# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Halibut Deck Sorting Monitoring Requirements for Trawl Catcher/Processors Operating in Non-Pollock Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska
> **Rule** · Final rule; lift of stay; date of effectiveness for collection- of-information requirements. · Published 2020-01-28 · Effective 2020-01-28 · 85 FR 4905
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-00712
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** halibut
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 4905
- **Publication date:** 2020-01-28
- **Effective date:** 2020-01-28
- **NOAA docket:** 200113-0012
## Abstract

NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of collection-of-information requirements, which were contained in regulations to implement catch handling and monitoring requirements to allow Pacific halibut (halibut) bycatch to be sorted on the deck of trawl catcher/processors (C/Ps) and motherships participating in the non-pollock groundfish fisheries off Alaska, in a final rule published on October 15, 2019. The intent of this rule is to inform the public of the effectiveness of the collection-of-information requirements associated with the catch handling and monitoring requirements included in the October 15, 2019, final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/28/2020-00712/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-halibut-deck-sorting-monitoring-requirements-for)
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