes NMFS to determine annually whether to apportion a Pacific halibut bycatch allowance to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) or Gulf of Alaska (GOA) hook-and-line gear fisheries for sablefish, or to exempt these fisheries from halibut bycatch restrictions. Final 1995 halibut bycatch allowances also were specified for the BSAI nontrawl fisheries and GOA hook-and-line gear fisheries that exempted the sablefish hook-and-line gear fisheries from halibut bycatch restrictions. NMFS is changing the effective date of a portion of the final rule from April 3, 1995, to March 15, 1995, to avoid a closure of the GOA sablefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) fishery when it opens on March 15.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/03/21/95-6845/groundfish-of-the-gulf-of-alaska-groundfish-fishery-of-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-area)
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