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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Shortraker Rockfish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 16, 2026. It took effect on October 14, 2026.
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What the agency says
NMFS is prohibiting retention of shortraker rockfish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) except by catcher/ processors checked-in to the Central GOA Rockfish Program who are fishing with a rockfish cooperative quota permit. This action is necessary because the 2026 shortraker rockfish total allowable catch (TAC) in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA for vessels other than Central GOA Rockfish Program catcher/processors will soon be or has been reached.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-21184
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Temporary rule; closure
- Agency
- Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Published
- October 16, 2026
- Takes effect
- October 14, 2026
- Dates
- Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 14, 2026, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. 260305-0067; RTID 0648-XG065
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 679
- Pages
- 1
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