NMFS Proposes Regulations to Implement Amendments to Individual Fishing Quota Program for Groundfish Fisheries in Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing changes to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and the Gulf of Alaska, aimed at improving the program's effectiveness and aligning with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.