Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Final 1997 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
catch-limit · north pacific · Published 1997-02-18 · Effective 1997-02-12 · 62 FR 7168
Document
Document number
97-3952
Federal Register citation
62 FR 7168
Type
Rule
Action
Final 1997 specifications of groundfish and associated management measures; apportionment of reserves; closures and inseason adjustment.
Category
catch-limit
Region
north pacific
Publication date
1997-02-18
Effective date
1997-02-12
NOAA docket
Docket No. 961107312-7021-02
Abstract
NMFS announces final 1997 harvest specifications of total allowable catches (TACs), initial apportionments of TACs for each category of groundfish, and associated management measures in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits and associated management measures for groundfish during the 1997 fishing year. NMFS is apportioning reserves to the initial TACs (ITACs) specified for certain species amounts to allow for full harvest opportunity of these TACs. NMFS is also closing fisheries and issuing an inseason adjustment as specified in the final 1997 groundfish specifications. These measures are intended to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI.