Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; 1999 Bank-Specific Harvest Guidelines

NMFS announces the 1999 bank-specific harvest guidelines for the NWHI crustacean fisheries. The previously announced total NWHI-wide harvest guideline of 243,100 lobsters (spiny and slipper lobster combined) is allocated among the four NWHI lobster fishing grounds as follows: Necker Island, 54,600 lobsters; Gardner Pinnacles, 27,690 lobsters; Maro Reef, 89,570 lobsters; and the other remaining lobster banks combined, 71,240 lobsters. The intent of this action is to prevent overfishing and achieve the objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for the Crustacean Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (FMP).