NMFS Issues Final Rule for New Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements in Pacific Halibut Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule that implements new recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the Pacific Halibut Fisheries, including the Interagency Electronic Reporting System and its data entry component, eLandings, as well as revisions to regulations governing the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Crab Rationalization Program and other fisheries permits provisions.