NMFS issues emergency interim regulations to supersede certain provisions of the American Fisheries Act (AFA). The elements of this emergency interim rule include a revised definition of "qualified catcher vessel" for the purpose of determining eligibility for inshore cooperatives, a revised formula to allocate the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) pollock total allowable catch (TAC) among inshore cooperatives, a revised formula for establishing crab processing sideboard limits, revised observer coverage requirements for catcher/processors and motherships participating in the AFA and Community Development Quota program (CDQ) pollock fisheries, and revised authority to publish and manage AFA catcher/processors and AFA catcher vessel groundfish harvesting sideboards. This action is necessary to implement requirements of the AFA for the 2001 fishing year. The intended effect of this action is to further the socioeconomic objectives of the AFA.