# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Community Development Quota Program
> **Rule** · Partial approval of the Community Development Plans for Multispecies Groundfish and Prohibited Species for the years 1998 through 2000. · Published 1998-09-16 · Effective 1998-10-16 · 63 FR 49501
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-24725
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 49501
- **Publication date:** 1998-09-16
- **Effective date:** 1998-10-16
- **NOAA docket:** I.D. 082798A
## Abstract

NMFS announces the partial approval of recommendations made by the State of Alaska (State) for the 1998 through 2000 multispecies groundfish and prohibited species Community Development Plans (CDPs) under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. This action announces the decision by NMFS to approve the State's recommended CDPs, including the percentage allocations of the multispecies groundfish CDQ reserves and prohibited species quota (PSQ) reserves to each CDP, with the exception of certain vessels listed in the CDPs that NMFS determined are ineligible for approval at this time. This action also announces the availability of findings underlying NMFS's decision. This action is intended to further the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/09/16/98-24725/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-community-development-quota-program)
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