# International Fisheries Regulations; 1996 Halibut Report No. 6
> **Rule** · Inseason action. · Published 1996-08-13 · 61 FR 41987
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-20618
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** halibut
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 41987
- **Publication date:** 1996-08-13
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 960111003-6068-03
## Abstract

The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes this inseason action pursuant to IPHC regulations approved by the U.S. Government to govern the Pacific halibut fishery. NMFS announces that the Area 2A (off Washington, Oregon, and California) commercial halibut fishery quota has been reached and both the directed commercial fishery and the incidental halibut catch fishery during salmon trolling in Area 2A are closed for the remainder of 1996. This action is intended to enhance the conservation of the Pacific halibut stock.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/08/13/96-20618/international-fisheries-regulations-1996-halibut-report-no-6)
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