# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2022 and 2023 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
> **Rule** · Final rule; harvest specifications and closures. · Published 2022-03-02 · Effective 2022-03-02 · 87 FR 11599
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-03844
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 11599
- **Publication date:** 2022-03-02
- **Effective date:** 2022-03-02
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 220216-0049
## Abstract

NMFS announces final 2022 and 2023 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the remainder of the 2022 and the start of the 2023 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). The 2022 harvest specifications supersede those previously set in the final 2021 and 2022 harvest specifications, and the 2023 harvest specifications will be superseded in early 2023 when the final 2023 and 2024 harvest specifications are published. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the GOA in accordance with the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/02/2022-03844/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-gulf-of-alaska-final-2022-and-2023-harvest)
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