Fisheries Management – Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-11-06 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 128 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 116 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska; Small Sablefish Release: cross-connection with fisheries-management-gulf-of-alaska: The proposed small-sablefish release policy spans both regions through paired FMP amendments addressing fixed-gear release practices and discard accounting in annual quota allocations. (novelty: 2)
2026-10-09 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Reserves in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area: NOAA final rule allocates reserved groundfish catch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, setting inseason commercial harvest limits in federal waters off Alaska. (novelty: 2)