Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Revised Final 2023 and 2024 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
catch-limit · north pacific · Published 2023-12-06 · Effective 2024-01-01 · 88 FR 84754
Document
Document number
2023-26639
Federal Register citation
88 FR 84754
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; closures.
Category
catch-limit
Region
north pacific
Publication date
2023-12-06
Effective date
2024-01-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 231129-0281
Abstract
NMFS publishes revisions to the final 2023 and 2024 harvest specifications for the 2024 groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) that are required by the final rule implementing Amendment 122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). This action is necessary to revise the 2024 trawl catcher vessel sector's Pacific cod allocation of the total allowable catch and associated halibut and crab prohibited species catch (PSC) limits in the BSAI. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI in accordance with the FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act).