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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; General Limitations

fishery-mgmt · Published 2004-06-14 · Effective 2004-07-14 · 69 FR 32901

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Document number
04-13198
Federal Register citation
69 FR 32901
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Publication date
2004-06-14
Effective date
2004-07-14
NOAA docket
Docket No. 040105003-4154-02

Abstract

NMFS issues a final rule amending regulations establishing pollock Maximum Retainable Amounts (MRA) by adjusting the MRA enforcement period for pollock harvested in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) from enforcement at anytime during a fishing trip to enforcement at the time of offload. This action is necessary to reduce regulatory discards of pollock caught incidentally in the directed fisheries for non-pollock groundfish species. The intended effect of this action is to better use incidentally caught pollock in accordance with the goals and objectives of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP).

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