Analysis of the Final Rule to Prohibit the Use of Hired Masters for Sablefish Catcher Vessel Quota Shares Received by Transfer after February 12, 2010 : Consistency of the Final Rule With National Standards 9 and 10 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

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• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  This analysis was prepared in response to a January 13, 2016, order from the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, regarding a 2014 final rule issued by NMFS (Fairweather Fish, Inc. et al. vs. Pritzker et al., Case No. 3:14-cv-05685-BHS). NMFS published the final rule (Final Rule) to prohibit initial Quota recipients from using a hired master to harvest Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) derived from sablefish catcher vessel Quota received by transfer after February 12, 2010 (NMFS 2014). The Final Rule is intended to promote a fishery management objective identified by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council). The Council recommended the Final Rule to maintain progress toward predominantly owneronboard halibut and sablefish fisheries.
• Keywords:
  Fishery Management Harvesting Pacific Halibut Sablefish Fisheries Fishery Management Pacific Halibut Sablefish Fisheries
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska, Gulf of
• Name as Subject:
  United States. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management ; United States. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:535c0164d6ec9feba50a90ba98a28e26cdb6f3262ea76670a9b65e10dad2d1f8
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18247/noaa_18247_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 294.56 KB ]