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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BH58 Publication ID: Spring 2018 
Title: ●2018 Commercial Fishery Catch Limits and Charter Management Measures for the Pacific Halibut Fishery in Management Areas off Alaska 
Abstract: NMFS is implementing this interim final rule to establish regulations for 2018 for Pacific halibut catch limits in the following International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Areas: Area 2C (Southeast Alaska), Area 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska), Area 3B (Western Gulf of Alaska), and Area 4 (subdivided into 5 areas, 4A through 4E, in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands of Western Alaska). This interim final rule revises regulations for a catch sharing plan for guided sport (charter) and commercial individual fishing quota halibut fisheries in Area 2C and Area 3A, and revises regulations applicable to the charter halibut fisheries in Area 2C and Area 3A. This interim final rule also revises a catch sharing plan for the commercial individual fishing quota and Western Alaska Community Development Quota halibut fisheries in Areas 4C, 4D, and 4E. An interim final rule is necessary to ensure that halibut catch limits, charter halibut fishery regulations, and catch sharing plans are in place at the start of the commercial individual fishing quota and Community Development Quota halibut fishery on March 24, 2018. This action is necessary because the International Pacific Halibut Commission, at its annual meeting, did not approve new catch limits, catch sharing plans, or charter management measures for Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E that are needed to manage commercial individual fishing quota, Community Development Quota, and charter fisheries to better protect the declining halibut resource. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 to 773k   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  05/00/2018 
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 
Related RINs: Related to 0648-BH53 
Agency Contact:
James Balsiger
Regional Administrator, Alaska Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
709 West Ninth Street,
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone:907 586-7221
Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov