# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Scallop Fishery; Registration Area E
> **Rule** · Inseason adjustment to prevent overfishing; request for comments. · Published 1997-01-15 · 62 FR 2043
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-941
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Species:** scallop
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 2043
- **Publication date:** 1997-01-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 960502124-6190-02
## Abstract

NMFS has determined that the currently specified total allowable catch (TAC) amount for scallops in Registration Area E is incorrect. Therefore, NMFS is reducing the TAC and apportioning it between parts of Registration Area E that are east and west of 146 deg. W. long. NMFS also is apportioning the current C. bairdi crab bycatch limit (CBL) specified for Registration Area E between the area east and west of 146 deg. W. long. These actions are necessary to avoid localized overfishing of the scallop resource and achieve the optimum yield from the scallop fishery. They are intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/01/15/97-941/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-scallop-fishery-registration-area-e)
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