Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Several Groundfish Species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
fishery-mgmt · north pacific · Published 2017-11-29 · Effective 2017-11-24 · 82 FR 56571
Document
Document number
2017-25759
Federal Register citation
82 FR 56571
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
north pacific
Publication date
2017-11-29
Effective date
2017-11-24
NOAA docket
Docket No. 161020985-7181-02
Abstract
NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch (ITAC) of Aleutian Islands (AI) Greenland turbot, AI "other rockfish," Bering Sea (BS) sablefish, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Alaska plaice, BSAI northern rockfish, BSAI "other flatfish," BSAI shortraker rockfish, BSAI sculpin, BSAI skates, and Central and Western Aleutian Islands (CAI/WAI) blackspotted/rougheye rockfish in the BSAI management area. This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the BSAI management area.