Fisheries Management – Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

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To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 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: NOAA proposes Amendment 128 to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish management plan to allow commercial fixed-gear sablefish vessels to carefully release small fish and account for discards in annual quota allocations, providing operational flexibility if adopted. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-10-09 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Reserves in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area: 2026 NOAA final rule allocates reserved groundfish catch amounts in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, setting how much reserved groundfish commercial vessels may harvest in federal waters off Alaska. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-10-21 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Modify Groundfish Season Timing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries: 2026 NOAA proposed rule would give managers flexibility to align sablefish season hours with Pacific halibut and to close BSAI groundfish fisheries at non-fixed times to reduce bycatch and discards. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-10-26 — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area: NOAA final rule reallocates projected-unused 2026 BSAI Pacific cod total allowable catch from trawl catcher vessels to hook-and-line and pot catcher vessels and to AFA trawl catcher-processors to allow full harvest of the TAC. (novelty: 2)

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