{"abstract":"NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 72 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (Amendment 72) and Amendment 64 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (Amendment 64) (collectively, Amendments 72/64). This action would revise certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed gear Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program for the Pacific halibut fishery. This action is necessary to improve IFQ fishing operations, while complying with IFQ Program requirements; to improve NMFS' ability to efficiently administer the program; and to improve the clarity and consistency of IFQ Program regulations. This action is intended to meet the conservation and management requirements of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act) with respect to halibut and of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., (Magnuson-Stevens Act) with respect to sablefish and to further the goals and objectives of the groundfish Fishery Management Plans (FMPs).","action":"Proposed rule; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2003/01/24/03-704.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":679,"title":50}],"citation":"68 FR 3485","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2003-02-24","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be received at the following address no later than February 24, 2003.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 021213310-2310-01","I.D. 101702B"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-704","effective_on":null,"end_page":3506,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/01/24/03-704.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/01/24/03-704/individual-fishing-quota-ifq-program-for-pacific-halibut-and-sablefish-revisions-to-recordkeeping","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-704?publication_date=2003-01-24","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-01-24/03-704/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":22,"page_views":{"count":240,"last_updated":"2026-08-23 22:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-01-24/pdf/03-704.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-01-24","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/01/24/03-704.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-AP92":{"issue":"200310","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-AP92/ifq-recordkeeping-and-reporting-requirements-for-catcher-vessels-bsai-amendment-72-and-goa-amendment","title":"IFQ Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Catcher Vessels; BSAI Amendment 72 and GOA Amendment 64","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200310&RIN=0648-AP92&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-AP92"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":3485,"subtype":null,"title":"Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish; Revisions to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements","toc_doc":"Pacific halibut and sablefish","toc_subject":"Fishery conservation and management:","topics":["Alaska","Fisheries"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":68}