NMFS Proposes Rule to Relieve Transfer Restrictions on Individual Fishing Quota Shares in Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a rule to implement amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and the Gulf of Alaska, aimed at facilitating the full utilization of allocated resources under the Individual Fishing Quota Program for Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries in and off of Alaska.