Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Inshore Fee System for Repayment of the Loan to Harvesters of Pollock from the Directed Fishing Allowance Allocated to the Inshore Component Under Section 206(b)(1) of the American Fisheries Act (AFA)
other · pollock · Published 2000-02-03 · Effective 2000-02-10 · 65 FR 5278
Document
Document number
00-2284
Federal Register citation
65 FR 5278
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Species
pollock
Publication date
2000-02-03
Effective date
2000-02-10
NOAA docket
Docket No. 991210331-0017-02
Abstract
NMFS issues final regulations implementing an inshore fee system for all pollock harvested under the inshore component (IC) of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands directed fishing allowance under section 206(b)(1) of the AFA. The AFA authorized a $75 million loan to reduce fishing capacity for offshore component (OC) pollock and an inshore fee system as the means of repaying the loan. The proceeds of the loan partly paid the cost of removing nine OC catcher-processors from all commercial fishing in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The intent of this rule is to implement the inshore fee system.