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Established PSC limit of 55,250 chinook salmon for foreign trawl fisheries.
Modified catch limits for domestic fisheries for Pacific cod, yellowfin sole, and other flatfish.
Established optimum yield (OY) of groundfish complex; frameworked procedure for TAC and reserves, opened pot sanctuary and winter halibut savings area to domestic trawling. SAFE required.
Established PSC policy for domestic fisheries and bycatch reduction schedule for foreign trawl fisheries.
Modified catch limits for JV groundfish fisheries; allowed foreign fishing along Aleutian Islands west of 170°W.
Withdrawn.
Disapproved. Would have established a fishery development zone exclusively for U.S. fishing vessels.
Modified restrictions for foreign longlining in winter halibut savings area.
Reduced salmon PSC limits for foreign trawl fisheries.
Established catch reporting system and check in-check out requirements for catcher-processors; incorporated habitat protection policy; established directed fishing standards (20% rule).
Established bycatch limitation zones and PSC limits; Area 516 closed to all trawling year-round; established inseason management authority.
Defined overfishing and ABC; established seasonal release of JV pollock apportionment; revised PSC definition.
Modified reporting requirements for catcher-processors and motherships.
Revised federal permit requirements; established PSC limit procedure for fully utilized groundfish species in JVP and foreign fisheries.
Extended PSC limits for C. bairdi crab, red king crab, and halibut to all trawl fisheries.
Established a new observer program and data reporting system; frameworked target species definition and seasons; established Walrus Islands closure areas, allocated sablefish by gear type.
Prohibited pollock roe-stripping; seasonally allocated pollock TAC.
Allowed seasonal apportionment of PSC limits; established vessel incentive program (VIP) to reduce bycatch rates; refined overfishing, specification process, and fishing gear definitions.
Established hotspot authority; allowed pollock TAC to be limited for non-pelagic gear; established herring PSC limits and herring savings areas.
Permanently established the Walrus Islands buffer zones; authorized experimental fishing permits; established Bogoslof District for pollock specification.
Allocated pollock TAC to inshore and offshore components (35% inshore, 65% offshore); established catcher vessel operational area (CVOA); allocated 7.5% of pollock TAC as CDQ.
Revised hotspot authority; expanded VIP to all trawl fisheries; delayed opening of trawl fisheries until January 20; modified PSC limits; established new fishery definitions and directed fishing standards.
Established buffer zones around Steller sea lion rookeries.
Established trawl test areas for fishermen to test their gear prior to opening of fishing seasons.
Established IFQ program for sablefish; established Western Alaska CDQ program.
Allowed halibut bycatch mortality limits for trawl and non-trawl fisheries to be set by reg amendment.
Allocated Pacific cod by gear type (54% trawl, 44% fixed gear, 2% jig gear); authorized seasonal apportionment of Pacific cod allocated to gears.
Eliminated the primary halibut bycatch mortality limits; allowed release of vessel-specific observer data on PSC bycatch; prohibited discard of salmon until counted by certified observer.
Implemented observer requirements based on Fisheries Research Plan.
Established three districts in the Aleutian Islands for TAC specifications.
Raised the CDQ allocation limit to 33%.
Implemented the modified block plan to prevent excessive consolidation of IFQs in halibut and sablefish fisheries; clarifies IFQ transfer process.
Established the Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Area, a year-round closure to all trawling.
Authorized voluntary retention of salmon bycatch for donation to foodbanks.
BLANK. Amendment number assigned to proposed salmon VIP program that was put on hold.
Established a one-time transfer of halibut and sablefish IFQ to CDQ.
Allowed freezing of non-IFQ species when fishing sablefish IFQ.
Established chum salmon PSC limit and chum salmon savings area.
Modified red king crab PSC limits; established trawl closure areas in nearshore Bristol Bay and the red king crab savings area.
Extended provisions of Amendment 18, inshore/offshore allocation; modified CVOA area.
Modified C. bairdi PSC limits to be based on crab abundance.
Allowed halibut and sablefish IFQ assigned to larger vessel categories to be used on smaller vessels.
Established sweep-up provisions to consolidate very small quota share blocks for halibut and sablefish.
Established more conservative definition for overfishing.
Modified allocation of Pacific cod by gear type (47% trawl, 51% fixed gear, 2% jig gear).
Modified observer program.
Established plan to protect forage fish species from exploitation (pending).
Established a licence limitation system for groundfish fisheries; allocated 7.5% of groundfish TACs to CDQ programs (pending).
Established PSC limits for C. opilio crab in trawl fisheries and a snow crab bycatch limitation zone (pending).
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