Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; 1997 Harvest Guideline
fishery-mgmt · west coast · Published 1997-06-23 · Effective 1997-07-01 · 62 FR 33761
Document
Document number
97-16370
Federal Register citation
62 FR 33761
Type
Rule
Action
Harvest guideline for crustaceans for 1997.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Publication date
1997-06-23
Effective date
1997-07-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 970612136-7136-01
Abstract
NMFS announces a 1997 harvest guideline of 322,912 lobsters for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) crustacean fishery. This is a reduction of 4,088 lobsters from the harvest guideline of 327,000 lobsters published on May 23, 1997. This change in the harvest guideline was identified as a future action in the May 23, 1997, publication and is necessary to account for mortality from anticipated discards in the fishery, which increases fishing mortality beyond the harvest guideline.