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• 73 FR 22287, April 25, 2008. NMFS announces the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota it has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC) for bowhead whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations adopted at the 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Effective April 25, 2008.

• 73 FR 9035, February 19, 2008. Final rule to implement BSAI Amendment 88 and revise the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area boundary. Effective March 20, 2008.

• 73 FR 27768, May 14, 2008. Correction to a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on September 4, 2007. The final rule implemented Amendment 85 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area as partially approved by NMFS. In addition, NMFS is correcting another final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on September 14, 2007. This final rule implemented Amendment 80 to the FMP. Effective January 1, 2008


• 73 FR 14728, March 19, 2008. Final rule to adjust the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for sablefish in the West Yakutat and Southeast Outside Districts. This action is necessary because NMFS determined that these TACs were incorrectly specified in the Federal Register on February 27, 2008 (73 FR 10562). Effective March 14, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Comments must be received by March 31, 2008.


• 73 FR 12898, March 11, 2008. Final rule to repeal regulations providing for a groundfish vessel incentive program (VIP) that was designed to reduce the rate at which Pacific halibut and red king crab are taken as incidental catch in Alaska groundfish trawl fisheries. Effective April 10, 2008.


• 73 FR 11562, March 4, 2008. Temporary rule, reallocation of projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using pot or hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Effective February 28, 2008.


• 73 FR 10562, February 27, 2008. Final 2008 and 2009 final harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments thereof, Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits, and associated management measures for the groundfish fishery of the GOA. Effective at 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 27, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2009.


• 73 FR 10160, February 26, 2008. Final 2008 and 2009 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the BSAI. Effective at 1200 hrs, A.l.t., February 26, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2009.


• 73 FR 9035, February 19, 2008. Final rule to implement BSAI Amendment 88 and revise the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area boundary. Effective March 20, 2008.


• 73 FR 8822, February 15, 2008. Final rule to modify the IFQ Program for the fixed-gear commercial Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries. Effective March 17, 2008.


• 73 FR 1831, January 10, 2008. Temporary rule to adjust the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for pollock in the GOA. Effective January 7, 2008.


• 73 FR 1555, January 9, 2008. NMFS rescinds the trawl closure in the Chiniak Gully Research Area to allow vessels using trawl gear to participate in directed fishing for groundfish in the Chiniak Gully Research Area. Effective August 1, 2008, through September 20, 2008.


• 73 FR 1554, January 9, 2008. Temporary rule to adjust the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the GOA Pacific cod fishery. Effective January 4, 2008.


• 73 FR 823, January 4, 2008. Temporary rule, adjustment of pollock total allowable catch amounts in the Bering Sea. Effective December 31, 2007.

• 73 FR 12280, March 7, 2008. Annual management measures for the Pacific halibut fishery and modifications to the Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A.

• 73 FR 14728, March 19, 2008. Final rule to adjust the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for sablefish in the West Yakutat and Southeast Outside Districts. This action is necessary because NMFS determined that these TACs were incorrectly specified in the Federal Register on February 27, 2008 (73 FR 10562). Effective March 14, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Comments must be received by March 31, 2008.


• 73 FR 8822, February 15, 2008. Final rule to modify the IFQ Program for the fixed-gear commercial Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries. Effective March 17, 2008.

• 73 FR 19000, April 8, 2008. Final rule to designate critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale. Effective May 8, 2008.


• 73 FR 12024, March 6, 2008. Final rule to list the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two separate, endangered species, North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis). Effective April 7, 2008.

• 73 FR 1555, January 9, 2008. NMFS rescinds the trawl closure in the Chiniak Gully Research Area to allow vessels using trawl gear to participate in directed fishing for groundfish in the Chiniak Gully Research Area. Effective August 1, 2008, through September 20, 2008.