Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; 2015 and 2016 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
catch-limit · north pacific · Published 2015-03-05 · Effective 2015-03-05 · 80 FR 11919
Document
Document number
2015-05041
Federal Register citation
80 FR 11919
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; closures.
Category
catch-limit
Region
north pacific
Publication date
2015-03-05
Effective date
2015-03-05
NOAA docket
Docket No. 141021887-5172-02
Abstract
NMFS announces final 2015 and 2016 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2015 and 2016 fishing years, and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI (FMP). The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).