Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
fishery-mgmt · north pacific · pollock · Published 2017-07-11 · Effective 2017-07-11 · 82 FR 31925
Document
Document number
2017-14484
Federal Register citation
82 FR 31925
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; reallocation; closure.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
north pacific
Species
pollock
Publication date
2017-07-11
Effective date
2017-07-11
NOAA docket
Docket No. 161020985-7181-02
Abstract
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation pollock directed fishing allowance from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea. Also, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2017 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish (FMP) of the BSAI.