Final rule; annual management measures for Pacific halibut fisheries and approval of catch sharing plans.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Species
halibut
Publication date
1998-03-17
Effective date
1998-03-15
NOAA docket
Docket No. 980225048-8059-02
Abstract
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes annual management measures promulgated as regulations by the IPHC and approved by the Secretary of State governing the Pacific halibut fishery. The AA also announces the approval of modifications to the Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A and publishes the implementing regulations for 1998. These actions are intended to enhance the conservation of the Pacific halibut stock in order to help rebuild and sustain it at an adequate level in the northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.