{"abstract":"NMFS is prohibiting retention of big skate in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch of big skate in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.","action":"Temporary rule; closure.","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/2012/12/20/2012-30693.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":679,"title":50}],"citation":"77 FR 75399","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 17, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 111207737-2141-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-30693","effective_on":"2012-12-17","end_page":75399,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/12/20/2012-30693.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/20/2012-30693/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-big-skate-in-the-central-regulatory-area-of-the","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-30693?publication_date=2012-12-20","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-12-20/2012-30693/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":29,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 14:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-12-20/pdf/2012-30693.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-30693.pdf?1355779639","publication_date":"2012-12-20","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/12/20/2012-30693.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XC40":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XC40"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA-NMFS-2012-0249","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2012-0249","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Big Skate in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2013-01-09T08:06:23Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":75399,"subtype":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Big Skate in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska","toc_doc":"Big Skate in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska","toc_subject":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:","topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":77}