Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Several Groundfish Species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
catch-limit · north pacific · Published 2019-09-23 · Effective 2019-09-18 · 84 FR 49678
Document
Document number
2019-20556
Federal Register citation
84 FR 49678
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments.
Category
catch-limit
Region
north pacific
Publication date
2019-09-23
Effective date
2019-09-18
NOAA docket
Docket No. 180713633-9174-02
Abstract
NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch (ITAC) and Community Development Quota (CDQ) of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) arrowtooth flounder and to the ITAC of Aleutian Islands (AI) Greenland turbot, AI sablefish, Bering Sea (BS) sablefish, BS "other rockfish," Bering Sea and Eastern Aleutian Islands (BS/EAI) blackspotted/rougheye rockfish, Central Aleutian Islands and Western Aleutian Islands (CAI/WAI) blackspotted/rougheye rockfish, BSAI northern rockfish, BSAI sharks, and BSAI shortraker rockfish. 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.