Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program
Magnuson-Stevens Act and CDQ
Skiffs on beach below Mountain Village along the Yukon River. Photo: Jon Rowlery, Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association
Implementation of 2006 Magnuson-Stevens Act Changes
- CDQ Regulation of Harvest EA/RIR/IRFA for a regulatory amendment to revise harvest regulations for the halibut, sablefish, and pollock CDQ fisheries in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), as amended by the Coast Guard Act of 2006, May 2007
- NOAA General Counsel legal opinion about authority of CDQ Panel, June 2007
- Increases in certain CDQ Program groundfish allocations to 10.7 percent from 7.5 percent of BSAI TAC limits, effective 2008. See final rule implementing Amendment 80, page 52671, and see the Amendment 80 proposed rule, pages 30058-30063.
- NMFS letter about CDQ statement of compliance, January 2008
- NMFS letter about CDQ retention requirements for non-CDQ groundfish, March 2007
- NMFS letter about CDQ observer coverage requirements, March 2007
- NMFS letter about State of Alaska crab CDQ allocations and fisheries, March 2007
- BSAI species allocated to the CDQ Program. See 2007-2008 final BSAI groundfish harvest specifications, page 9453
- State of Alaska letter to NMFS about decennial adjustment of allocations per MSA, January 2007
- NMFS letter to the State of Alaska about decennial adjustment of allocations, January 2007
- NMFS letter to the State of Alaska about decennial adjustment of allocations, July 2006
- NMFS letter about Federal Advisory Committee Act and the CDQ Panel, August 2006
- NMFS letter suspending certain regulations for community development plans and amendments, August 2006
2006 Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendments to the CDQ Program
- CDQ requirements in the MSA (Section 305(i)(l))
- HR 889: Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006
NOTE: non-CDQ sections have been removed:
- Legislative intent for HR 889, April 2006
- Legislative intent for HR 889, June 2006
- Revisions to Section 305(i)(l) in MSA Reauthorization Act of 2006
- 71 FR 51804, Notice about CDQ and PSQ percentage allocations, August 2006