NMFS issues an emergency interim rule to establish additional observer coverage requirements for 20 catcher/processor (C/P) vessels identified in the American Fisheries Act (AFA). NMFS also is establishing inseason authority to manage the non-pollock harvest limitations required under the AFA for these 20 vessels. These actions are necessary to monitor and manage the harvest of the listed C/Ps. Their goal is to comply with the intent of the statutory provisions promulgated under the AFA for these vessels in 1999.