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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BA37 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●Regulatory Amendment To Implement a Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 2C and Area 3A 
Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations that would implement a catch sharing plan for the commercial and guided (charter) sport fisheries for Pacific halibut in waters of International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Regulatory Areas 2C (Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska). If approved, this regulatory amendment would establish: (1) A combined catch limit annually specified by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) that is allocated between the commercial and charter halibut fisheries using percentage allocations proposed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); (2) annual management measures for the charter halibut fishery that are intended to maintain harvest to the charter allocation and specified annually by the IPHC using a non-discretionary process proposed by the Council; and (3) the opportunity for commercial halibut individual fishing quota (IFQ) holders to lease (transfer on an annual basis) halibut IFQ to charter halibut permit holders as Guided Angler Fish (GAF). 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300    50 CFR 679   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 773 to 773k   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2011    
Final Action  07/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert D. Mecum
Deputy Acting Administrator
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Room 420, 709 West Ninth Street,
Juneau, AK 99802
Phone:907 586-7221
Fax:907 586-7249
Email: robert.mecum@noaa.gov