# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota Program
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; opening. · Published 2013-03-18 · Effective 2013-03-23 · 78 FR 16617
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-06168
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Species:** sablefish
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 16617
- **Publication date:** 2013-03-18
- **Effective date:** 2013-03-23
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 and 1112113751-2102-02
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The season will open 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 23, 2013, and will close 1200 hours, A.l.t., November 7, 2013. This period is the same as the 2013 commercial halibut fishery opening dates adopted by the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The IFQ and CDQ halibut season is specified by a separate publication in the Federal Register of annual management measures.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/03/18/2013-06168/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-sablefish-managed-under-the-individual-fishing)
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