Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Define Fishing Trip in Groundfish Fisheries
other · Published 1997-06-30 · Effective 1997-06-30 · 62 FR 35109
Document
Document number
97-17046
Federal Register citation
62 FR 35109
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
1997-06-30
Effective date
1997-06-30
NOAA docket
Docket No. 970619143-7143-01
Abstract
NMFS issues regulations that interpret and make clarifying changes consistent with that interpretation to the term ``fishing trip'' for purposes of monitoring directed fishing closures in the fisheries of the exclusive economic zone off Alaska. This action is necessary to respond to recent confusion about this definition and how it relates to determinations of maximum retainable bycatch amounts of species that are closed to directed fishing.