# Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; 1997 Harvest Guideline
> **Rule** · Harvest guideline for crustaceans for 1997. · Published 1997-06-23 · Effective 1997-07-01 · 62 FR 33761
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-16370
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 33761
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/06/23/97-16370/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-and-in-the-western-pacific-western-pacific-crustacean-fisheries-1997)
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