# Pacific Island Fisheries; 2017-18 Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish
> **Rule** · Final specifications. · Published 2017-06-30 · Effective 2017-07-31 · 82 FR 29778
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-13681
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** hawaii
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 29778
- **Publication date:** 2017-06-30
- **Effective date:** 2017-07-31
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 170330338-7585-02
## Abstract

NMFS specifies an annual catch limit (ACL) of 306,000 lb for Deep 7 bottomfish in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for the 2017-18 fishing year, which will begin on September 1, 2017, and end on August 31, 2018. If NMFS projects that the fishery will reach the ACL, NMFS would close the commercial and non-commercial fisheries for MHI Deep 7 bottomfish for the remainder of the fishing year as an accountability measure (AM). The ACL and AM support the long-term sustainability of Hawaii bottomfish.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/30/2017-13681/pacific-island-fisheries-2017-18-annual-catch-limit-and-accountability-measures-main-hawaiian)
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