Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Aleutian Islands Directed Pollock Fishery

الملخص

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 82 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 82, if approved, would establish a framework for management of the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) directed pollock fishery. This action is necessary to implement provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 that require the directed pollock fishery in the AI to be allocated to the Aleut Corporation for economic development of Adak, Alaska. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act), the FMP, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, and other applicable laws. Comments from the public are welcome.