This Environmental Assessment addresses an experimental fishing permit application by the Groundfish Forum to test the effects of an intermediate trawl escape panel on species and size composition of catch in trawls targeting flatfish.
This action would increase Pacific halibut quota share (QS) use limits for QS holders in the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program in Regulatory Area 4 in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for proposed Amendment 37 - three management measures for the current crab bycatch management regime for Bering Sea trawl fisheries.
Amendments 42/42 contain management measures applicable to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for Fixed Gear Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries In and Off of Alaska.