{"abstract":"NMFS announces final 2008 and 2009 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2008 and 2009 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.","action":"Final rule; closures.","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/2008/02/26/E8-3512.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":679,"title":50}],"citation":"73 FR 10160","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The final 2008 and 2009 harvest specifications and associated apportionment of reserves are effective at 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 26, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2009.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 071106673-8011-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E8-3512","effective_on":"2008-02-26","end_page":10184,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2008/02/26/E8-3512.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/26/E8-3512/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-final-2008-and","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E8-3512?publication_date=2008-02-26","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2008-02-26/E8-3512/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":25,"page_views":{"count":162,"last_updated":"2026-09-22 10:15:08 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-02-26/pdf/E8-3512.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2008-02-26","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2008/02/26/E8-3512.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XD69":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XD69"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-13T20:10:15Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":10160,"subtype":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Final 2008 and 2009 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish","toc_doc":"Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Final 2008 and 2009 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish","toc_subject":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:","topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":73}