Halibut Issues

NOAA Fisheries opens comments on proposal limiting charter halibut boats
National Marine Fisheries Service information about Halibut Management : Halibut/Sablefish IFQ Proposal Form;

The Council's Halibut Charter Stakeholder Committee Information page;  
NOAA Fisheries opens comments on proposal limiting charter halibut boats; News release:  Long-term solution is catch share program
 

CHARTER
Catch Sharing Plan	Moratorium/Limited Entry
Issues in Selecting a Maximum Length Limit to Manage Charter Halibut Harvest in Times of Low Abundance 7/09
Projecting Sport Charter Halibut Harvests Under the NPFMC Catch Sharing Plan 7/09	Charter Vessel Moratorium analysis 11/09
Area 2C/3A Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Motion (updated 10/8) CSP Matrix	Charter Moratorium motion (3/07)
Area 2C 3A Catch Sharing Plan; implementation plan (9/08)	Halibut Charter Moratorium (3/07)
Charter Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Motion 4/08	Moratorium motion (12/06)
2C3A Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Analysis: supplement 3/08	Area 2C GHL
Charter Halibut interim measures motion (revised);12/07	Federal Notice of GHL 2/24/09
Halibut Motion 10/07	Area 2C 3A Catch Sharing Plan; implementation plan (10/08)
Halibut Re-Allocation Analysis 9/07	Halibut motions:  2CGHL; (6/07)
Compensated Reallocation (6/07)	GHL Motion (4/07)
Allocation motion (4/07)	2C Halibut GHL EA/RIR/IRFA (5/07)
Permanent Solution (12/06)	Area 2C GHL Alts Motion (12/06)
	Halibut GHL Analysis EA/RIR/IRFA for a Regulatory Amendment/moratorium for Halibut in Areas 2C and 3A 2/2001 Submitted to the Secretary of Commerce
ADF&G Guided Sport Data	Area 3A GHL
REVISED: Evaluation of Charter Halibut Logbook Data; 2008  REVISED: Sport Halibut Harvest Estimates (9/09)	Federal Notice of GHL 2/24/09
Final 2007 sport halibut harvest estimates (9/08)	3A GHL supplement (9/08)
Area 2C and 3A Charter Halibut Harvests Relative to Guideline Harvest Levels	Area 3A GHL Analysis (9/08)
Halibut discard mortality in rec. fisheries discussion paper 9/07	Area 3A GHL analysis; supplement (revised 9/14)
ADF&G Final 2006 Area 3A harvests 2C Updated  (revised 9/26) supplement	GHL Motion (4/07)
ADF&G report on 1998 and 1999 halibut logbook data	Halibut GHL Analysis EA/RIR/IRFA for a Regulatory Amendment/moratorium for Halibut in Areas 2C and 3A 2/2001 Submitted to the Secretary of Commerce
Preliminary 2001 comparison of logbook and statewide harvest survey data, 9/2001
SUBSISTENCE	COMMERCIAL
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/newsreleases/2009/ halibutsubsistence_alert110409.htm	Interagency Staff Review of IFQ Proposals and IFQ Implementation Team Recommendations 10/16/2009 Status of Medical Transfer Provision
	IFQ Implementation Team Meeting:  Chart Room, Anchorage Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 9 - 5 pm AGENDA; Minutes; Motions Halibut/Sablefish IFQ Proposal Form; Douville, Herbert, Snell proposals; Miles (sunset); Miles (10%) Adak CDC. GOAC3;
	Late IFQ proposals:  Clipper Seafoods (sablefish A share changes); DeepSeaFishermansUnion (remove 2 block limit); Odegaard (Heritage Vessels); Offerman (second generation/1st generation rights)  Farvour (D class vessels notice to deliver)
	2010 Proposals:  1) F/V Megabite: allow transport of fish on a catcher vessel via trailer to the buyer; 2) APICDA and CBSFA: increase halibut vessel IFQ cap in Area 4; and 3) GOAC3: allow CQEs to participate in the federal loan program; 4) allow Adak to be an AI CQE community
www.fakr.noaa.gov/frules/73fr72737.pdf Final rule to correctly define the location of Village of Kanatak tribal headquarters and regulatory area in which the tribe’s members may subsistence fish. Effective December 31, 2008.	Omnibus IV motion 12/04 Analysis  11/04  Implemented on August 9, 2007  www.fakr.noaa.gov/frules/72fr44795.pdf.
www.fakr.noaa.gov/frules/73fr62444.pdf Corrected final rule corrects the headings in two tables. Effective on October 24, 2008.	Community IFQ program, Final Rule, NMFS site
www.fakr.noaa.gov/frules/73fr54932.pdf Final rule to address subsistence halibut management concerns in densely populated areas. Effective October 24, 2008.	Changes to Halibut/Sablefish IFQ program (Omnibus V) 6/06 (Proposed Rule; and  Final Rule)
Halibut subsistence motion 6/08	Commercial Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for Area 4
Rural Definition Halibut Analysis 6/08
October 2007 motion:  Alternatives for analysis to redefine rural eligibility for subsistence halibut purposes.  Note:  map is currently being revised for accuracy	FSEIS for the Halibut/Sablefish IFQ Program:   http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/ifq.htm and here: http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/index/analyses/analyses.asp#14
Subsistence Harvests of Pacific Halibut in Alaska, 2006
Halibut Subsistence Motion 12/04 Halibut Subsistence III 11/04 (proposed rule)
Subsistence Halibut Harvests in Alaska,  2003
Halibut Subsistence Final Rule www.fakr.noaa.gov/frules/fr18145.pdf Halibut Subsistence II  proposed rule,  EA/RIR for Subsistence II11/8/2001
Rural places and Native Tribes as defined by the Council for subsistence purposes.  (8/02) Designated NON-SUBSISTENCE areas as defined by the Council.  Maps. (8/02) April 02 Council Motion on Halibut Subsistence Secretarial Approval Draft of Subsistence I (Jan 2003)

FSEIS for the Halibut/Sablefish IFQ Program:  It's now here: http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/ifq.htm and here: http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/index/analyses/analyses.asp#14