Fisheries Management – Pacific Halibut
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-28 — Pacific Halibut Fisheries of the West Coast; Inseason Action for the 2026 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery: cross-connection with fisheries-commercial-season-management: Inseason commercial season adjustment operationalizes the underlying Area 2A Pacific halibut catch sharing plan and 2026 quota framework. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-09-03 — Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; Modify Pacific Halibut Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Vessel Use Caps in IFQ Regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E: NMFS proposed rule (Nov 2025) would raise the vessel use cap in IFQ Areas 4A–4E to 5% of the combined annual commercial halibut catch limit and exclude community-held Area 4B quota from the cap, aiming to give western Alaska fishermen more operational flexibility. (novelty: 2)
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Contributing findings
Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; Modify Pacific Halibut Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Vessel Use Caps in IFQ Regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E
03-sep-2026
novelty 2
per-area 2
introduces